First Friday Lectures – Spring/Summer 2010

Free and Open to All Click here for more information and to Register (required) for these popular talks. These lectures are offered on the first Friday of every month except July. Lectures take place in the Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street). The lectures begin at 12:15 pm [...]

Works of the Mind Lectures – Spring/Summer 2010

Free and Open to All Click here for more information and to Register (required) for these popular talks. These lectures are offered on Sundays at 1 pm from October through May at the Chicago Cultural Center. These lectures will now take place in the Claudia Cassidy Theatre and precede the Cultural Center’s afternoon Sunday Salon [...]

Revised Winter 2010 Basic Program Teaching Schedule

Click on this link to access the Revised Winter 2010 Basic Program Teaching Schedule. (PDF)

Basic Program Spring Weekend Study Retreat

Machiavelli’s The Prince April 30–May 2, 2010 Lake Lawn Resort Delavan, WI Lake Lawn Resort Located on the shores of Lake Delavan in the southern Geneva Lakes region, this lovely resort offers newly renovated guest rooms, well-appointed conference spaces, lakeside hiking trails, and a fireside lounge overlooking the lake. In addition to studying and discussing [...]

First Friday lecture series

These lectures are offered on the first Friday of every month except July. Lectures take place in the Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street). The lectures begin at 12:15 pm and last about one hour. Free and Open to All Registration is required for these popular talks. September [...]

Works of the Mind lecture series

These lectures are offered on Sundays at 1 pm October through May at the Chicago Cultural Center in the 5th Floor SW lecture room and precede the Cultural Center’s afternoon Sunday Salon Series of free concerts. Free and Open to All Registration is required for these popular talks. Sunday, October 18 PETRARCH AND THE BIRTH [...]

Monty Python – Philosophers’ World Cup

Hilarious. more about “Monty Python – Philosophers’ World Cup“, posted with vodpod

Salman Rushdie – Machiavelli’s Bad Rap

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/A…Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie discusses Niccolo Machiavelli, arguing that the infamous Italian political philosopher does not deserve the … more about “Salman Rushdie – Machiavelli’s Bad Rap“, posted with vodpod

Allan Bloom on Plato’s Apology of Socrates 1

This is a lecture on the portico to the Platonic corpus. It is also partly a discussion with several very informed professors from Harvard and Boston College who participated in this series, for wh… more about “Allan Bloom on Plato’s Apology of Soc…“, posted with vodpod

Allan Bloom on Plato’s Apology of Socrates 2

This is part 2 of 18 segments to be placed on YouTube. more about “Allan Bloom on Plato’s Apology of Soc…“, posted with vodpod

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