Book Club
Fellows and External Fellows are invited to take part in the Book Club sessions held monthly except in August. The annual list of readings, available on this website under Events, is balanced across a wide range of topics categorized as Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Sciences. All sessions take place via Zoom. Upcoming monthly sessions with a link for registration are announced in the weekly publication Senior College Events.
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Book Club: January 5, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJanuary 5, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows ChatGPT and the Future of AI by Terrence J. Sejnowski (2024) Discussion leader: Daphne Maurer An accessible and timely introduction […]
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Book Club: February 2, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomFebruary 2, 2026, 2-4 pm - Fellows and External Fellows The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi (2020) Discussion Leaders: […]
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Book Club: March 2, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
March 2, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) Discussion Leader: Lisa Steele The “bardo” is a Tibetan Buddhist concept referring […]
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Book Club: April 6, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
April 6, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made Handel’s “Messiah” by Charles King (2024) Discussion Leaders: Linda Hutcheon […]
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Book Club: May 4, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
May 4, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962) Discussion Leader: Sara Shettleworth Published only 64 years ago, Silent Spring already qualifies as […]