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The Great Questions Seminars are for everyone! Avid readers and those who have never been able to complete a whole book: all are welcome!

COMMUNITY SEMINAR

Join members of our community in asking the Great Questions of humankind through discussions of transformative texts. Participants complete a reading assignment and consider how it helps them ask the Great Questions before attending the event and participating in a conversation with others who have done the same. Students, Faculty and Staff are all welcome to attend. Food and refreshments provided. Many thanks to The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center and The Great Questions Foundation for their support of this series.

Fall 2023

Thursday, September 14 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm

The Hebrew Bible (Genesis 1-4) and

The Quran (selected Surahs)
Click here for reading selections and discussion questions.


Wednesday, October 25 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm

The Popol Vuh (selections) and

The Rig Veda (selections)
Links to readings and questions forthcoming.

Fall 2023 Community Seminar

Guiding Questions: 
  1. Who am I?
  2. Is There a Supreme Being or Beings?

ACC Highland Campus

All are welcome, but RSVP is required to attend. The exact location of the event at HLC will be emailed to those who RSVP. RSVP HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2023

Antigone by Sophocles

February 16 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Text

 

Letter from A Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

April 13 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Text

TGQS Community Seminar

Guiding Questions: 
  1. What is Justice?
  2. Is There a Supreme Being or Beings?

ACC Highland Campus

All are welcome, but RSVP is required to attend. The exact location of the event at HLC will be emailed to those who RSVP. RSVP HERE

Fall 2022

Plato’s Apology of Socrates

October 20 and November 17 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm

TGQS Fall Lecture

Fall 2022 Guiding Questions: 
  1. What is the Good Life and how do I live it?
  2. What is Justice? What are my obligations towards others and what are their obligations towards me?

ACC Highland Campus

All are welcome, but RSVP is required to attend. The exact location of the event at HLC will be emailed to those who RSPV. RSVP HERE

Students reading a book

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