Leading courses
We invite course proposals three times each year, in addition to organizing one-off Community Seminars each spring/fall and in-person reading groups on a rolling basis.
See our Community Calendar for dates of upcoming events.
Summer 2025 co-leading opportunities
The following Summer 2025 courses are seeking co-leaders:
- Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
- Thursdays, 8:30-10:00 PM ET, 06/05 – 08/28 (13 weeks)
- Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling
- Mondays, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM ET, 06/30 – 08/04 (6 weeks)
- Two Views of Rome: Montesquieu’s Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline and Books 1-5 of Augustine’s City of God
- Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 PM ET, 06/25 – 09/03 (11 weeks)
If you’d like to co-lead any of the above, please write to: jordan.poyner@catherineproject.org.
In-person reading groups
Interested in organizing an in-person reading group where you live?
We may be able to help you find a venue, advertise the group, and offer general support.
Write to Jordan to learn more: jordan.poyner@catherineproject.org.
Recommend a leader
Do you know someone who would make a good discussion leader or subject tutor?
Help us offer more courses by recommending prospective leaders!
Prior experience participating in a Catherine Project course is ideal, but not required.
Popular and requested texts
The Project is sustained by the enthusiasm of our volunteers, who ultimately choose what they want to read with others.
If you’re thinking about proposing a course and looking for inspiration, however, here are some interesting resources.
Community
The following are some ways to connect with other volunteers:
Reading group for leaders
This is a private reading group for leaders of any Project course. Readings are mostly non-consecutive, so that folks can participate whenever they’d like.
Here is the schedule for June and July:
- Tuesday, 6/24, 8:00-9:30pm ET
- Ibn Tufayl, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, Gauthier #’s 1-61 (pgs. 95-122 in the U. of Chicago Press ed.)
- Tuesday, 7/08, 8:00-9:30pm ET
- Ibn Tufayl, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, Gauthier #’s 61-end (pgs. 122-166 in the U. of Chicago Press ed.)
Meeting link:
https://meet.google.com/cqe-fzgu-xak
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Any leader is welcome to propose a reading for the group and to bring the opening question. If you would like to propose a text, simply email: jordan.poyner@catherineproject.org.
All leader meetings
Each term (Spring, Summer, and Fall), we host a general meeting for all leaders. These are opportunities to meet other leaders and to openly discuss anything related to leading courses in the Catherine Project.
Our Summer 2025 meeting will be on Tuesday, 7/15 from 8:00-9:30pm ET.
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/ixt-iwoy-opv
Letter writing project
Started by the esteemed Donald Antenen, the letter writing project is an opportunity to correspond with other Catherine Project volunteers about subjects of shared interest.
Discord volunteer channel
This is a private channel for volunteers to communicate on the Project’s Discord server.
If you have not been tagged as a volunteer on the server, just DM or email Jordan (username: jordanpoyner).
Channel link:
Resources
The following are resources that may be helpful in thinking about the Project’s approach to learning in community:
