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September 2025 Modules
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Advanced Old English Series:
Readings in Prose
Candidate
As soon as we obtain enough interest in this class we will be in touch to work out a meeting time that works for the group.
Thank you for keeping your Blackberry availability up to date!
Dr. Peter Baker, then of the University of Virginia, translated Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland into Old English. This module will work with and translate back into Modern English this fun and delightful text.
Precepted by
Dr.
Larry Swain
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1
Cluster
Candidate
As soon as we obtain enough interest in this class we will be in touch to work out a meeting time that works for the group.
Thank you for keeping your Blackberry availability up to date!
Expelliarmus! Let's read the seventh Harry Potter Book!
We will get together twice a week to explore the series, reading through the books at a relaxed pace. Connect with fellow readers and share your insights as we discover (or rediscover) the magic.
Over two months, we will follow seventeen-year-old Harry's adventures. With Voldemort ascendant, Harry and his friends are now fugitives. They must find a way to break the dark lord's power, or the Wizarding World is lost...
This book club is all about sharing the moments of unexpected, joyful discovery through close reading. Focusing on the text, we will share our personal readings and experiences. We will learn from our classmates in a kindness-first, supportive environment.
Together, we can tackle some big questions about the series. What was it about the Harry Potter books that resonated with so many people? To what extent is it possible or indeed desirable to separate art from artist?
Most of all, however, we will have an inclusive dialogue that embraces a multiplicity of views and enriches our experience of the text.
We will get together twice a week to explore the series, reading through the books at a relaxed pace. Connect with fellow readers and share your insights as we discover (or rediscover) the magic.
Over two months, we will follow seventeen-year-old Harry's adventures. With Voldemort ascendant, Harry and his friends are now fugitives. They must find a way to break the dark lord's power, or the Wizarding World is lost...
This book club is all about sharing the moments of unexpected, joyful discovery through close reading. Focusing on the text, we will share our personal readings and experiences. We will learn from our classmates in a kindness-first, supportive environment.
Together, we can tackle some big questions about the series. What was it about the Harry Potter books that resonated with so many people? To what extent is it possible or indeed desirable to separate art from artist?
Most of all, however, we will have an inclusive dialogue that embraces a multiplicity of views and enriches our experience of the text.
Precepted by
Dr.
Julian Barr
Crash Course on Norse Myths
Candidate
As soon as we obtain enough interest in this class we will be in touch to work out a meeting time that works for the group.
Thank you for keeping your Blackberry availability up to date!
The literature containing Norse mythology remains one of the most fascinating bodies of medieval storytelling anywhere. Participants will make sense of Norse myths by examining the structures of the tales and investigating the background in which they were written down in manuscripts. Explore Norse mythology with Old Norse expert Dr. Paul Peterson!
Precepted by
Dr.
Paul Peterson
Creative Writing:
Weekend Intensive
Candidate
As soon as we obtain enough interest in this class we will be in touch to work out a meeting time that works for the group.
Thank you for keeping your Blackberry availability up to date!
A Feast of Writing!
In one weekend, we're going to celebrate creativity by attempting a complete short story, novelette, or novella! Our format will include SPACE class sessions, WriterSpace focused writing time in excellent company, Bandersnatch Breakout room for talking about our craft and peer feedback, and an enthusiastic celebration of Story. So sharpen your quills, line up the inkpots, make a BIG casserole to last the weekend.
Here's the plan:
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Friday from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern
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Saturday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern
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Saturday from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern:
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Sunday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern
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Our goal is to create a completed first draft in one weekend! Prompts, planning, focus methods, peer encouragement, machete editing, character crucibles — we’ll do it all. Writers will write between sessions as well as during.
You are going to end this amazing experience with a complete first draft of your story!
Note: For more information about the Collaborative Feedback Method in SPACE, please check out our video here.
In one weekend, we're going to celebrate creativity by attempting a complete short story, novelette, or novella! Our format will include SPACE class sessions, WriterSpace focused writing time in excellent company, Bandersnatch Breakout room for talking about our craft and peer feedback, and an enthusiastic celebration of Story. So sharpen your quills, line up the inkpots, make a BIG casserole to last the weekend.
Here's the plan:
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Friday from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern
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Saturday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern
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Saturday from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern:
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Sunday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern
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Our goal is to create a completed first draft in one weekend! Prompts, planning, focus methods, peer encouragement, machete editing, character crucibles — we’ll do it all. Writers will write between sessions as well as during.
You are going to end this amazing experience with a complete first draft of your story!
Note: For more information about the Collaborative Feedback Method in SPACE, please check out our video here.
Precepted by
Sparrow F. Alden
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Later Poems 1
(Volume 3: The Years 1931-1967)
(Section 1)
Confirmed
Hybrid
Monday Lectures (Live-Recorded): Meeting for four 1-hour Lectures with Dr. Sara Brown (and/or guest James Tauber) meeting on Mondays at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on September 8, 15, 22, and 29 (and a bonus lecture from Dr. Corey Olsen, will be shared with enrolled students at a time TBD)
Discussion Sessions: Discussion group meetings with Dr. Sara Brown on Thursdays at 11:00 AM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on September 11, 18, 25, and Oct 2
The details for our study through Volume 3 of Hammond and Scull's magisterial “Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien" will be announced in Spring 2025.
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Later Poems 1
(Volume 3: The Years 1931-1967)
(Section 2)
Candidate
Hybrid
Monday Lectures (Live-Recorded): Meeting for four 1-hour Lectures with Dr. Sara Brown (and/or guest James Tauber) meeting on Mondays at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on September 8, 15, 22, and 29 (and a bonus lecture from Dr. Corey Olsen, will be shared with enrolled students at a time TBD)
Discussion Sessions: Discussion group meetings with Dr. Sara Brown on Fridays at 11:00 AM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on September 12, 19, 26, and Oct 3
The details for our study through Volume 3 of Hammond and Scull's magisterial “Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien" will be announced in Spring 2025.
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Later Poems 1
(Volume 3: The Years 1931-1967)
(Section 3)
Candidate
Hybrid
Monday Lectures (Live-Recorded): Meeting for four 1-hour Lectures with Dr. Sara Brown (and/or guest James Tauber) meeting on Mondays at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on September 8, 15, 22, and 29 (and a bonus lecture from Dr. Corey Olsen, will be shared with enrolled students at a time TBD)
Discussion Sessions: Discussion group meetings with Patrick Lyon on Thursdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on September 11, 18, 25, and Oct 2
The details for our study through Volume 3 of Hammond and Scull's magisterial “Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien" will be announced in Spring 2025.
Precepted by
Dr.
Sara Brown
(Lecturer)
and
Patrick Lyon
(Section 3)
with guests James Tauber and Dr. Corey Olsen
with guests James Tauber and Dr. Corey Olsen