Sitemap - 2021 - Civic Renaissance with Alexandra Hudson

Merry Christmas, thank you, and a special gift for CR subscribers!

Lessons on life and love according to Eleanor of Aquitaine—the only woman to be Queen of both France & England

Dialogue with Fukuyama and the Tocquevilles + How to revive American civic life

Niccolò Machiavelli on the consolation of philosophy in times of crisis

CR Subscriber-exclusive invite: A private dialogue with Francis Fukuyama and the Tocqueville Family

Phillis Wheatley & Hannah Arendt in dialogue: Examining tragedy and genius in the work of two women central to The Great Conversation

Reclaiming the heart in an era of the mind: lessons from Blaise Pascal's night of fire

Jacques Maritain, who turns 139 today (!), on why true education sets us free

Happy 200th birthday to Dostoevsky!

Happy birthday to an unsung hero of moderation: Erasmus of Rotterdam

How to never stop learning

What is your life's blueprint? Dr. King and the Great Conversation

The Homeschooling Revolution

Today at 1:30 EST: subscriber-only conversation on ancient manners with Margaret Visser

The making of a Great Course: Storytelling and the human condition

Eating with the Ancients: A conversation with Margaret Visser

Subscriber-only invite: Join me for a private conversation with Margaret Visser, anthropologist of everyday life

How to reinvogorate your intellectual life: Lessons from Michel de Montaigne 429 years after his death

A special thank you to subscribers

Reflecting on St. Augustine 1,591 years after his death

A special discount—and more FULL scholarships available—for "Five classic books that will change your life!"

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Five classic books that will change your life

Blaise Pascal on the human experience: greatness and misery

What is a renaissance?

What is a university? What it has been, what it is now, and what it can be.

How to fail with grace (corrected video link!)

On failure, success & how the Great Conversation can help us endure both: Lessons from François Fénelon

Happy birthday to Alexis de Tocqueville! A walk in his footsteps 216 years after his birth

Discuss Alexis de Tocqueville LIVE with his family at his château in Normandy

Happy birthday to Petrarch! A walk in his footsteps 717 years after his birth

A walk in the footsteps of Voltaire and Rousseau

Champagne, France: Where to eat, drink and stay

Burgundy, France: Where to stay, eat, drink

What does it mean to be American?

One hour away: A Private Invitation: Bill Kristol & Alexandra

Why I started Civic Renaissance

Another sort of learning

A Private Invitation: Bill Kristol & Alexandra

What does it mean to be wise? Lessons from a philosopher king

The Great Courses Pilot: Storytelling and the human condition

Lessons on integrity from pottery class

How to start a Civic Renaissance: Recover Humanism

On leisure and class

How to start a Civic Renaissance? Recover leisure

Thank you!

Thank you!

On beauty, hypocrisy, and integrity

Everything you need to know about Nashville hot chicken in one place

Greek Mythology in Ten Minutes

What MLK teaches us about civility and the power of ideas to heal our divides

Why care about the Great Conversation?

Rediscovering our common humanity

On the purpose & possibility of friendship

Thank you, a Gift, & an Invitation

What is the future of the humanities?

Xenia, civility, manners, and hospitality in Homer's Odyssey

A Tale of Two Parthenons

Paideia, humanitas, and civility — what are they and why do they matter?

An invitation for the incurably curious

A Hidden Renaissance

Can curiosity heal our divided moment?  

The Mellifluous Echo of the Magnanimous Soul, Revisited

Civic Renaissance

A Book Deal, the Rebirth of American Civic Life, an Exciting Forthcoming Announcement, and the Winner Is…

Human Dignity, Riots, and the Fragility of Civilization (And win a book on American mythmaking!)

MAKE “PORCHING” GREAT AGAIN

CAN POPULAR ART REVIVE AMERICAN IDENTITY?

THE RE-OPENING OF THE AMERICAN MIND

Amidst the COVID 19 Pandemic, Americans Are Filling the Gaps

ZUCKERBERG, THE DIGITAL GUTENBERG

IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN CHARACTER

The Mellifluous Echo of the Magnanimous Soul

Welcome to CIVIC RENAISSANCE

THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MANNERS—AND A CHANCE TO WIN A NEW BOOK ON HOW TO START A RENAISSANCE!