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Registration will open on Tuesday, November 4 at Noon ET / 10 a.m. MT

Winter Classics Seminar Catalog 2026

Seminar Dates: January 5–9 and January 12–16

Devote a wintry week, Monday through Friday, two hours a day, to delve into the topic of your choice. Class start time listed by time zone.

Week 1: January 5–9, 2026

Annie Dillard's For the Time Being

January 5–9
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
David Townsend and Krishnan Venkatesh

William Shakespeare's The Tempest

January 5–9
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Maggie Evans McGuinness and Susan Paalman

Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

January 5–9
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Brendan Boyle and Rob Mass

Books 2 and 3 of The Ѳٲ

January 5–9
3 p.m. ET | 2 p.m. CT | 1 p.m. MT | Noon PT
Patricia Greer and David Townsend

George Berkeley's The Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues

January 5–9
4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT | 2 p.m. MT | 1 p.m. PT
James Carey and Topi Heikkerö

Stendhal’s The Red and the Black

January 5–9, 2026
6 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. CT | 4 p.m. MT | 3 p.m. PT
Tony Eagan and Richard McCombs

 

Week 2: January 12–16, 2026

Aeschylus's Oresteia

January 12–16
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Charlie Barrett and Amie Zimmer

Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

January 12–16
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
James Carey and Obed Lira

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species 

January 12–16
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Kenneth Wolfe and Alan Zeitlin

ō'&Բ;ōō쾱 and Kenkō's Essays in Idleness

January 12–16
4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT | 2 p.m. MT | 1 p.m. PT
Natalie Elliot and Topi Heikkerö

William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience

January 12–16
4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT | 2 p.m. MT | 1 p.m. PT
Stephen Rosenberg and Marsaura Shukla

Jane Austen’s Emma

January 12–16
6 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. CT | 4 p.m. MT | 3 p.m. PT
Robert Abbott and Sarah Stickney