Tag: Great Books Foundation
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November 17, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. This book review was originally published in the November 2017 issue of HMU: Dialogues. Tube Talk, Double Features, and Sound Bites, three new publications from the Great Books Foundation. In February, Harrison Middleton University will cohost the inaugural Southwest Great Books Weekend which …
June 3, 2016 Thanks to Sue Durkin, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. The Great Books Chicago weekend, advertised as “a weekend of conversations and culture,” is back and its return was glorious. I was fortunate enough to be one of the seventy participants spanning from California to Toronto who converged in the Windy City to …
May 6, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. I recently attended Great Books Chicago 2016 to discuss utopias and dystopias. One of our readings for this event was George Orwell’s 1984. At the end of the session, someone asked me whether I believed 1984 to be the darkest novel I have …
November 20, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for the following book review. This was first published in the HMU fall newsletter. Alquist, Denise, et al., eds. Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Visions. Chicago: Great Books Foundation, 2015. Print. In his essay, “The Soul of Man Under Socialism”, Oscar Wilde says, “A map of …
May 15, 2015 Many thanks to Dr. Jim Thurman, HMU alumnus, for today’s book review. It originally appeared in HMU’s May 2015 newsletter. Whitfield, Donald H., ed. Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian. Chicago: Great Books Foundation, 2013. Print. You are Odysseus! Ah, dear child! I could not see you until now… -The Odyssey, …
