Great Books Discussion Programs

Colby Wach Summer Institute

56th Annual Wachs Great Books Summer Institute

at Colby College, Waterville, Maine

August 5 - 11, 2012

Method or Madness: The Antic Disposition

Michel Foucault: Madness and Civilization
William Shakespeare: Hamlet
Stephen Greenblatt: Will in the World
Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
John Updike: Gertrude and Claudius
  • Don Nigro: "Dead Men's Fingers"
  • Laura Bohannan: "Shakespeare in the Bush"
  • Margaret Atwood: "Gertrude Talks Back"
  • Jorge Luis Borges: "Everything and Nothing"
See book descriptions.
flyer
or register online at Colby.edu/greatbooks/

Junior Great Books Option

Junior Great Books at Colby College
Wachs Great Books Summer Institute at Colby
August 5 - 11, 2012
Older Group (Grades 6+) Younger Group (Grades 1-5)
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Wolves of Willowby Chase by Pat Marriott Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'Brien
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
See book descriptions.
See page 4 of flyer
or register online at Colby.edu/greatbooks/

See photos from the week: Lobster Bake, Talent Show, Remembrance












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