Other Great Books Programs​

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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 hyperlinks for further details and to register for the events.

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• August 31, 2020: Long Island Great Books Council Fall Discussion, ​Commack, NY

  • Theme: Outsiders and Insiders. Readings: E. M. Forster, A Passage to India; W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk.​

• October 3/10/17, 2020: San Francisco Great Books Long Novel Weekend

  • Reading: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children

  • This event will take place online via Zoom​ teleconferences

• November 6-8, 2020: Philadelphia Great Books Fall Institute, Galloway, NJ​

  • This event has been postponed to 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic​​

• November ​14-15, 2020: San Francisco Great Books Poetry Weekend

  • This event will take place online via Zoom​ teleconferences

• TBD: Great Books Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • This event has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic

  • Theme: Exploring Beauty. Thomas Mann, Death in Venice; Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye; Anton Chekhov, "The Beauties"; Roger Fry, "An Essay in Aesthetics"; selected poems.​​

Universities and Colleges that Offer a Great Books Curriculum