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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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Neha Zaidka @nzaidka.bsky.social · 4d

It’s been a year of @catherineproject.bsky.social
organizing seminars in the NL. I’m 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 Shakespeare’s Hamlet!

Register: forms.fillout.com/t/s8opMPj79Bus

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Sep 12

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...

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · Aug 12

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.

lemonquest.bsky.social @lemonquest.bsky.social · Aug 12

Could you suggest anything for post-college learners? I never took Latin but would like to have a better grasp of the language

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✦ @mnchrm.co · Aug 12

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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General Offerings - Catherine Project

General Offerings In addition to our Core Program, we offer a variety of courses focused on particular great books, ancient languages, and other related subjects. These courses offer opportunities to ...

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Aug 8

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

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · Jul 31

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

Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

Enrollment for our Fall 2025 term is open!

View our Fall 2025 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org

Registration will close on August 8th.

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · Jul 30

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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General Offerings - Catherine Project

General Offerings In addition to our Core Program, we offer a variety of courses focused on particular great books, ancient languages, and other related subjects. These courses offer opportunities to ...

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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · Jul 30

Simply an outstanding @catherineproject.bsky.social menu for the fall—one of the richest and broadest I've seen: catherineproject.org/general-offe...

General Offerings - Catherine Project

General Offerings In addition to our Core Program, we offer a variety of courses focused on particular great books, ancient languages, and other related subjects. These courses offer opportunities to ...

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · Jul 28

Who wants to read something cool with me this Fall?

Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jul 28

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

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

Enrollment for our Fall 2025 term is open!

View our Fall 2025 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org

Registration will close on August 8th.

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jul 28

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

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Jun 4

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.

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · May 9

Fyodor Dostoyevski: Crime and Punishment (In-Person) | June BISR Courses at Tribeca Therapy | buff.ly/TwYhLaG

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · May 6

“All human beings by nature stretch themselves out towards knowing.”
On my experience wrestling with Aristotle's 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 via the @catherineproject.bsky.social - and my recovery from same.
#ClassicsBluesky #philsky
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Aristotle: Metaphysics via the Catherine Project

[982a 12] And among the kinds of knowledge, we assume the one that is for its own sake and chosen for the sake of knowing more to be wisdom than the one chosen for the sake of results, and that the…

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Works of Genius @worksofgenius.bsky.social · Apr 24

Only one more @catherineproject.bsky.social meeting left for this reading group. 😭

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Kasey Bailes @kaseynbailes.bsky.social · Apr 14

So everyone should stop what they're doing right now and go read “Bartleby, the Scrivener”

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Apr 14

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.

Calendar - Catherine Project

Community Calendar Please note that while we do our best to provide accurate estimates, all dates are subject to change. To receive the most up-to-date news about our offerings and events, we invite y...

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Apr 12

On the DL, we left the registration form open over the weekend...

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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · Apr 11

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...

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 Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Tuesdays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/10-7/29 (8 wks)
Reading load: 40 pages/week

EN ESPAÑOL: Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño

Programa: Sábados, 8:30-10:00 AM ET, 07/05-07/26 (4 sem.)
Cantidad de lectura: 35 pgs. por semana
Este grupo de lectura leerá y discutirá el texto en español. Los participantes deberían poder participar de

On the Monastic Life: John Cassian’s 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

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Apr 8

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Issue #2 of our community journal, Commonplace.

Inside are essays on George Eliot, the Iliad, writing as therapy, a Vermeer painting, and Thoreau's approach to education, as well as poetry and art—all by friends and members of our community!

Journal - Catherine Project

Issues Commonplace 2, Spring 2025 Commonplace 1, Summer 2024 *Commonplace is meant to be shared! We encourage readers to print out copies and leave them in local libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, e...

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Kasey Bailes @kaseynbailes.bsky.social · Apr 7

Though I will have my hands full with a spin-off Joyce group covering Ulysses this summer, I highly encourage everyone to check out @catherineproject.bsky.social's summer offerings — there are almost TOO many great ones to choose from! 📚🐝

Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · Mar 28

Enrollment for our Summer 2025 term is open!

We have a rich and expansive set of reading groups and subject tutorials on offer. As always, there is no cost to participate and we welcome learners from all walks of life.

More info: catherineproject.org
Apply here: tinyurl.com/yf39w9dm

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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · Apr 2

TODAY! (4/2/25)
5:45–7:15pm ET

Lyceum Institute Happy Hour on the Future of Education and Technology.

We'll be discussing Adam Pugen's article, “The Future is Technoclassical”. Open to the public. Details at the link below.

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On the Future of Education and Technology

A Philosophical Happy Hour discussing education and technology in light of the first entry in Adam Pugen's “Future is Technoclassical” article.

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