For our online casual conversations
Please join us for a Casual Conversation with Professor Tobias Becker of the University of Heidelberg on Sunday, February 15, 2026, at Noon Eastern Time. Please note the earlier time occasioned by Professor
On Thursday, December 18 at 5 pm Eastern Time, Nicholas A.
This is a Casual Conversation that all of you must attend: Dartmouth’s new Provost Santiago Schnellwill be our guest on December 8 at 5 pm Eastern on Zoom. He was recommended to us for a Ca
On Sunday, November 23 at 3 pm we will be having a return appearance for a Casual Conversation of Foster Hirsch, Professor of Film at Brooklyn College and board member of th
On Sunday, November 2 at 3 pm Eastern we will have a Casual Conversation with independent scholar Patrick McGilligan about Woody Allen. Mr.
Please join us for a Casual Conversation with Professor Francine Hirsch on Monday, October 20 at 6 pm Eastern. We will be speaking with her about her beautifully written and vitally informative book: So
On Sunday, September 28 at 3 pm ET on Zoom we will have the opportunity to have a conversation about Moby Dick with Wyn Kelley, Senior Lecturer Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She comes to us through the good offices of classmate Bruce Alpert. Lecturer Kelley’s MIT faculty listing, with drop down lists of courses taught, and publications as well as a link to her cv, may be found here: https://lit.mit.edu/wkelley/ .
On August 18, 2025, at 3 pm Eastern Time, Princeton University Professor Rhodri Lewis will be our guest for a Casual Conversation on King Lear by William Shakespeare.
This coming Monday, August 4 at 5 pm Eastern Time we will be joined for a Casual Conversation with Dartmouth Professor William C. Wohlforth who will discuss the new book he co-authored with independent scholar Professor Jill Kastner (whose PhD is from Harvard University): A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion (Oxford University Press 2025).
On Sunday, July 20 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Dr. Gregory Makoff will spend time with us for a Casual Conversation. Dr.