Book Club
Fellows and External Fellows are invited to take part in the Book Club sessions held monthly except in August. The annual list of readings, available on this website under Events, is balanced across a wide range of topics categorized as Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Sciences. All sessions take place via Zoom. Upcoming monthly sessions with a link for registration are announced in the weekly publication Senior College Events.
Book Club: January 6, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJanuary 6, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (2015) Discussion Leader: Meg Fox André Alexis offers “an utterly compelling and affecting look at the […]
Book Club: February 3, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomFebruary 3 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep by Kenneth Miller (2023) Discussion Leader: Daphne Maurer The […]
Book Club: March 3, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomMarch 3 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by Timothy Garton Ash (2023) Discussion Leader: David Milne Winner of the 2024 Gelner Prize, […]
Book Club: April 7, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomApril 7, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974) Discussion Leader: Molly Wills Successful both as literature and as a thought experiment, […]
Book Club: May 5, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomMay 5, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Odyssey by Homer, in the new poetic translation by Emily Wilson (2017) Discussion Leaders: Linda Hutcheon and Martin Revermann Homer's […]
Book Club: June 2, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJune 2, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) (2022) Discussion leader: Janet Paterson This book […]
Book Club: July 7, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJuly 7, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li (2023) Discussion Leader: Susan Pfeiffer […]