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St. John's Graduate Institute Announces Summer lecture Series
Lectures Are Open To The Public at the Santa Fe Campus or Online.
The St. John’s College Graduate Institute has announced its summer lecture series. On Wednesdays throughout the summer, the college offers presentations by visiting scholars from notable universities across the country and members of the St. John’s College faculty. Lectures will be held in person on the college’s campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe.
They are free and open to the public; seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each lecture will also be live-streamed on Zoom. Here's the full schedule: All-College Online Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. To learn about other events at St. John’s College, see the Events Calendar.
“While classes at St. John’s generally proceed through discussion among students, the lectures provide an opportunity for students, faculty, and members of the community to hear an extended account from someone with considerable learning,” says Ned Walpin, Associate Dean for the Graduate Programs in Santa Fe.
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The lectures on the Santa Fe campus will be held at St. John’s College, Junior Common Room, 1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505, at 4:15 p.m. MT.
The Santa Fe lectures are:
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June 14 and July 12, 4:15 p.m. MT (6:15 p.m. ET), St. John’s College Santa Fe faculty member Grant Franks will present “Second Thoughts about Shakespeare’s As You Like It.”
Livestream link to watch the whole lecture. Passcode: 425880
June 28 and July 26, 4:15 p.m. MT (6:15 p.m. ET) St. John’s College Santa Fe faculty member Patricia Greer will present “Snakes in the Mahābhārata.”
Livestream link to watch the whole lecture. Passcode: 961036
July 19, 4:15 p.m. MT (6:15 p.m. ET) St. John’s College Santa Fe faculty member James Carey will present “Anselm’s Ontological Argument for the Existence of God.”
Livestream link to watch the whole lecture. Passcode: 192774
“The Graduate Institute is proud to offer this series of lectures free to our students, alumni and friends,” says Brendan Boyle, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Annapolis. “Because the lectures are offered both in-person and online, we hope to welcome members of the community both near and far to watch and ponder timeless questions about great texts.”
The St. John’s College Graduate Institute offers Master of Arts degrees in the liberal arts and in Eastern Classics. Courses may be completed over the summer or during convenient evening hours in the fall and spring. Applications are currently being accepted for the fall term of 2023 and spring 2024. For more details and to apply, visit sjc.edu/academic-programs/graduate.
ABOUT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE
St. John’s College is one of the most distinctive colleges in the country due to its all-required Great Books curriculum. At St. John’s, undergraduate and graduate students read more than 200 of the most important books across dozens of subjects and discuss those books with faculty in small, seminar-style classes. Located on two campuses in two historic state capitals—Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico—St. John’s is the third oldest college in the United States.