Upcoming Events
NYC Shakespeare Seminar, 12/13
Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Schedule: Saturday, December 13th, 5-7pm with drinks and merrymaking to follow
Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here
For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
NYC Shakespeare Seminar, 11/07
Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
Schedule: Friday, November 7th, 6-8pm with drinks to follow
Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here
For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Utrecht Shakespeare Seminar, 11/01
Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Schedule: Saturday, 11/01, 2-5 PM CEST
Location: In-person in Utrecht, the Netherlands
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
NYC Shakespeare Seminar, 10/11
Seminar on William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well
Schedule: Saturday, October 11th, 5-7pm with drinks to follow
Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here
For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
NYC Reading Group on Borges, 10/27-12/15
Reading Group on Borges’ Ficciones
Schedule: Mondays, 6:00-7:30PM, 10/27-12/15
Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Texts: Borges’ Ficciones
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Berkshires Seminar Weekend, 10/25-10/26
Catherine Project Seminar Weekend
Schedule: 2-3 seminars will be held over the course of Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will be expected to attend all seminars. The weekend will begin Saturday morning and conclude Sunday afternoon.
Location: Exact location TBD
Text: TBD
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Annapolis Reading Group on Wharton, 10/23-11/20
Seminar on Edith Wharton’s, The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth
Schedule: Thursdays, 6:15 PM-7:45 PM ET, 10/23-11/20 (5 wks)
Location: All of the meetings will be in the Belcher Conference Room of the Annapolis Library on West Street.
Commitment: 60-110 pages/week
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Fall Spanish Offerings
EN ESPAÑOL: José Donoso, Lugar sin límites
- Mondays, 4-5:30 PM ET, 10/06-10/27 (4 wks)
- Cantidad de lectura: 40 paginas/semana
EN ESPAÑOL: Suetonio, Vidas de los doce Césares
- Saturdays, 8:30-10 AM ET, 11/01-11/29 (5 wks)
- Cantidad de lectura: 50 paginas/semana
EN ESPAÑOL: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio
- Saturdays, 8:30-10 AM ET, 10/04-10/25 (4 wks).
- Cantidad de lectura: 50 paginas/semana
Estos grupos de lectura leerán y discutirá el texto en español. Los participantes deberían poder participar de forma activa en la discusión (a un nivel de B2 en la escala de CERF y/o un “advanced high” de acuerdo a las pautas de ACTFL). Si usted tiene cualquier pregunta o duda en cuanto a su capacidad de participar en el grupo, por favor póngase en contacto con study@catherineproject.org
NYC Shakespeare Seminar, 9/20
Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labors Lost
Schedule: Saturday, September 20th, 5-7pm with drinks to follow
Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here
For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Utrecht Chaucer Seminar, 9/06
Seminar on Chaucer, Selections from The Canterbury Tales
Schedule: Saturday, 09/06, 2-5 PM CEST
Location: In-person in Utrecht, the Netherlands
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Philadelphia Seminar, 8/24
Seminar on Walker Percy’s “The Loss of the Creature”
Schedule: Sunday, August 24th 6:30-8pm
Location: In-person in Philadelphia at The Discovery Center: 3401 Reservoir Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121
Text: PDF of reading can be accessed here
Snacks and drinks to follow seminar
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Boston Reading Group, 7/01-10/06
Reading Group on Utopia and Human Flourishing
Schedule: Mondays, 6:30-8:00PM, 7/01-10/06 (9 weeks)
Location: Boston University campus; exact location will be shared with confirmed participants
Texts: Homeric Hymns, selections; Hesiod, Works and Days, selections; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, selections; Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Island
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Bloomington (IN) Summer Seminars, 6/16-7/14
We are hosting four in-person seminars in Bloomington, Indiana this summer. You are welcome to register for as many seminars as you are interested in and able to attend.
Schedule:
- Monday, 6/16, 8:00-9:30PM
- Martin Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology”
- Monday, 6/23, 8:00-9:30PM
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”
- Monday, 7/07, 8:00-9:30PM
- Plato, Apology of Socrates
- Monday, 7/14, 8:00-9:30PM
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”
Location: Private residence in the Bryan Park neighborhood (address shared with confirmed participants)
This group is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Chicago Community Seminar, 6/14
Date: Saturday, June 14th
- Optional – 11:00AM-1:00PM:
- Visit to the Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture exhibit at the Art Institute, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
- 2:00-4:00PM:
- Seminar on selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses; location to be shared with participants (near the Art Institute)
- Optional – 4:00-6:00PM:
- Libations and conversation at The Northman, 233 E. Riverwalk. Drinks at own expense; conversation is free!
Texts: Selections from Ovid
Location: E. Jackson Blvd. (near the Art Institute), Chicago, IL
This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Princeton Public Library Reading Group
Hybrid online/in-person reading group on Justice
Texts: Readings from a variety of fundamental writings about justice, including Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls
Schedule: Meets monthly every third Tuesday (9 meetings), 7:00-8:30PM ET
Dates: 4/15, 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 8/19, 9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16
Location: This is a hybrid online/in-person group with options to join the meetings virtually using Zoom or in-person at the Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ).
This group is a collaboration between the Catherine Project and the Princeton Public Library. Participation is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. There are 10 seats each for online readers and in-person readers.
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.
Registration closes on 3/31.