Great Books Series Offered Again at CNU
News Release - February 8, 2008
Media Contact:
Emily L. Lucier
Press Secretary and Media Manager
emily.lucier@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - Christopher Newport University is pleased to announce that the Keith McLoughland Great Books Series, a CNU tradition for more than 20 years, is again being offered. The Great Books Series offers a wonderful opportunity for those interested in our cultural legacy to discuss major works of literature, history, philosophy and science. CNU professors will lead the round table discussions as well as share their expertise on the work. The series is presented in memory of Keith McLoughland, former Dean of Admissions, co-founder of the Honors Program, and man of letters. McLoughland founded the Great Books Series in 1977.
All meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Trible Library, Room 209. The program is free and open to the public. To sign on to the Keith McLoughland Great Books Series mailing list, please visit www.cnu.edu/great_books/. Printed copies of the readings are available from the CNU Bookstore (757-599-5170) and on reserve at the CNU library, and as digitally linked from the site.
The 2008 Series:
February 20: Dr. Heather McDougall Plato's "Republic Book VII"
March 5: Dr. Travis Taylor Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class”(ch.3,4,7)
March 19: Dr. John Thompson "The Heart Sutra", Thompson, trans.
April 2: CNU Provost Mark Padilla Sophocles's "Oedipus the King"
April 16: Dr. Sanford Lopater Freud's "Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis"
For more information, please visit http://www.cnu.edu/great_books/, or contact Coordinator Jeffrey Carr at 594-7681.
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Joseph W. Luter III College of Business and Leadership and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor.
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