The Humanities and the Free and Open Spirit of Democracy
Enrich your humanities experiences and develop personal plans and strategies to experience more of the richness of human cultural history and artistic achievements.
Time & Location
LOCATION
Virtual
DAY OF THE WEEK
Monday
TIME OF DAY
Evening
About:
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This is a 8-week virtual class using the Zoom platform. Â
Mondays: September 12, 19, 26; October 3, 10, 17, 24; November 7
6:00 - 8:00 pm CST
Participants will experience pleasure and passion exploring the full range of the Humanities fields and determining their personal next steps on their path of learning and growth. Philosophers Socrates, Montaigne, and Martha Nussbaum will show up.
Brian Palecek is a longtime participant in public humanities programs, since the inception of Humanities North Dakota and its forerunners in the 1970s. He is also a college English, Literature, and Humanities teacher, serving at United Tribes Technical College for 31 years until his recent retirement. His documentary film "Conversations on the Bench" received support from Humanities ND.
HND VALUE STATEMENT
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this {article, book, exhibition, film, program, database, report, Web resource}, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Humanities North Dakota.
However, in an increasingly polarized world, we at Humanities North Dakota believe that being open-minded is necessary to thinking critically and rationally.
Therefore, our programs and classes reflect our own open-mindedness in the inquiry, seeking, and acquiring of scholars to speak at our events and teach classes for our Public University.
To that end, we encourage our participants to join us in stepping outside our comfort zones and considering other perspectives and ideas by being open-minded while attending HND events featuring scholars who hold a variety of opinions, some being opposite of our own held beliefs.