From the President
Dear Reader,
Last month, our first cohort of Junior Fellows completed the two year sequence of informal courses in the traditional liberal arts that constituted. This issue of our bulletin features the work of those who participated in the fellowship. Read More
Fruits of the Fellows Formation Program
by Michelle Ferguson
When I applied to the Boethius Institute Fellows Formation program, I knew it would be a challenging but fruitful opportunity. I had been involved in the classical education movement for over twenty years but was aware of many gaps and deficiencies in my own education, so I was excited to deepen my understanding of not only what is meant by “a liberal arts education” in its historic sense, but also to become better educated in the very arts themselves. Read More
A Fellow's Work in Brazil
by Lucas Dos Santos
I wanted to share with you about a course I taught here in Brazil last week. Since last Thursday, I have been in a city in the interior of São Paulo (a 6-hour drive from the capital), teaching intensive teacher training to a group of teachers I have been working with for a long time. Read More
The History of Astronomy: A Project Update
by Joseph Tabenkin
For the past two years, I’ve been quietly working on a project aimed at making science—particularly astronomy—more accessible and teachable, especially for educators who may not have a formal background in the subject. Read More
The Confessions (An Excerpt)
by Augustine
As the day now approached on which she was to depart this life (which day Thou knew, we did not), it fell out — Thou, as I believe, by Your secret ways arranging it — that she and I stood alone, leaning in a certain window, from which the garden of the house we occupied at Ostia could be seen... Read More