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Jul 27, 2023

Readings for Hitchcock's Echoes Session 4: Hitchcock Goes to Korea

Colleagues, Thanks for your time with Get Out yesterday. While we had to cut things a little shorter to accommodate the longer run time...

Jul 20, 2023

Readings for Hitchcock's Echoes Session 3: "Get Out" and Racial Politics of the Gaze

Colleagues, Yet another great discussion, this time on Sisters! Thanks for your thoughts and attention to Dumas and De Palma. On to Get...

Jul 13, 2023

Readings for Hitchcock's Echoes Session 2: Sisters

Friends, Thanks for a great first class discussing Old and New Hollywood, Hitchcockian tropes, and the nature of homage vs rip offs. Note...

Jul 5, 2023

New Course: The Problem of Evil (Fall 2023)

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both...

Jun 9, 2023

Readings for The Political Yeats Session 5

In our fifth session, we will discuss Yeats and history. The following should be read before class. Please print or have available...

Jun 1, 2023

Readings for The Political Yeats Session 4

In our fourth session, we will discuss Yeats and nationalism. The following should be read before class. Please print or have available...

May 25, 2023

Readings for The Political Yeats Session 3

In our third session, we will discuss mythology and folklore and how they relate to the politics of W.B. Yeats. The following should be...

May 18, 2023

Readings for The Political Yeats Session 2

In our second session, we will discuss spirituality and religion and how they relate to the politics of W.B. Yeats. The following should...

May 18, 2023

*Enrollment Now Open*: What is Fascism? (55+)

Course: What Is Fascism? (55+) Instructor: Matthew Wright Time: 9:30-10:45 AM, 6/5, 6/6, 6/12, 6/12 Location: Thompson Park Activity...

May 8, 2023

Instructor Publication: Who is Origen of Alexandria?

Steph, the philosophy instructor, recently published two articles on Origen of Alexandria in the magazine Earth & Altar. The intended...

May 2, 2023

Readings for Plato's Phaedrus Session 5: Rhetoric and Myth

Φίλοι, Attached is the reading that is to be completed by our final class session on May 8. Earlier in the dialogue, Plato establishes...

Apr 25, 2023

Readings for Plato's Phaedrus Session 4: The Theory of Forms

Φίλοι, Attached is the reading that is to be completed by Session 4: The Forms. Plato’s alleged Theory of Forms remains one of the most...

Apr 18, 2023

Readings for Plato's Phaedrus Session 3: The Soul

Φίλοι, Attached is the reading to be completed for Session 3: The Soul. After establishing that madness can be a special gift given by...

Apr 14, 2023

*Enrollment Open Now* The Political Yeats

Enrollment is now open for a new summer course taught by historian M. Wright at The Celtic Junction in St. Paul, MN. Enroll here:...

Apr 11, 2023

Readings for Plato's Phaedrus Session 2: Socratic Dialectic & the Theory of Recollection

Φίλοι, Below is the reading that is to be completed by Session 2: Dialectic and the Theory of Recollection. In this session, we will...

Mar 26, 2023

Katabasis Program Spring/Summer '23 Newsletter

Mar 23, 2023

Readings for What is Fascism? Session 5 (St. Louis Park)

In our final session, we will continue to discuss Japan and conclude and reflect. What, indeed, is fascism? Please read the following...

Mar 17, 2023

Readings for What is Fascism? Session 4: Spain and Japan (St. Louis Park)

For the fourth session of "What is Fascism?" we will be focusing on Spain and Japan. Please find below the materials you should prepare...

Mar 15, 2023

Enrollment for Plato's Phaedrus: Spring 2023 is Now OPEN

Enrollment for the Spring iteration of Introduction to Ancient Philosophy: Plato's Phaedrus is now open. This will be a 5 session evening...

Mar 9, 2023

Readings for What is Fascism? Session 3: Germany (St. Louis Park)

(Leni Riefenstahl on the right, director of Triumph of the Will) For the third session of "What is Fascism?" we will be focusing on...