Other Councils
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 28: San Francisco Mini-Retreat (Zoom)
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Readings:
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Percival Everett, Telephone
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Maylis de Kerangal, Eastbound
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April 17-19: San Francisco Great Books Asilomar Weekend (Pacific Grove, CA)
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Readings:
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Declaration of Independence
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Martin Luther King, Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus
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Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Inherit the Wind
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Selected poetry
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May 16: San Francisco Great Books Gold Country Mini-Retreat (Auburn, CA)
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Reading: Ben MacIntyre, Operation Mincemeat
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July 12-17: Toronto Pursuits (Victoria University at Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario)
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Choose from among ten week-long seminars on literature, film, photography and music
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July 19-25: Great Books at Colby (Colby College, Waterville, ME)
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Theme: Renaissance Realities
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Readings:
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Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
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Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
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William Shakespeare, King Lear
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René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
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Pär Lagerkvist, The Dwarf
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John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
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