(A Reading of Moliere, Jean Francois de Troy, ca. 1728)
Join us in this new Honors discussion group to explore important ideas & critical issues, cultivate an intellectual community & advance global education!
- monthly engaging & interactive debates in a flexible format open to all & next to campus
- lightly moderated by Wolfgang Brauner, Academic Advisor at the Honors College (who created & successfully led the Philosophy Group at the Goethe Institut in Boston, discussing close to 100 books for almost a decade)
- drinks & snacks provided
- if interested, please email me so that I can get a sense of participation & can give you the address
- Who’s going: Wolfgang Brauner, Elizabeth Gish, Elijah Gish, Craig Cobane, Ami Carter, Sam McFarland, Kelsey Mattingly, Whitney Allen, Amber Thompson, John Winstead, Lydia Hall, Leslie Baylis, Johnny Bergman, Stephanie Hammons, Mark Yager, JP Stovall (via Skype from Buenos Aires), Chelsea McCarty, Sarah Chace (Disclaimer: This is neither a definitive nor an exhaustive list)
- permanent page of the Honors Salon
Follow us
Media
- Honors College to host intellectual discussion ‘salons,’ Kaely Holloway, College Heights Herald, Feb 5, 2013
- The Honors Salon, Honors Headlines, Whitney Allen, Jan 25, 2013
Suggested readings
- Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr, The Atlantic, July/August 2008
- Why Google Isn’t Making Us Stupid … or Smart, Chad Wellmon, The Hedgehog Review, vol. 14, no. 1 (spring 2012)
- For a recent discussion of these two essays, see the class blog of The Web’s Impact on our Mind & Future, colloquium, Honors College at WKU, spring 2013
Reference points
- How is the Internet changing the way you think? 122 responses by some of he finest minds on Edge, ‘the world’s smartest website’ (The Observer)
- The Web’s Impact on our Mind & Future, colloquium, Honors College at WKU, spring 2013
- Suggested readings for the above colloquium, Amazon Listmania (most inadequately capped at 40 books!)
- Pinterest board for the above colloquium
- 7 must-read books on the future of information and the Internet, Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, Feb 21, 2011
- Secret Lives of Readers, Jennifer Howard (senior reporter for The Chronicle), The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec 17, 2012
- The Myths of Online Learning, John Ebersole (President of Excelsior College), Forbes, August 24, 2012