Have you ever wished you could share an evening with Shakespeare, dine with Dali, or talk with Toni Morrison? Now is your chance to join the great conversations of world literature and art.
Great Books Online offers adults the opportunity to explore timeless works and humanity’s biggest ideas through exciting, expertly led seminars.
Buckle up and join us on an exciting journey into the world of science fiction with this new Classical Explorations seminar series beginning May 3. Led by Great Books Academic Director and Stanford PhD, Dr. Max Suechting, we’ll explore genre-shaping sci-fi short stories from across time
With technological advancements from space travel to AI, modern life often feels like science fiction. It’s the perfect time to delve into this powerful genre to contemplate our origins and our future as we examine themes of human nature and cognition, religion, tech, truth, and freedom.
Don’t miss out!
Read and discuss works by Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury, Ursula Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, and more with other adult literature lovers.
These online small-group seminars cultivate intellectual community and build meaningful connections among peers. Join us to read and discuss Sci-Fi greats in a friendly, supportive atmosphere of fun and discovery!
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Our reading list is wide and full of treasures! We’ve laughed along with Twain’s short stories and explored the big questions of humanity through classic novels.
We’ve explored cinema too! While the comprehensive list of what we’ve read is too long to share. Here are some of our favorites:
Led by World-Class Faculty
All classes are led by our distinguished faculty of Academic Directors. These skilled professors and scholars hail from world-class institutions across the globe. Masters of Socratic pedagogy known as Shared Inquiry, they have been inspiring a love of literature in our students for over 20 years.
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