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Upcoming Online Events
The Agora Foundation is a nonsectarian 501(c)3 non-profit endeavor, providing great books seminars and other educational opportunities to those who are busy with careers, families, and daily responsibilities yet are seeking to further their education. The goal of these offerings is to provide an understanding of the ideas that shape civilizations and to promote civil discourse on complicated subjects.
Generously funded by The Ahmanson Foundation, Southern California Edison, The Shanbrom Family Foundation, the Ventura County Community Foundation, the WRG Foundation, the Constance Eaton and William Hart Fund, the Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Ojai, and private donations, the Teachers for Lifelong Learning Program provides training to high school teachers in this engaging approach to learning, and The Ojai Chautauqua provides panels promoting civil discourse on controversial and complicated subjects.
Upcoming Regular Events
Free Online Community
Seminar Series
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconsciousness by C. G. Jung
Monday, January 17
5:30-6:30PM PST
The collective unconscious is defined as the "objective psyche," referring to the segment of the deepest unconscious mind that is not shaped by personal experience.
Reading:
Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious
by Jung - pages 18-53
Schedule:
5:30-6:30PM PST
Tutor:
Andy Gilman
Online Format:
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Online Seminar Series
Dialogues Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
by Galileo - Conclusion
Saturday, January 22, 2022
12:00-2:00PM PST
"I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about the Sun..."
Reading:
Third Day pp. 318-399
Fourth Day pp. 416-465
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PST
Tutor:
Larry Shields
Online Format:
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Online Seminar Series
Espionage and the Common Good - Part V
Sunday, January 17
5:30-6:30PM PST
This series will consider the role of covert theory and practice in securing the common good.
Reading:
Intelligence Collection, Covert Operations, and International Law by Ernesto Sanchez,
and OSS Conversation: The Osama Bin Laden Raid -
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PST
Tutor:
Karl Haigler
Online Format:
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View the November 14, 2020 Online Special Music Event
From Lugubrious to Luminous: Words about Music
(and where they take us!)
View the May 28, 2020 Ojai Chautauqua Panel - The Future of Education After COVID-19.
An Introduction to The Agora Foundation. What is liberal education?
An Introduction to The Agora Foundation's Ojai Chautauqua Panels.