Chicago’s Great Books School, Shimer College: A Status Report, Commentary, And Suggestions
Posted by avicena on 12/29/07 • Categorized as Edukacja
In October 2006 and January of this year, I reflected here on Chicago’s own great books school, Shimer College. For both posts I was interested, perhaps even concerned, about the college’s move from Waukegan to the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago campus.
This brings me to a recent New York Times article on Shimer. Published November 4, the piece is titled "Small Campus, Big Books" and
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1 Of My Allotted 15 Minutes Of FameThis past October I attended the annual meeting of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. I enjoyed the experience, giving a brief presentation on a panel dealing with the great books idea. My conference report is here.
An associate (and friend) from the Great Books Foundation, Dan Born, also attended the panel. Dan is editor-in-chief of GBF's literary magazine, The Common Review.
New Chicago History SiteIf you're interested in the history of Chicago, especially its architecture, check out this new creation: Forgotten Chicago.
I'm reasonably impressed, especially with its pictures of the built environment. Here is the site's mission statement.
Forgotten Chicago is not about historical analysis, but it looks to be a solid starting point for a memory, or architectural, study of the city. - TL
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1. Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian. I've known of Ms. Williams site for about a month, but waited patiently in order to sample her postings. I wanted to see what directions she would take, and whether the topics might interest H&E readers. Looks great! I'm all for supporting Chicago-area historians and history enthusiasts.
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History Resource Spotlight: Jazz Age ChicagoThe Internet still strikes me, at times, as a strange and wonderful place. An instance of this occurred a few days ago upon discovering an history site, Jazz Age Chicago, authored by an old friend and colleague, Scott A. Newman, Ph.D. The site's full name is "Jazz Age Chicago: Urban Leisure from 1893 to 1945."
In the late 1990s, Scott and I attended Loyola University Chicago as graduate students
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