#38 - Classics Without the Classroom: A Guide to Getting (Really) Educated…

Can we understand the Classics without the Classroom? A guide to getting (really) educated… with Dr. James Hankins, Professor of History at Harvard University, Anya Leonard of Classical Wisdom, and Alexandra Hudson of Civic Renaissance.

If you already know WHY we should preserve the classics... It's time to ask HOW... and how YOU can help.

What are the resources? Where can we begin? And who can help?

As mainstream educational institutions move away from a classical core in the liberal arts, it can be tempting to feel despondent about the future of this educational model that has educated men and women for millennia.

Yet there are a growing number of organizations around the world committed to remedy this. These non-accrediting institutions are nourishing those who care about ideas and the wisdom of the past and are offering people a chance to engage in the Great Conversation.

What can we learn from these initiatives? How can we promote more of them? How can these new organizations nurture the values of curiosity and lifelong learning?

About the Speakers:

Dr. James Hankins, professor of History at Harvard University and an intellectual historian specializing in the Italian Renaissance. He is author of many books, including, Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft. You can purchase his book here.

Anya Leonard, Founder and Director of Classical Wisdom, a platform dedicated to bringing ancient wisdom to Modern Minds. You can learn more about Classical Wisdom here.

Alexandra Hudson, curator of Civic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedicated to the wisdom of the past. Sign up for Civic Renaissance here.

Resources
Podcasts:
Classical Wisdom Speaks
Ancient Greece Declassified
Hellenistic Age Podcast
The Partially Examined Life Podcast

Community/E-learning:
Ralston College
Classical Pursuits (travel with the classics)
Modern Stoicism

Articles:
"The Forgotten Virtue" explores the classical notion of humanitas, or love of humanity, that the ancients cultivated through education and the Renaissance Humanists revived in their own era. 
"What are the classics for?" By Alexandra Hudson. This essay explores recent criticisms of the classics and looks at what an omnicultural core might look like today.

Books: 
"A Great Idea at the Time" by Alex Beam
"Know Thyself" by Ingrid Rossellini
"How to live on 24 Hours a day" by Arnold Bennett
"Virtue Politics" by James Hankins. 
"Lost in Thought" by Zena Hitz.