Summer Classics

“Over hill, over dale,

Thorough bush, thorough brier,

Over park, over pale,

Thorough flood, thorough fire,

I do wander everywhere,

Swifter than the moon’s sphere;

And I serve the Fairy Queen,

To dew her orbs upon the green.

The cowslips tall her pensioners be:

In their gold coats spots you see;

Those be rubies, fairy favors,

In those freckles live their savors.”

–Fai r y ( I I . i )

at St. John’s College

The act of listening is just as impor-tant as speaking and makingconnections among ideas.

No previous knowledge of the author,text, or subject is required. In fact,participants should refer only to textsthe group studies together. The week-long seminars are limited to 18participants each. Groups are led bytwo members of the St. John’sCollege faculty, called tutors. Tuitioncovers one seminar (either onemorning or one afternoon topic) in agiven week. You may register for botha morning seminar and an afternoonseminar. In Santa Fe, participants arewelcome to register for more than oneweek of seminars.

Summer Classics at St. John’s CollegeFor more than 20 years, SummerClassics at St. John’s College hashosted participants from around theworld for week-long seminar classesin classic literature, science, history,philosophy, and opera. SummerClassics is an opportunity to experi-ence lively, in-depth, and highlyparticipatory discussions modeledafter those of the St. John’s Program.

Held on both the Santa Fe andAnnapolis campuses, SummerClassics is an unmatched intellectualjourney. Seminar discussions beginwith an opening question presentedby a faculty member. Participantsaround the seminar table, each withvarying life experiences and perspec-tives, contribute to the discussion bypresenting ideas and interpretations.

St. John’s CollegeSt. John’s College, a co-ed four-yearliberal arts college with campuses in Santa Fe, New Mexico, andAnnapolis, Maryland, offers smalldiscussion-based classes and adistinctive curriculum based on thefoundational texts of the Westerntradition. All students undertake aunified and multidisciplinaryprogram, reading and discussingclassic works of philosophy, litera-ture, theology, history, politicalscience, economics, mathematics,astronomy, physics, biology, andmusic. In this vibrant learningcommunity, faculty members do notlecture and are not segregated intodepartments; instead they learn withand guide their students as they read and discuss these foundationaltexts in small, seminar-style classes.St. John’s has no religious affiliationand is the third oldest college in the country.

In addition to the undergraduateprogram, St. John’s College offersgraduate degree programs based on these same principles: the Masterof Arts in Liberal Arts, on bothcampuses, and the Master of Arts inEastern Classics, on the Santa Fecampus only.

“And pluck

the wings

from

painted

butterflies,

To fan

the moon-

beams

from his

sleeping

eyes.”

–Titania (III.1)

RegistrationSunday, June 233 - 5 p.m.McDowell Hall

Opening ReceptionSunday5 - 6:30 p.m.Mellon Hall Café

SeminarsMonday - Friday10 a.m. - noon and/or2 - 4 p.m.

Morning Mingleswith Continental BreakfastMonday & Thursday 9 - 10 a.m.

LunchMonday - Friday Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Schedule of Events: JUNE 23-28

ANNAPOLIS

EventsCrab FeastTuesday6:30 - 9 p.m.Stargazing (weather permitting) Tuesday Mellon Hall Observatory9 p.m.Wednesday Night Lecture and Question Period7:30 p.m.

June 24-28MorningHomer’s IliadEva Brann and Lise van Boxel

Federalists and Anti-Federalists: The Debate over the ConstitutionWilliam Braithwaite and William Pastille

Afternoon “For there she was.” Two Novels of Virginia WoolfTom May and Joan Silver

Plato’s RepublicMatthew Caswell and John Tomarchio

Seminar Schedule: Annapolis

“If we shadows have offended,

Think but this and all is mended:

That you have but slumb’red here,

While these visions did appear.

And this weak and idle theme,

No more yielding but a dream,

Gentles do not reprehend;

If you pardon, we will mend.

And, as I am an honest Puck,

If we have unearned luck

Now to scrape the serpent’s tongue,

We will make amends ere long;

Else the Puck a liar call:

So, good night unto you all.

Give me your hands, if we be friends,

And Robin shall restore amends.”

–Puck (V.I)

Homer’s IliadEva Brann and Lise van Boxel

Homer is perhaps the greatest poet ever to have lived. The Iliad is his most famous poem. It is a songabout the rage of Achilles, the most famous hero in the Western world and the archetypal warrior.Superlatives abound! Paradoxically, Achilles’ ragedoes not draw him further into the battle against theTrojans. Instead, it causes him to withdraw from thewar for much of the poem. Ultimately, his rage seemsto focus on questions about the human condition andthe action—and inaction—of the gods in human life.

Federalists and Anti-Federalists: The Debate over the ConstitutionWilliam Braithwaite and William Pastille

In advance of the votes to ratify the Constitution, citizens in every state gave speeches and wrote newspaper articles both for and against ratification.James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jaywrote the most comprehensive series of pro-Constitution arguments in various New Yorknewspapers. These came to be known collectively asThe Federalists Papers. Among the most prominentopponents of ratification, called Anti-Federalists,were Patrick Henry, and pseudonymous authorscalled “Brutus,” “Centinel,” and “John Dewitt.” We will read and discuss competing argumentsregarding the need for union, protections againsttyranny, states’ rights, representation, and the justice system.

ANNAPOLISJune 24-28 | Morning

“And as

imagination

bodies forth

The forms of

things unknown,

the poet’s pen

Turns them to

shapes, and

gives to

airy nothing

A local

habitation

and a name.”

–Theseus (V.I)

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“For there she was.” Two Novels of Virginia WoolfTom May and Joan Silver

Virginia Woolf ranks as one of the great innovativenovelists of the 20th century in her abandonment ofconventional linear narrative and exposition, favoringinstead the poetic effects produced by indirect narra-tive and interior monologue. Participants will readtwo of her principal novels, Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. The first describes a fine and full Juneday as its heroine, Clarissa, plunges into the bustle of London to purchase flowers for her party thatevening. The second relates the daily life of theRamsey family summering in the Hebrides overseveral years. Each novel is charged with the realiza-tion that it is both wonderful and “very, verydangerous to live even one day.”

Plato’s RepublicMatthew Caswell and John Tomarchio

If Western thought may be called “a footnote toPlato,” then the rest of Plato’s dialogues may becalled a footnote to his Republic. This epic dialoguesets the terms of ethical, political, and metaphysicaldebate for millennia to come. In it, Socrates rises tothe challenge of two youths to prove to them that justice alone could make them happy, absent anybenefits of honor or wealth. To do so, Socrates undertakes with them to construct a just city inspeech, as an image of a just soul writ large, tosearch within it for the native seat and power notonly of justice, but of the virtues of wisdom,courage, and temperance, as well as the graces ofhuman education, friendship, and philosophy.

ANNAPOLISJune 24-28 | Afternoon

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Federalists and Anti-Federalists: The Debate over the Constitution

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“For there she was.” Two Novels of Virginia Woolf

Plato's Republic

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Note: We cannot reserve spaces and enrollment will not be processed until the $250 non-refundable

deposit per seminar has been received. If full payment is not received by May 15, 2013, your

enrollment will be cancelled and the deposit(s) will not be returned.

RegistrationSundays3 - 5 p.m.Peterson Student Center

Opening ReceptionSundays5 - 6:30 p.m.Peterson Student Center

SeminarsMonday - Friday10 a.m. - noon and/or2 - 4 p.m.

Morning MinglesMondays & Thursdays 9 - 10 a.m. Schepps Garden

EventsGraduate Institute Open HouseMondays4 - 5 p.m.Levan Hall

Tuesday Night EventsTBA

Schedule of Events: JULY 7-26

Nature Walks (weather permitting)Thursdays4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Operas (by advance purchase)Wednesdays and Fridays8:30 p.m.

Music on the Hill™Wednesdays6 - 8 p.m.Athletic Field

Closing LunchesFridays12 - 1:30 p.m.Coffee Shop

Week I: July 8 -12MorningMarilynne Robinson’s Gilead and HomePatricia Greer and Eva Brann

Leo Tolstoy’s War and PeaceMike Peters and Steve Isenberg

Xenophon’s The Education of CyrusRichard McCombs and Janet Dougherty

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

William Fulton and Andy Kingston

Afternoon Marguerite Yourcenar’s The Memoirs of HadrianNatalie Elliot and John Cornell

Stendahl’s Charterhouse of ParmaJames Carey and Frank Pagano

Week II: July 15 - 19

Morning Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II,and Henry VMike Peters and Victoria Mora

Herodotus’The Persian WarsJanet Dougherty and Eva Brann

The Spy Novel in the Hands of the Master: Three John le Carré NovelsSherry Martin and David Carl

The Gnostic Gospels: Selections fromthe Nag Hammadi ScripturesJohn Cornell and Topi Heikkerö

Afternoon Roman Political Life: Works by Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Tullius CiceroGreg Schneider and Arcelia Rodriguez

Michel de Montaigne: Selected EssaysGuillermo Bleichmar and Judith Adam

Week III: July 22 - 26

Morning Leo Tolstoy’s Anna KareninaStephen Houser and Erika Martinez

Aristotle’s Nicomachean EthicsMichael Golluber and Marsaura Shukla

Shakespeare’s Comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Comedy of ErrorsWarren Winiarski and Judith Adam

Seminar Schedule: Santa Fe

Marcel Proust’s In the Shadow ofYoung Girls in FlowerVictoria Mora and Peter Pesic

Afternoon Two Dialogues on Virtue: Plato’sLaches and CharmidesDavid Levy and Michael Golluber

Isaac Newton’s OpticksPeter Pesic and Guillermo Bleichmar

Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and HomePatricia Greer and Eva Brann

Home continues the story begun in Gilead, a tale of a pious and not-so-pious family in a smallfarming community in Iowa. By ordinary standards,nothing much happens—externally. But the “nothingmuch” is gripping since the motions of remarkablesouls provide the action and the half-hidden livessupply the suspense. Who can understand Americawithout trying to see religion from the inside? As abonus, there is Marilynne Robinson’s prose: theAmerican analogue of Jane Austen’s non-boringperfection.

Leo Tolstoy’s War and PeaceMike Peters and Steve Isenberg

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a true epic andregarded as one of the most important works of worldliterature. It is historical in scope, detailing theevents surrounding the Napoleonic Wars and theFrench invasion and their impact on Russian govern-ment, society, and culture. It is also an intimate studyin character as well as a philosophical treatise on therelationship of the individual and history. The noveldoes all this through the lives of three of the mostwell-known figures in literature: the illegitimate sonPierre Bezukhov, the noble and principled AndreiBolkonsky, and beautiful and willful Natasha Rostovand their families. 

WEEK ONE: Santa FeJuly 8-12 | Morning

Xenophon’s The Education of CyrusRichard McCombs and Janet Dougherty

Cyrus, the founder of the monarchy of Persia,excelled in ruling human beings to such an extentthat Xenophon remarks, “no one attempted anythingagainst him.” In The Education of Cyrus,Xenophonexplores the nature, education, and actions of thisextraordinary man. This work illuminates how it ispossible for a leader to make human beings, whousually wish to govern themselves, willingly abandonthemselves, willingly abandon their judgment, andsubmit to authority to such a degree that theybecome slaves. The Education of Cyruswas a seminalwork for Machiavelli, who cites it several times in The Prince, and a great but too often neglectedclassic of ancient political thought.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of FigaroWilliam Fulton and Andy Kingston

Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro – 1786) was his first collaboration with hismost gifted librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte. Based onthe play by Beaumarchais, it is a story of class conflicton the eve of the French Revolution. Perhaps moreimportantly, it gives us insights into human natureand relationships, enhanced and deepened byMozart’s brilliant and beautiful music. Somedescribe this work as the finest opera ever written.No prior experience or knowledge of music or opera is required. Participants are encouraged toattend the performance of this opera at the renownedSanta Fe Opera. 

WEEK ONE: Santa FeJuly 8-12 | Afternoon

Marguerite Yourcenar’s The Memoirs of HadrianNatalie Elliot and John Cornell

Marguerite Yourcenar is one of the most distinguishedwriters of historical fiction in the 20th century. Thefirst woman to be elected to the prestigious AcadémieFrançaise, Yourcenar first received acclaim for herepistolary novel, Memoirs of Hadrian. “My dearMark,” it begins: Hadrian addresses his eventualsuccessor, the young Marcus Aurelius, philosopher-emperor to be. The emperor’s letter of fatherly advicegradually turns into the intimate record of his life. A masterpiece of historical irony and poetic sensibil-ity, these memoirs of Hadrian seem to refute the Stoic ideas of Marcus Aurelius long before Marcusinscribed them in his famous Meditations. Readerswill find in this fanciful ancient document a genuine modern classic, a timeless expression ofphilosophical life.

Stendhal’s Charterhouse of ParmaJames Carey and Frank Pagano

The Charterhouse of Parma is a novel of politics,intrigue, and love. Stendhal centers his narrative on thelife and exploits, romantic and military, of a youngItalian aristocrat. The novel is set in the first half of the19th century, and it contains, among other things, aclose up depiction of the Battle of Waterloo that wasgreatly admired by Tolstoy. Stendhal writes with ironyand dry wit, but with sympathy for his characters as well.Nietzsche had particularly high praise for Stendhal’spsychological insight. The Charterhouse of Parma is anearly example of literary realism. Balzac, a master of thegenre, judged The Charterhouse of Parma to be thefinest novel of its time.

Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry VMike Peters and Victoria Mora

Among Shakespeare’s history plays, Henry IV, Parts Iand II, and Henry V offer remarkable insight into the overlapping intricacies of the political and thepersonal. The plays explore the challenges of consoli-dating and maintaining power in the wake of aquestionable succession, with the action ranging fromthe courts, to the battlefields, to the flea-bitten inns of London. High politics, shrewd statecraft, and lowcomedy all find keen expression in the politicaldrama, and in the unlikely friendship of two ofShakespeare’s most memorable characters, Henry Vand Sir John Falstaff.

Herodotus’ The Persian WarsJanet Dougherty and Eva Brann

Herodotus is as bright a historian as Thucydides isdark; for Herodotus tells of the rise and glory ofGreece, Thucydides of its decline and fall. Long beforehis time the Greeks invaded Asia Minor and took Troy.Now the Persians invade Greece and fail to take it.Question: Imagine who we would be had theysucceeded? However, Herodotus is not only the firsthistorian but a great anthropologist. His “inquiry” isfull of human and divine occurrences. Question: Arethey reports of facts or tales naïvely recorded? 

WEEK TWO: Santa FeJuly 15-19 | Morning

The Spy Novel in the Hands of the Master: Three John le Carré NovelsSherry Martin and David Carl

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) tops most lists of the best spy novels, notjust because of the suspense of the plot and the Cold War setting, but through the artof le Carré’s prose. George Smiley figures among the supporting characters in thisclassic novel and moves to center stage in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974). Onceagain le Carré draws us into the world of spy craft in the hunt for the mole in theCircus (the British secret service). In The Secret Pilgrim (1990) Smiley is retired andspeaking to a graduating class of students about how “spying is eternal,” even in aworld of glasnost and perestroika. He triggers memories in his host, Ned, who himselfis retired from field operations, that begin during the Cold War but move beyond andresonate in the present. This novel is in some sense a collection of short stories, withunforgettable characters who could easily become protagonists in their own novels. In another sense it is a summation of the Cold War and spying themes that le Carréexamined in his writings about the period before the dissolution of the Iron Curtain.

Though the genre of spy fiction may in itself have fans, how is it that le Carré elevatesthe convention beyond the gadgetry of James Bond? What role does the politicalbackground play in engaging readers? What are the moral-philosophical ambigui-ties that haunt the espionage community in these novels?

The Gnostic Gospels: Selections from the Nag Hammadi ScripturesJohn Cornell and Topi Heikkerö

In December 1945, two Egyptian fellahin, digging for fertilizer in the Nile river valley, stumbled upon an ancient storage jar that proved to be the most spectaculararcheological find of the 20th century: a collection of some 52 manuscripts repre-senting a mystical stream of early Christianity known as Gnosticism (from theGreek word for knowledge, gnosis). The Jesus in these texts sometimes resemblesan enlightened Zen Master more than the Savior of the canonical Gospels. Whatare we to make of this “second coming” in 1945? What is the import of this “other”Christ for our reading of Church history and the received New Testament? Mighthis teachings affect, even today, our understanding of the human condition?

We shall read and discuss seven key texts from these Nag Hammadi scriptures: theGospels of Thomas, of Mary, and of Philip; the Secret Books of John and of James;the Book of Thomas; and the Valentinian Gospel of Truth. Two sessions will focuson the Gospel of Thomas, which some scholars regard as the “Fifth Gospel.”

WEEK TWO: Santa FeJuly 15-19 | Afternoon

Roman Political Life: Works by Gaius JuliusCaesar and Marcus Tullius CiceroGreg Schneider and Arcelia Rodriguez

Caesar’s choice to “cross the Rubicon” and fullyembark upon his quest for power in ancient Romesets the stage for a devastating civil war and, ulti-mately, his own death. One of his opponents in thatendeavor, Marcus Tullius Cicero stood as a powerfulchampion of a return to traditional republicangovernment. This seminar will be an opportunity toexplore Julius Caesar’s and Cicero’s own words onpolitical life, in good and bad times, in ancientRome. In The Civil War, Julius Caesar provides afirst-hand account of the civil war events of 49-48BCE, while On Duties,written as a letter addressedto his son Marcus, represents Cicero’s finalthoughts on the ideal political life.

Michel de Montaigne: Selected EssaysGuillermo Bleichmar and Judith Adam

The Essays of Montaigne, a seminal expression of thespirit of Renaissance humanism, are a sustained exer-cise in unbridled thought. They are at once profoundand humorous; deeply personal, yet of universalscope; dealing with everything under the sun, yetalways, at heart, with the mystery of the self. To readthem is to form a friendship with a mind of inex-haustible counsel, experience, and imagination.

Leo Tolstoy’s Anna KareninaStephen Houser and Erika Martinez

Leo Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis during thewriting of Anna Karenina,which treats the privateand public considerations and consequencessurrounding Anna’s adulterous affair with CountVronsky. Her sensitivities, reflections, and changingposition within society unfold amid a densely popu-lated setting of other stories of love, marriage, andadultery, the relationship between Kitty and Levinbeing foremost among these. Anna’s deep problem ofhappiness directs us to confront for our own selves the problems and questions of happiness. Theunflinching eye of the narrator in revealing Anna’sperceptions and doubts is one of the great compellingfeatures of the novel, which William Faulknerdescribed as “the best ever written.”

Aristotle’s Nicomachean EthicsMichael Golluber and Marsaura Shukla

The concern of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the good life for a human being. Aristotle observesthat “if there is an end which we wish for its ownsake…will not the knowledge of it, then, have a greatinfluence on our way of life?” The stakes are high forus. Since the human good turns out to be “an activityof the soul in accordance with virtue,” the possibilityof our happiness requires an exploration of thevarious virtues in particular, and of human excellencein general. 

WEEK THREE: Santa FeJuly 22-26 | Morning

William Shakespeare’s Comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Comedy of ErrorsWarren Winiarski and Judith Adam

We will explore the range of Shakespearean comedy in two distinctive plays. First, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a fabulous story of love whose comedy, with its younglovers who seek to unite beyond the law, presents a counterpoint to Shakespeare’stragic treatment of the same theme elsewhere. In the comic dream in the woods,with its magical mixing of couples, confused identities, and misdirected love, thetruth of love is playfully tested. Then in A Comedy of Errors, we will explore thetheme of confused identities taken to farcical, purely comical extremes. Perhapsonly for the purpose of invoking joy and laughter in the audience, this deliciouslyridiculous play presents the situation of two sets of long-separated twins whose livesultimately and magnificently collide.

Marcel Proust’s In the Shadow of Young Girls in FlowerVictoria Mora and Peter Pesic

Marcel Proust’s monumental series of six novels In Search of Lost Time concernslove, desire, memory, jealousy, betrayal, and loss. In the Shadow of Young Girls inFlower, the second volume in the series, follows its narrator during an enchantedsummer, encountering old and new loves, visiting longed-for places. No less amaster of social drama than of individual consciousness, Proust writes with greatclarity, wit, and almost painful beauty.

This seminar is intended to continue our seminar on Swann’s Way from last sum-mer, and accordingly offers first choice to its participants; others are welcome, ifspace allows, but they are expected to have read Swann’s Way on their own so thatthey can participate fully in discussions that will doubtless reach back to that work.

WEEK THREE: Santa FeJuly 22-26 | Afternoon

Two Dialogues on Virtue: Plato’s Laches and CharmidesDavid Levy and Michael Golluber

The great Islamic philosopher al-Farabi tells us thatin the Laches Plato “investigated the courage ofwhich the citizens of cities are reputed for beingcourageous; what the courage is that is believed bythe multitude to be courage; and he explained thecourage that is true courage.” In the Charmides he“investigated the moderation generally accepted incities; what the moderation is that is true modera-tion; what the moderate man is who is believed to bemoderate; what the moderate man is who is trulymoderate; what is the way of life of those who aretruly moderate; and how the multitude have beenignorant of what true moderation is.” Are these twovirtues, courage and moderation, finally incompati-ble, or is there a kind of human life that is thereconciliation of both?

Isaac Newton’s OpticksPeter Pesic and Guillermo Bleichmar

Newton’s Opticks is a masterpiece of curiosity andwonder; an exploration of the nature of light that owesas much to the imagination as to the intellect. In aremarkably accessible manner requiring little mathe-matics, Newton guides us into the phenomena ofreflection and refraction, the workings of the eye andtelescopes, the causes of the rainbow, and the theoryof colors. Along with our reading of the text, we willdelve first-hand into the study of nature by conductingNewton’s key experiments.

Santa Fe Opera

Transportation is available to

and from the Santa Fe Opera

performances. The cost for van

service is $15 per person per

opera. Payment for opera

tickets and van service is due

at the time of registration.

Tickets are limited. For more

information about the Santa

Fe Opera, visit www.santafe-

opera.org.

Tickets: Santa Fe OperaTickets range from $107 to $136, depending on the evening.

Week I:WEDNESDAY, JULY 10Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

FRIDAY, JULY 12Jacques Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein

Week II:WEDNESDAY, JULY 17Gioachino Rossini’s La Donna del Lago

FRIDAY, JULY 19Jacques Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein

Week III:WEDNESDAY, JULY 24Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata

FRIDAY, JULY 26Gioachino Rossini’s La Donna del Lago

Santa FeFounded in 1610, ten years before the Pilgrimslanded at Plymouth Rock, Santa Fe was the seat ofpower for the Spanish Empire north of the RioGrande. It has remained a capital city ever since; fournations have flown their flags over the historic Plaza,claiming it as their own. Truly one of the world’s mostunusual cities, Santa Fe is known as “The City Differ-ent.” Santa Fe was rated the third most popular travelcity in Conde Nast Travelermagazine’s 2011 Readers’Choice Awards.

At an elevation of 7,200 feet, Santa Fe is situated inthe foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains (thesouthern portion of the Rocky Mountains). Home toa rich cultural heritage, a dynamic art and musicscene, and spectacular archaeological sites, Santa Fein July offers visitors such events as Spanish Market,the Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Arts and Craftsshow, the International Folk Art Market, the Santa FeChamber Music Festival, and performances of theworld-renowned Santa Fe Opera.

St. John’s College is located only three miles fromthe historical downtown Plaza and within walking dis-tance of four major museums and the famous CanyonRoad art galleries.

General Information

AnnapolisFounded in 1649, Annapolis is a historic seaport citysituated on the Chesapeake Bay. It is the capital ofthe state of Maryland and has more 18th centurybuildings than anywhere else in the United States;three of these buildings are on the St. John’s campus.Annapolis is known as America’s sailing capital and ishome to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, the Annapolis Sailing School (the oldest in America), and the United States Naval Academy. It is a populardestination for the visual and performing arts. ForbesTraveler named Annapolis as one of the country’sTop 20 Prettiest Towns.

The college’s Annapolis campus is located in theheart of the historic district, with art galleries, shops,restaurants, music venues, hotels, and bed and break-fasts within walking distance. From City Dock, visitors can board a water taxi to area restaurants or Woodwind Schooner for a cruise of the ChesapeakeBay. Annapolis is 26 miles south of Baltimore and 29 miles east of Washington, D.C.

Fees, Policies, and AccommodationsTuitionThe tuition for Summer Classics is $1,250 per individual seminar, which in-cludes registration, books and other course materials, lunches, and specialevents. A $250 non-refundable deposit for each seminar is required to holdyour space(s), and in order for you to receive seminar materials.

Santa Fe:Balances must be paid in full by June 1, 2013. If payment is not re-ceived by this date, you will forfeit your space in the seminar. Those registeringafter June 1 must pay in full at the time of registration. (Tickets to performancesat the Santa Fe Opera are not included in the tuition.)

Annapolis:Balances are due by May 15, 2013. If payment is not received bythis date, you will forfeit your space in the seminar. Those registering after May 15 must pay in full at the time of registration.

Multiple Seminar Discount Those registering for two seminars will receive a $100 discount. If you registerfor three or more seminars, you will receive a $250 discount.

Seminar Selection ChangesParticipants may switch from one seminar to another, or add a seminar, shouldspace be available, up to two weeks before the first session for which they areregistered.

Teacher Tuition Assistance St. John’s College offers tuition assistance to a limited number of licensedteachers (K-12) and college professors. With proof of current employment as afull-time educator, participants will receive a 50% tuition discount. Discountswill be available to the first 30 teacher registrants. No additional discounts areoffered for multiple seminars. In Annapolis, teacher discounts are limited to thefirst 10 teachers.

MinorsParticipants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardianand notify the Summer Classics office that he or she is a minor.

CancellationsSanta Fe:Cancellations made prior to June 1, 2013 will receive a full refundminus the $250 non-refundable deposit; cancellations thereafter forfeit the full payment. If you need to cancel your registration, contact the Summer Classics office in writing (preferred), by phone: 505-984-6105, or via e-mail: summerclassics@sjcsf.edu.

Annapolis:Cancellations made prior to May 15, 2013, will receive a full refundminus the $250 non-refundable deposit; cancellations thereafter forfeit the full payment. If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the Community Programs office in writing (preferred), by phone: 410-626-2530,or via e-mail: kathy.dulisse@sjca.edu.

AccommodationsSanta Fe Accommodations

General tourist information is available from the Santa Fe Convention andVisitors Bureau on the web at www.santafe.org or by calling 800-777-2489.

The college offers limited housing in suites on campus. Accommodations aresimple, with five separate single-occupancy bedrooms, arranged around ashared living room, and a double bathroom. Housing is located uphill from the

classrooms and dining area; walking is, therefore, required. Suites are neitherair-conditioned nor equipped with televisions; internet and cell phone accessmay be limited.

Room and board: Fees include accommodations, linens, and meals from Sunday evening through breakfast on Saturday. A linen exchange is offered toindividuals staying more than one week. All rooms are single occupancy. Suitehousing is available on a first-come, first-served basis. If suite housing is nolonger available, the college will be happy to place you on a wait list, or simplerdorm space may be available.

Room and board fees are $510 per week per person. Payment for housing isdue at the time of registration.

Should you have any special needs while staying on campus, please inform theSummer Classics office at time of registration.

Due to limited space on campus we cannot accommodate early arrivals or late departures. You may check into your room at the time of registration on Sunday; keys will be available at registration. Checkout is by 10 a.m. on Saturday. We suggest you make travel arrangements to accommodate thisschedule.

Annapolis Accommodations

The Annapolis campus offers simple accommodations in its Gilliam Hall dor-mitory, located on College Creek. Guests may reserve a double or singleroom. All beds are twin size, and bathrooms are shared among eight guests.There is no telephone service, and guests bringing computers must providetheir own ethernet connection service (wi-fi is available at other locations on campus.).

Room Rate: $240 per person, including a $12 linen rental fee. No meals areavailable on campus other than the breakfasts and lunches that are included in the Summer Classics tuition, but there are many nice restaurants withinwalking distance of the college.

For off-campus housing, please visit www.stjohnscollege.edu, click on“Friends,” then “Business Friends,” then “Accommodations.” Generaltourist information is available from the Annapolis and Anne Arundel CountyConference and Visitors Bureau on the web at www.visitannapolis.org.

TransportationTransportation to Santa Fe

The closest major airport is in Albuquerque, a one-hour drive from Santa Fe.Travel reservations from the airport to Santa Fe may be made with an airportshuttle service or by visiting www.santafe.com — click on “Hotels, Lodging, & Travel.” The Santa Fe airport also operates a limited number of commer-cial flights to and from a few select airports. Limited public transportation is available within Santa Fe by bus. For greater flexibility, renting a car is recommended.

Transportation to Annapolis

The Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) is 25 miles from theAnnapolis campus. Car rental and shuttle service to Annapolis can be easilyarranged on the BWI website. Washington National Airport (DCA) alsoserves the Annapolis area, but is not as convenient. Limited public trans-portation is available within Annapolis by bus and taxi. For greater flexibility, renting a car is recommended.

SANTA FE SUMMER CLASSICS REGISTRATION 2013Please complete a separate form for each participant (you may copy this form) and mail to address on reverse or call 505-984-6105 to register by phone. Please note that, depending on enrollment, not allofferings may be available at the time of registration.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION (Please complete ALL information.)

NAME MR. MRS. MS. PREFERRED NAME

ADDRESS

CITY STATE ZIP

HOME PHONE CELL PHONE

E-MAIL FAX

EMERGENCY CONTACT NAME (REQUIRED) PHONE

HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT SUMMER CLASSICS?

DO YOU HAVE ANY DIETARY RESTRICTIONS OR SPECIAL NEEDS?

SEMINARSPlease note that tuition for each seminar in the morning or afternoon is $1,250.

Week One | July 8-12

MORNING

Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and Home

Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace

Xenophon’s The Education of Cyrus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

AFTERNOON

Marguerite Yourcenar’s The Memoirs of Hadrian

Stendhal’s Charterhouse of Parma

OPERA OFFERINGS

Wednesday, July 10The Marriage of Figaro$117 x ticketsVan – $15 x tickets

Friday, July 12The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein$137 x ticketsVan – $15 x tickets

Week Two | July 15-19

MORNING

Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V

Herodotus’ The Persian Wars

Three John le Carré Novels

The Gnostic Gospels: Selections from the Nag Hammadi Scriptures

AFTERNOON

Roman Political Life: Works by Caesar and Cicero

Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays

OPERA OFFERINGS

Wednesday, July 17La Donna del Lago$117 x ticketsVan – $15 x tickets

Friday, July 19The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein$137 x ticketsVan – $15 x tickets

Week Three | July 22-26

MORNING

Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Comedy of Errors

Proust’s In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

AFTERNOON

Plato’s Laches and Charmides

Newton’s Opticks

OPERA OFFERINGS

Wednesday, July 24La Traviata$112 x ticketsVan – $15 x tickets

Friday, July 26La Donna del Lago$112 x ticketsVan – $15 x tickets

PLEASE COMPLETE INFORMATION ON REVERSE SIDE.

FEES

TUITIONTuition per seminar $1,250 x seminars $

TEACHER TUITION ASSISTANCE (please include proof of full-time educator status)

Deduct $625 per seminar – $

MULTI-SEMINAR DISCOUNT (not available with Teacher Tuition Assistance)

Two seminars: Deduct $100 – $ Three or more seminars: Deduct $250 –$

ON-CAMPUS ROOM AND BOARDSingle suite per week $510 x week(s) $

SANTA FE OPERA TICKETS total from previous page $

VAN SERVICE total from previous page $

TOTAL DUE $

AMOUNT ENCLOSED$250 nonrefundable deposit* x ____ seminars – $

BALANCE DUE $

METHOD OF PAYMENT

Check made payable to St. John’s College

MasterCard Visa American Express Discover

CREDIT CARD NUMBER CVV#

EXPIRATION DATE

NAME AS IT APPEARS ON CARD

BILLING ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT FROM OBVERSE)

ADDRESS

CITY STATE ZIP

SIGNATURE DATE

MAIL PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION FORM TO:St. John’s College

1160 Camino Cruz BlancaSanta Fe, NM 87505-4599

Attn: Summer ClassicsOr via email: summerclassics@sjcsf.edu

*Note: We cannot reserve spaces or process registration until the $250 non-refundable deposit

per seminar has been received. Full payment is due by June 1 to avoid cancellation.

Cover: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Bear the Changeling Child to my Bower in Fairy Land,illustration, 1908, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream byWilliam Shakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Inside Cover: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Puck, illustration, 1908, for A Midsummer Night’sDream by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 4-5: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Puck depositing magic powder on the eyelids, illustra-tion, 1908, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream by WilliamShakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 6: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). A MidsummerNight’s Dream: Titania and Her Court. 1908. Pen andink and watercolor. Photo: Knud Petersen.Location:Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.Photo Credit: bpk, Berlin, Staatliche Museen. Art Resource, NY.

Page 7: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851).Queen Mab’s Cave, 1846. Oil on canvas. Support: 921 x1226 mm frame: 1070 x 1374 x 70 mm. Accepted by thenation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856.Photo Credit: Tate, London / Art Resource, NY.

Page 8: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Music of the Goblins.1908. Pen and ink and watercolor. Photo: Knud Petersen. Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.Photo Credit: bpk, Berlin, Staatliche Museen. Art Resource, NY.

Page 10: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by WilliamShakespeare. Illustration by O. Prinz, Hungary, c. 1900.Photo Credit: CCI / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY.

Page 13: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Titania Queenof the Fairies, illustration, 1908, for A MidsummerNight’s Dream by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 14-15: Blake, William (1757-1827).Oberon, Titania and Puck with fairies dancing. ca.1785. Watercolor and drawing on paper. 47.5 x 67.5 cm.Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain.Photo Credit: Tate, London / Art Resource, NY.

Page 17: Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-1792).Puck or Robin Goodfellow. Oil on canvas, 368 x 298 mm.Photo Credit: Tate, London / Art Resource, NY.

Page 19: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Dance of the Goblins.1908. Pen and ink and watercolor. Photo: Knud Petersen. Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.Photo Credit: bpk, Berlin, Staatliche Museen / Art Resource, NY.

Page 21: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).The quarrel of Oberon and Titania, King and Queen ofthe Fairies, illustration, 1908, for A Midsummer Night’sDream by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 25: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)Puck, illustration, 1908, for A Midsummer Night’sDream by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 27: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)Elvin tailors under the roots of a tree, illustration, 1918,for A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shake-speare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 29: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Titania Queen of the Fairies and Nick Bottom theweaver, transformed by Puck into a man with a donkey’shead, illustration, 1911, for A Midsummer Night’s Dreamby William Shakespeare, 1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 30-31: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Titania and the fairies make flower garlands for the Indian changeling baby, illustration, 1911, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare,1564-1616.Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY.

Page 32: Photo by Doug Plummer.

Page 33: Photo by Doug Plummer.

Page 35: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939).Helena in the forest, illustration, 1908, for A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616Photo Credit: Kharbine-Tapabor / The Art Archive atArt Resource, NY

Page 37: Photo by Doug Plummer.

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