St. John’s College

Winter Classics at St. John's College

Week 1: January 5-9, 2026 | Week 2: January 12-16, 2026

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Week 1 (January 5–9, 2026)

Use the links below to navigate to a specific class:

Dillard | Shakespeare | Weber | Mahābhārata | Weber 2ND SECTION | Berkeley | Stendhal

Morning

Annie Dillard's For the Time Being

David Townsend and Krishnan Venkatesh
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026


William Shakespeare's The Tempest

Maggie Evans McGuinness and Susan Paalman
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026


Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Brendan Boyle and Rob Mass
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026

Afternoon

Books 2 and 3 of The Mahābhārata

Patricia Greer and David Townsend
3 p.m. ET | 2 p.m. CT | 1 p.m. MT | Noon PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026


Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 2ND SECTION

Brendan Boyle and Rob Mass
3 p.m. ET | 2 p.m. CT | 1 p.m. MT | Noon PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026


George Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues

James Carey and Topi Heikkerö
4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT | 2 p.m. MT | 1 p.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026

Evening

Stendhal's The Red and the Black

Tony Eagan and Richard McCombs
6 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. CT | 4 p.m. MT | 3 p.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 5-9, 2026



Week 2 (January 12–16, 2026)

Use the links below to navigate to a specific class:

Aeschylus | Aquinas | Darwin | Dillard 2ND SECTION | James 2ND SECTION | Stendhal 2ND SECTION | Chōmei and Kenkō | James | Austen

Morning

Aeschylus's Oresteia

Charlie Barrett and Amie Zimmer
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 12-16, 2026


Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

James Carey and Obed Lira
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 12-16, 2026


Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species 

Kenneth Wolfe and Alan Zeitlin
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 12-16, 2026


Annie Dillard's For the Time Being 2ND SECTION

David Townsend and Krishnan Venkatesh
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 12-16, 2026


William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience 2ND SECTION

Stephen Rosenberg and Marsaura Shukla
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
January 12-16, 2026


Stendhal's The Red and the Black 2ND SECTION

Tony Eagan and Richard McCombs
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
Monday-Friday, January 12-16, 2026

Afternoon

Chōmei's Hōjōki and Kenkō's Essays in Idleness

Natalie Elliot and Topi Heikkerö
4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT | 2 p.m. MT | 1 p.m. PT
January 12-16, 2026


William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience

Stephen Rosenberg and Marsaura Shukla
4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT | 2 p.m. MT | 1 p.m. PT
January 12-16, 2026

Evening

Jane Austen’s Emma

Robert Abbott and Sarah Stickney
6 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. CT | 4 p.m. MT | 3 p.m. PT
January 12-16, 2026