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Voices of Wisdom
Reflections of 11 faculty members whose teaching philosophies were shaped and challenged by this “common conversation.”
Revisit the "Iliad" with Professor Kate Meng Brassel CC'06
Reread the #CoreMadness Favorite using this guide.
Translating the Odyssey
Why translate the Odyssey and Iliad into English yet again, when there have already been almost seventy translations?
Professor Julie Crawford compares Othello & Julius Caesar
Can we still learn anything from these two Shakespeare classics?
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.
The Core Madness Favorite is...
You cast your vote and this favorite has risen above the rest.
Professor Joanna Stalnaker on "To the Lighthouse"
Listen to Professor Stalnaker explore the different themes presented in Woolf's To the Lighthouse.
Five Music Hum Pieces Written by Women
Check out these 5 leading ladies in Music Humanities.
Lit Hum Revisited
At 48, David Denby ’65, ’66J proved you can go home again — to the classics.
Scuola di Athene (School of Athens)
Read about this classic fresco art piece by Raphael.
"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.
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.
Did You Know? A History of the Core
A brief history of Contemporary Civilization (CC) and how it came to be.
School of Thought
A comic illustration of Contemporary Civilization.