We are very excited to announce a significant new project of the Dawson Society. This project aims to build on our Speakers Forum by allowing participants to more deeply engage with philosophical issues and great cultural works. The Paideia Lectures will provide of 5 – 8 lectures exploring a Speakers Forum topic in greater depth than is possible in a single evening.
The first Paideia Lectures will take as its topic a seminal work of Christian culture, Dante’s Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy charts a man’s quest for sanctity in an epic journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Dante’s exploration of the essential questions of human nature have immortalised this work and make it particularly worth of study. This course will utilise the new translation of this work which has been recently published by Clive James.
We are particularly grateful to Associate Professor John Kinder of the University of Western Australia for agreeing to present the lectures for this first series and we are also very grateful to the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle for allowing us to host this short course on their premises.
When: 7.30-9.00pm
Dates: 27 May, 3 June, (break on 10 June for the Rally for Life), 17 June, 24, June, 1 July, 8 July
Where: ND 43/201 The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle (room details will be given upon registration)
Cost (includes Clive James translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy):
General/Adult: $120
Student Concession: $60 (upon presentation of student concession card)