Other Councils
Other Great Books Programs
Events Around the Country
This is a rundown of upcoming Great Books events in the United States and Canada. Most of these are organized by Great Books Regional Councils; some are organized by related organizations. Click the links for further details and to register for the events.
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February 20, 2021: San Francisco Mini-Retreat, online
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Readings: Danai Gurira, Familiar; Jhumpa Lahiri, "Interpreter of Maladies"
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March 13: Leader/Reader Training, Northern California, online
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April 30 - May 2: New England Great Books Spring Retreat, Litchfield, CT
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Theme: Voices from the Harlem Renaissance
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Readings: Selected poetry; Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon and excerpts from Dust Tracks on a Road; Nella Larsen, Passing
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May 14-16: Philadelphia Great Books Spring Institute, online
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Theme: Orwell on the Demise of Truth
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Readings: George Orwell, 1984, “Shooting an Elephant”, “Why I Write”, and “Politics and the English Language”; poems on democracy
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May 15: Gold Country Mini-Retreat, Auburn, CA, online
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Book discussion and film viewing: Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet.
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August 7, 14, 21: Long Novel Series, Northern California, online
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Reading: Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed
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November 12-14: Philadelphia Great Books Fall Institute, Galloway, NJ
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Theme: Children and Adults
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Readings: A.B. Yehoshua, The Continuing Silence of a Poet; Philip Roth, The Conversion of the Jews; George Eliot, Silas Marner; Henry James, What Maisie Knew; Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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November 13-14: Poetry Weekend, San Francisco Bay Area, online