It's been a difficult week on multiple levels — and having a Thursday with two @catherineproject.bsky.social discussions of Dante and Dostoyevsky with groups of incredibly thoughtful readers has been the absolute highlight of it. Tremendously spirit-lifting. (And completely free.)

Is it a damp, drizzly November in your soul? Tempted to go out in the street knocking men’s hats off? I know just what you need: sun, summer, and the sea! Come read MOBY-DICK with me this summer for the @catherineproject.bsky.social Tuesday nights 8-10pm est! catherineproject.org/general-offe...

Summer 2026 enrollment is now open! 📚☀️ Explore great books with readers worldwide this summer. Browse our course offerings and apply today: catherineproject.org Applications close Friday, April 3rd.

Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Idiot | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR Online | buff.ly/b34PJ0i

If you want to read the poem but feel it may be overwhelming, check out @catherineproject.bsky.social Its a great, completely free (that accepts donations) project that creates reading groups and courses on a variety of topics, including Homer.

Wrapped up Being and Time w/ my @catherineproject.bsky.social group last night. Always so impressed with readers who sign up for Catherine Project groups. Intelligent, engaged people tackled one of the most difficult works of western philosophy for 13 weeks in their off time. Did a great job.

Registration closes on Friday! Don’t miss out!

Current reads: Gulliver's Travels (with @catherineproject.bsky.social) and another @rbratten.bsky.social entry 📚

Have you found yourself asking: what is the deal with poiesis? Come read Plato’s TIMAEUS and Heidegger’s THE QUESTION CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY with me this Spring! Or sign up for many other great @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings! catherineproject.org/general-offe...

Enrollment for our Spring 2026 term is open! View our Spring 2026 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org Registration will close on Friday, November 28th.

I enjoyed a really thoughtful and insightful conversation about Sophocles' Philoctetus today, thanks to the @catherineproject.bsky.social (also great to finally be in a seminar with @kaseynbailes.bsky.social !)

Curious about what we do? Join us on Friday, October 24th for a one-off seminar on the Greek tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles! Learn more and register: catherineproject.org/community-se...

It’s been a year of @catherineproject.bsky.social organizing seminars in the NL. I’m thrilled to see the community growing here. So far we have gathered to discuss Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Chaucer. Join us on 1st Nov. to discuss Shakespeare’s Hamlet! Register: forms.fillout.com/t/s8opMPj79Bus

In partnership with the Graduate Institute at St. John's College, we're excited to announce an in-person event happening Saturday, October 11th on the College's beautiful Annapolis campus. To view a full schedule of events and register, follow this link: catherineproject.fillout.com/annapolis-se...

So this is outside of my training, but I know a lot of classicists on here: what would you suggest for someone post-college looking to teach themselves the language? My instinct is 'Wheelock, blood, sweat and tears' but I assume there is a better answer.

Registrations *just* closed, but @catherineproject.bsky.social offers an introductory Latin (and ancient Greek!) tutorial that uses Lingua Latina and Colloquia Personarum, depending on the section. catherineproject.org/general-offe...

Today is the last day to apply! We have over 100 courses on offer this fall. Join us for thoughtful, open-ended discussions on great books. Readers from all backgrounds are welcome; participation is free. View our offerings & apply here: catherineproject.org

Right now I'm trying to decide between Plato (Republic), Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway/To The Lighthouse), or Borges (Ficciones). Or James Joyce (Dubliners/Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man). Oh, Or Dostoevsky. Or

Have you ever wondered what being means? Want to not find out? Come read BEING AND TIME with me on Tuesday nights this Fall! Or sign up for one of many other great @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings! catherineproject.org/general-offe...

Simply an outstanding @catherineproject.bsky.social menu for the fall—one of the richest and broadest I've seen: catherineproject.org/general-offe...

Who wants to read something cool with me this Fall?

Enrollment for our Fall 2025 term is open! View our Fall 2025 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org Registration will close on August 8th.

Registration for our Fall term will open this Thursday, 7/31... But if you just can't wait to read a great book with great people, we're opening early registration for four groups that start in August! Follow the link to register or learn more: forms.fillout.com/t/4vGEpx8LN8us

Calling all Boston readers! Join our summer reading group on utopia and human flourishing. We'll be reading ancient and modern writings by Hesiod, Aristotle, and Aldous Huxley and meeting at Boston University. See flyer for more details and register at: catherineproject.org/events

If, by some delightful chance, you live in Southern Indiana, we're hosting a series of one-off seminars in Bloomington this summer. Dave knows that study and conversation are the grounds of true love! Don't you want to love?! Register here: forms.fillout.com/t/2avxbuFk23us

Join us in Chicago on Saturday, 6/14 for a seminar on selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses! Visit catherineproject.org/events for more info and to register.

Fyodor Dostoyevski: Crime and Punishment (In-Person) | June BISR Courses at Tribeca Therapy | buff.ly/TwYhLaG

“All human beings by nature stretch themselves out towards knowing.” On my experience wrestling with Aristotle's 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 via the @catherineproject.bsky.social - and my recovery from same. #ClassicsBluesky #philsky sloopie72.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...

Only one more @catherineproject.bsky.social meeting left for this reading group. 😭

So everyone should stop what they're doing right now and go read “Bartleby, the Scrivener”

Registration for our Summer term is now closed. Thank you to all 1,000 readers who applied! Placement decisions will start going out on 5/12. Stay tuned for some exciting upcoming in-person events and see our Community Calendar for Fall term dates.

I applied to join a @catherineproject.bsky.social reading group this summer, and you should, too. Deadline's today! Pictured are the summer offerings through D. (What is there at F and beyond? Guess you'll have to click through to find out...) catherineproject.org/general-offe...

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Issue #2 of our community journal, Commonplace. Inside are essays on George Eliot, the Iliad, writing as therapy, a Vermeer painting, and Thoreau's approach to education, as well as poetry and art—all by friends and members of our community!

Though I will have my hands full with a spin-off Joyce group covering Ulysses this summer, I highly encourage everyone to check out @catherineproject.bsky.social's summer offerings — there are almost TOO many great ones to choose from! 📚🐝

TODAY! (4/2/25) 5:45–7:15pm ET Lyceum Institute Happy Hour on the Future of Education and Technology. We'll be discussing Adam Pugen's article, “The Future is Technoclassical”. Open to the public. Details at the link below. lyceum.institute/new...

Decisions, decisions: what do I want to read this summer: Fiction (Melville, Lu Xun, Bronte, Dostoevsky, Woolf, Achebe)? Poetry (Frost, Milton, Virgil, Li Qingzhao)? Thematic grouping (Democracy, Individualism, Ancient Rome)?

Come read DE ANIMA with me this summer! Or sign up for many other great offerings

Course offerings are up on the Catherine Project site. Take a look at our amazing choices for the Summer 2025 term! If you're interested, I am running our reading group on the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Federalist Papers.

Enrollment for our Summer 2025 term is open! We have a rich and expansive set of reading groups and subject tutorials on offer. As always, there is no cost to participate and we welcome learners from all walks of life. More info: catherineproject.org Apply here: tinyurl.com/yf39w9dm

Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Thucydides, Herodotus, and countless others: foundations of Western thought. Wouldn't it be a delight to read their works in their native tongue? lyceum.institute/cor...

Registration for our Summer 2025 term opens THIS FRIDAY (3/28)! Follow us here or join our mailing list to be notified when the form is live: catherineproject.org/contact-us Here's a sneak peak of some of the offerings:

The habits of intellectual development are always best nourished in communities of living conversation. We cultivate such a community in many ways—including our weekly Philosophical Happy Hour, open to the public. Come see how we're building a habit of thinking: lyceum.institute/cor...

Washington, DC friends! We're organizing a local reading group on two classic plays by Shakespeare. See flyer below for details and register at: catherineproject.org/events We welcome enthusiastic learners from all walks of life. Participation is free, but registration closes this Tuesday, 3/25!

"I been believing in nothing ever since I was born!” On reading Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" with @catherineproject.bsky.social sloopie72.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/f...

"For this reason bald men are not defective." Aristotle, Metaphysics Δ 27 1024a ~29, trans. Sachs

Thanks @catherineproject.bsky.social for this evening's community seminar discussion on Flannery O’Connor's 'Good Country People' .... "Some can't be that simple." #booksky

Curious about what we do? Join us on Friday, March 7th for a one-off seminar on "Good Country People," a short story by Flannery O'Connor. Registration is free and open to adult learners of all backgrounds. Learn more and sign up using the link below.

Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Thucydides, Herodotus, and countless others: foundations of Western thought. Wouldn't it be a delight to read their works in their native tongue? lyceum.institute/cor...

This sounds like fun! (it's also a great way to 'try out' the Catherine Project without committing to a major reading project and months of meetings)

I'm reading Aristotle's Metaphysics for the upcoming Catherine Project group, and I must say, his Book I review of pre-socratics is... pretty snide.