Events for October 14, 2024 - August 12, 2023

2025 Winter Institute:
Hope Amidst the Odyssey of These Days

Gutenberg College 1883 University Street, Eugene, OR, United States

At various times throughout the Old Testament, God abandoned the Israelites as a result of their sinfulness and idolatry. In their suffering and despair, their only hope was to cry out to God for salvation, and He, in His mercy, would rescue them. In a penetrating analysis of these days, Jacques Ellul concludes that [...]

February 3:
Shakespeare’s Henry V

Online Zoom OR

King Henry V of England has a sketchy past but is preparing to take on the mantle of kingship to rule over all of England and has his eye on France. Does he become a model leader or does he, like so many figures, succumb to the temptations of power and prestige? In this [...]

$10.00

March 3: Screwtape Letters

Online Zoom OR

“My thoughts are not your thoughts,” saith the Lord. So, if man’s thoughts are not God’s thoughts, then what are our thoughts and where do they come from? In one of C.S. Lewis’s most innovative and penetrating literary works, Screwtape Letters tracks a fictional dialogue between a mentor demon, Screwtape, and his protégé. In this [...]

$10.00

April 14: Starship Troopers

Online Zoom OR

Starship Troopers is a futuristic young adult novel by Robert Heinlein that raises this question: What does it mean to be a citizen? In this seminar, we will explore this question and others relating to Heinlein’s mid-twentieth-century work. A webinar for K-12 teachers in the private school, the public school, and the homeschool. [...]

$10.00

May 5
Young Philosophers:
What Is a Worldview?

Online Zoom OR

As we look over our cultural landscape, we encounter many different perspectives, some of which differ from our own. We all have a worldview. The question is this: Do we understand it? What exactly is a worldview, and why are there so many? How do we respond to and care for others whose worldviews might [...]

$15.00

Great Books Symposium
Intro to Music Theory, Part 1

Online Zoom OR

Music is a universal human practice. Every culture that has ever been documented has created music. But how are these traditions taught and learned? How is new music created and old music documented? In this seminar, we will examine the basics of music theory—the art and practice of notating music, including pitch, rhythm, meter, [...]

$10.00

Great Books Symposium
Intro to Music Theory, Part 2

Online Zoom OR

Music is a universal human practice. Every culture that has ever been documented has created music. But how are these traditions taught and learned? How is new music created and old music documented? In the second part of our series on music, we will discuss scale degrees and transposition, intervals, triads and their qualities, roman [...]

$10.00

2025 Education Conference:
Teacher as Mentor

Modern education often presents teachers as specialists tasked with imparting expert knowledge to students. Yet the focus of a specialist in pursuit of imparting facts and information too often becomes overly narrow and overlooks the development of the whole student. This kind of oversight can leave a graduate with major blind spots in his [...]

Great Books Symposium: The Ancient Greek Worldview

Online Zoom OR

How did the Ancient Greeks look at the world? What aspects defined their culture? This seminar is designed to help teachers understand some of the key assumptions and ideas held by the Greeks. Familiarity with these ideas will aid teachers in the reading and teaching of ancient Greek literature and philosophy. A webinar [...]

$10.00

Great Books Symposium: The Roman Worldview

Online Zoom OR

How did the Romans look at the world? What aspects defined their culture? This seminar is designed to help teachers understand some of the key assumptions and ideas held by the Romans. Familiarity with these ideas will aid teachers in the reading and teaching of Roman literature and philosophy. A webinar for K-12 teachers [...]

$10.00