Theme: In the culture of the here and now, how then shall we live?

Common Readings

• The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  
• The Edges of the Field, by Joseph Singer
  
• Don Giovanni, by Mozart
  
• Short Stories by Borges & Márquez
  
• Rituals of Blood by Orlando Patterson
  
• Washington, D.C. Trip Links to points of interest that we will be visiting.
  
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Faculty and Seminars:

• Prof. Nancy Andrews, of the Department of Classics
  
  • Fall: Identity and Self-Fashioning in Mythic Thought
  • Spring: Intimations of Immortality
  
  
• Prof. Estrella Cibreiro, of the Spanish Section of the Department of Modern Languages
  
  • Fall: Spain Then: Defying Cultural Permanence Through Art
  • Spring: Spain Now: Consolidating Cultural Change through Art
  
  
• Prof. Robert Cording, of the Department of English
  
  • Fall: The Arrogance of Humanism:
  • Spring: Living and Dying
    
    
• Prof. David Damiano, of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and Director of the FYP.
  
  
  • Fall: To believe or not to believe, what is the evidence?
  • Spring: To understand or not to understand, what are the questions?
  
  
• Prof. James Kee, of the Department of English
  
  • Fall: The Making of the Soul
  • Spring: The Soul's Journey
    
• Prof. Denise Schaeffer, of the Department of Political Science
  
  • Fall: Renewing Community
  • Spring: Renewing the Soul
  
  
• Prof. Vicki Swigert, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Assistant Dean for the Class of 2004.
  
  
  • Fall: Violent Acts: Crime
  • Spring: Violent Acts: Punishment
  
  
• Prof. Jessica Waldoff of the Department of Music
  
  • Fall: Music in the Cultural Imagination:
  • Spring: Music through the Looking Glass

For the 2000-2001 calendar of common events go to 2000-2001 events.

To see photos from the year go to Class of 2004 photos and Class of 2004 - Trip to DC