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Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Idiot | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR Online | buff.ly/b34PJ0i
If you want to read the poem but feel it may be overwhelming, check out @catherineproject.bsky.social Its a great, completely free (that accepts donations) project that creates reading groups and courses on a variety of topics, including Homer.
Wrapped up Being and Time w/ my @catherineproject.bsky.social group last night. Always so impressed with readers who sign up for Catherine Project groups. Intelligent, engaged people tackled one of the most difficult works of western philosophy for 13 weeks in their off time. Did a great job.
Registration closes on Friday! Donβt miss out!
Current reads: Gulliver's Travels (with @catherineproject.bsky.social) and another @rbratten.bsky.social entry π
Have you found yourself asking: what is the deal with poiesis? Come read Platoβs TIMAEUS and Heideggerβs THE QUESTION CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY with me this Spring! Or sign up for many other great @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings!
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Enrollment for our Spring 2026 term is open!
View our Spring 2026 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org
Registration will close on Friday, November 28th.
I enjoyed a really thoughtful and insightful conversation about Sophocles' Philoctetus today, thanks to the @catherineproject.bsky.social (also great to finally be in a seminar with @kaseynbailes.bsky.social !)
Curious about what we do?
Join us on Friday, October 24th for a one-off seminar on the Greek tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles!
Learn more and register: catherineproject.org/community-se...
Itβs been a year of @catherineproject.bsky.social
organizing seminars in the NL. Iβm thrilled to see the community growing here. So far we have gathered to discuss Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Chaucer.
Join us on 1st Nov. to discuss Shakespeareβs Hamlet!
Register: forms.fillout.com/t/s8opMPj79Bus
In partnership with the Graduate Institute at St. John's College, we're excited to announce an in-person event happening Saturday, October 11th on the College's beautiful Annapolis campus.
To view a full schedule of events and register, follow this link: catherineproject.fillout.com/annapolis-se...
So this is outside of my training, but I know a lot of classicists on here: what would you suggest for someone post-college looking to teach themselves the language?
My instinct is 'Wheelock, blood, sweat and tears' but I assume there is a better answer.
Registrations *just* closed, but @catherineproject.bsky.social offers an introductory Latin (and ancient Greek!) tutorial that uses Lingua Latina and Colloquia Personarum, depending on the section.
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Today is the last day to apply!
We have over 100 courses on offer this fall. Join us for thoughtful, open-ended discussions on great books. Readers from all backgrounds are welcome; participation is free.
View our offerings & apply here: catherineproject.org
Right now I'm trying to decide between Plato (Republic), Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway/To The Lighthouse), or Borges (Ficciones). Or James Joyce (Dubliners/Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man). Oh, Or Dostoevsky. Or
Have you ever wondered what being means? Want to not find out? Come read BEING AND TIME with me on Tuesday nights this Fall! Or sign up for one of many other great @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings!
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Simply an outstanding @catherineproject.bsky.social menu for the fallβone of the richest and broadest I've seen: catherineproject.org/general-offe...
Who wants to read something cool with me this Fall?
Enrollment for our Fall 2025 term is open!
View our Fall 2025 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org
Registration will close on August 8th.
Registration for our Fall term will open this Thursday, 7/31...
But if you just can't wait to read a great book with great people, we're opening early registration for four groups that start in August!
Follow the link to register or learn more: forms.fillout.com/t/4vGEpx8LN8us
Calling all Boston readers!
Join our summer reading group on utopia and human flourishing. We'll be reading ancient and modern writings by Hesiod, Aristotle, and Aldous Huxley and meeting at Boston University.
See flyer for more details and register at: catherineproject.org/events
If, by some delightful chance, you live in Southern Indiana, we're hosting a series of one-off seminars in Bloomington this summer.
Dave knows that study and conversation are the grounds of true love! Don't you want to love?!
Register here: forms.fillout.com/t/2avxbuFk23us
Join us in Chicago on Saturday, 6/14 for a seminar on selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses!
Visit catherineproject.org/events for more info and to register.
Fyodor Dostoyevski: Crime and Punishment (In-Person) | June BISR Courses at Tribeca Therapy | buff.ly/TwYhLaG
βAll human beings by nature stretch themselves out towards knowing.β
On my experience wrestling with Aristotle's ππ¦π΅π’π±π©πΊπ΄πͺπ€π΄ via the @catherineproject.bsky.social - and my recovery from same.
#ClassicsBluesky #philsky
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Only one more @catherineproject.bsky.social meeting left for this reading group. π
So everyone should stop what they're doing right now and go read βBartleby, the Scrivenerβ
Registration for our Summer term is now closed. Thank you to all 1,000 readers who applied! Placement decisions will start going out on 5/12.
Stay tuned for some exciting upcoming in-person events and see our Community Calendar for Fall term dates.
On the DL, we left the registration form open over the weekend...
Reading Groups Groups meet on the identified dates and times to discuss readings in the listed text(s). Unless otherwise noted, meetings are conducted in English and take place online. Please note: all meeting times are listed in U.S. Eastern Time and dates follow the convention of month/day/year. All reading loads are approximate. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God Mondays, 7:00-8:30 PM ET, 6/30-8/18 (8 wks) Reading load: 70 pages/week Thomas Aquinas, Selections from the Summa Theologica on Charity and Love Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM ET, 6/24-8/12 (8 wks) Reading load: 20-30 (dense) pages/week
Aristotle, On the Soul Thursdays, 8:00-10:00 PM ET, 6/12-7/24 (7 wks) Reading load: 20 pages/week Georges Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest Mondays, 6:00-7:30 PM ET, 7/07-7/28 (4 wks) Reading load: 80 pages/week Emily BrontΓ«, Wuthering Heights Tuesdays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/10-7/29 (8 wks) Reading load: 40 pages/week EN ESPAΓOL: Pedro CalderΓ³n de la Barca, La vida es sueΓ±o Programa: SΓ‘bados, 8:30-10:00 AM ET, 07/05-07/26 (4 sem.) Cantidad de lectura: 35 pgs. por semana Este grupo de lectura leerΓ‘ y discutirΓ‘ el texto en espaΓ±ol. Los participantes deberΓan poder participar de
On the Monastic Life: John Cassianβs Conferences Wednesdays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/04-7/30 (9 wks) Reading load: 20-30 pages/week Dante, The Divine Comedy Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 PM ET, 6/05/25-1/22/26 (34 wks) Reading load: 20 pages/week The Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and selections from The Federalist Papers Tuesdays, 8:00-10:00 PM ET, 6/03-8/05 (10 wks) Reading load: 10 pages/week Charles Dickens, David Copperfield Mondays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/09-8/25 (12 wks) Reading load: 70 pages/week
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 PM ET, 6/04-8/27 (13 wks) Reading load: 70 pages/week Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Thursdays, 8:30-10:00 PM ET, 6/05-8/28 (13 wks) Reading load: 70 pages/week M. Forster, Howards End Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 PM ET, 6/25-7/16 (4 wks) Reading load: 70 pages/week Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 PM ET, 6/05-8/07 (10 wks) Reading load: 30-40 pages/week Robert Frost, North of Boston
I applied to join a @catherineproject.bsky.social reading group this summer, and you should, too. Deadline's today! Pictured are the summer offerings through D. (What is there at F and beyond? Guess you'll have to click through to find out...) catherineproject.org/general-offe...