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April 09, 2020

Voices of Wisdom

Reflections of 11 faculty members whose teaching philosophies were shaped and challenged by this “common conversation.”

Core Impact
Illustration of Core Faculty
March 30, 2020

Revisit the "Iliad" with Professor Kate Meng Brassel CC'06

Reread the #CoreMadness Favorite using this guide.

Literature
The Iliad by Homer book cover
December 09, 2019

Translating the Odyssey

Why translate the Odyssey and Iliad into English yet again, when there have already been almost seventy translations?

Literature
The Odyssey by Homer
November 14, 2019

Professor Julie Crawford compares Othello & Julius Caesar

Can we still learn anything from these two Shakespeare classics?

Literature
Portrait of Shakespeare
April 15, 2020

Core Scholar Allison Scott CC‘15 Reflects on Ovid

Allison creates an illustration to reflect the sadness in Ovid's Metamorphoses studied in Lit Hum.

Literature
Illustration of Ovid's Metamorphosis
March 06, 2020

The Core Madness Favorite is...

You cast your vote and this favorite has risen above the rest.

Core Impact
Iliad is crowned the #coremadness Favorite!
March 06, 2020

Professor Joanna Stalnaker on "To the Lighthouse"

Listen to Professor Stalnaker explore the different themes presented in Woolf's To the Lighthouse.

Literature
Book cover for To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
February 13, 2020

Five Music Hum Pieces Written by Women

Check out these 5 leading ladies in Music Humanities.

Music
5 Women featured in Music Humanities
February 07, 2020

Lit Hum Revisited

At 48, David Denby ’65, ’66J proved you can go home again — to the classics.

books on a shelf
December 06, 2019

Scuola di Athene (School of Athens)

Read about this classic fresco art piece by Raphael.

Art
Image of Raphael's painting "The School of Athens" featuring Plato and Aristotle
February 07, 2020

"The Souls of Black Folk", W.E.B. Du Bois

Explore the background of this work of American literature included on the Contemporary Civilization syllabus.

Philosophy
Portrait of W.E.B. Dubois
September 26, 2019

Students and Faculty Embrace Classic Readings, Modern Technology

Lit Hum remains about small groups of students reading and discussing books that have stood the test of time.

Literature
October 30, 2019

Did You Know? A History of the Core

A brief history of Contemporary Civilization (CC) and how it came to be.

The first syllabus from Contemporary Civilization
December 20, 2019

School of Thought

A comic illustration of Contemporary Civilization.

Philosophy
Comic illustration depicting Columbia College as a school of thought.