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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• ​June 14, 2020: San Francisco Great Books Annual Picnic and Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA

  • The picnic is canceled, but the meeting and book discussion have moved online. Reading: Gustaw Herling, The Island

• June 27, 2020: Long Island Great Books Council Spring Discussion, New York, NY

  • This event has been canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic

• July 11-12, 2020: Long Novel Weekend, Menlo Park, CA

  • This event has been canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic

• July 12-17, 2020: Toronto Pursuits, Toronto, CA​

  • This event has been canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic

• July 19-25, 2020: Great Books at Colby College, Waterville, ME​

  • This event has been canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic

• 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.​

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

  • ​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

• November ​21-22, 2020: Poetry Weekend, Menlo Park, CA

• 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