Faculty Fellowship Application

Faculty Reading Group Application
Join community college instructors and leaders from across the nation for discussions of transformative texts in our Great Questions Foundation Faculty Reading Group. The meeting will be held in small breakout groups over Zoom.

In the Fall of 2024, we will be reading Democracy In America by Alexis de Tocqueville.

Meetings will be held on the following days, from 4:30 pm to 6 pm central time.

Wednesday, October 2

Tocqueville's Introduction

Vol. I, Part One: (pgs. 3-15, all #s from Mansfield/Winthrop)

Wednesday, October 16

Tyranny of The Majority Over Thought and Polity

Vol. I, Part Two: Chapter. 7

and

Tocqueville on Race

Vol. I, Part Two: Chapter 10 (Section 2)

Wednesday, October 30

Religion As A Political Institution

Vol. I, Part Two: Chapter 9 (5-6); Vol. II, Part One: Notice, Chs. 1 -2, 5

Wednesday, November 13

Our Social State: Individualism, Joylessness and Isolation

Vol. II, Part Two: Chs. 1-17

and

What Kind of Despotism We Have to Fear

Vol. II, Part Four: Chs. 6-8

If you'd like to participate, please sign up below with your college email address, and we'll send you the calendar invite, which includes Zoom contact info. If you are not affiliated with a higher education institution and would like to participate, please email ted@tgqf.org directly to inquire about that possibility.
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Faculty Reading Group Application