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Special Academic Events
| Opera
During the fall and spring, sophomores attend one opera per semester at the Metropolitan Opera or the neighboring City Opera. The opera chosen is tied into the early modern and contemporary course sequences, and studied in-depth in the music sections each semester. Recent operas seen include Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Cosi fan tutte, Puccini’s Tosca, Bizet’s Carmen, Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Tchaichovsky's Eugene Onegin.
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| Interdisciplinary Seminars
The freshman and sophomore curriculum is supplemented by a series of interdisciplinary seminars. Attended by all of the faculty and students involved in each semester's historical period, these seminars examine a particular issue from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Recent topics include:
Ancient "Can violence be justified in a civilized society?"
Medieval Nature of sin and evil; Islam and the Crusades
Early Modern Positive and negative legacy of the French Revolution
Contemporary Effect of technology on the contemporary world; Social implications of evolutionary theory; Artistic representation of horrific historical events
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The Last Lecture
Each year the students invite a member of the faculty to give a "last lecture," the lecture that the professor would give if it were the last time he or she ever faced a class. Past lectures have explored the power of myth to shape lives, the ideal educated community, and the enduring lessons of ancient Rome. The lecture is followed by a reception so that all may continue the conversation. |
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Book Club with University President Joseph McShane, S.J.
Honors students meet once a year with Fr. McShane to discuss a book or work that he has found intellectually stimulating. To keep such a gathering intimate, attendance is necessarily limited to a small group and is on a first-come, first-serve basis once students are notified of the chosen book and date of meeting. Works read include Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward Angel, Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes, and Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.
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