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• WELCOME TO THE TEACHING COMPANY USER COMMUNITY FORUMS

• THE WHO, WHAT, AND WHY ABOUT THESE FORUMS

  
  Introductory Messages, Free Registration, Files, Polls, and General Comments/Questions.

• NEW COURSES, SOME WITH LECTURE REVIEWS IN PROGRESS:

• {"AMERICAN REVOLUTION"}

  
  {Allen Guelzo}{Professor of History, Gettysburg}{1986 History Ph.D., Penn}

• {"BEGINNINGS OF JUDAISM"}

  
  {Isaiah Gafni}{Professor of Jewish History, Hebrew U.}{1978 Jewish History Ph.D., Hebrew U.}

• {"BIG HISTORY: THE BIG BANG, LIFE ON EARTH, AND THE RISE OF HUMANITY"}

  
  {David Christian}{Professor of History, San Diego State}{19th Century Russian History Ph.D., Oxford}

• {"BUILDING GREAT SENTENCES: EXPLORING THE WRITER'S CRAFT

  
  {Brooks Landon}{Professor of English, Iowa}{1978 English Ph.D., Texas@Austin}

• {"CHAOS"}

  
  {Steven Strogatz}{Professor of Mathematics and Mechanics, Cornell}{1986 Applied Mathematics Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"CLASSIC NOVELS: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF GREAT LITERATURE"}

  
  {Arnold Weinstein}{Professor of Literature, Brown}{1968 Comparative Literature Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"CLASSICS OF BRITISH LITERATURE"}

  
  {John Sutherland}{Professor of Modern English Literature, Caltech}{1964 Literature Ph.D., Edinburgh}

• {"COMPARATIVE RELIGION"}

  
  {Charles Kimball}{Professor and Director of Religious Studies, Oklahoma}{Comparative Religion Th.D., Harvard}

• {"GREECE AND ROME: AN INTEGRATED HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN"}

  
  {Robert Garland}{Professor of Classics, Colgate}{1981 Ancient History Ph.D., University College, London}

• {"GREEK AND PERSIAN WARS"}

  
  {John Hale}{Director of Liberal Studies, Louisville}{1979 Archeology Ph.D., Cambridge}

• {"HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE"}

  
  {Seth Lerer}{Professor of Humanities, English, and Comparative Literature, Stanford}{1982 English Ph.D., Chicago}

• {"HOW THE EARTH WORKS"}

  
  {Michael Wysession}{Professor of Geophysics, Washington@St. Louis}{1991 Geophysics Ph.D., Northwestern}

• {"INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER THEORY"}

  
  {Edward Burger}{Professor of Mathematics, Williams}{1990 Mathematics Ph.D., Texas@Austin}

• {"LINGUISTICS"}

  
  {John McWhorter}{Senior Fellow in Public Policy, Manhattan Institute}{1993 Linguistics PhD., Stanford}

• {"MASTERPIECES OF SHORT FICTION"}

  
  {Michael Krasny}{Professor of English, San Francisco State}{20th Century American Literature Ph.D., Wisconsin}

• {"MASTERS OF GREEK THOUGHT: PLATO, SOCRATES, AND ARISTOTLE"}

  
  {Robert Bartlett}{Professor of Humanities, Emory}{1992 Political Science Ph.D., Boston College}

• {"MODERN ECONOMIC ISSUES"}

  
  {Robert Whaples}{Professor of Economics, Wake Forest}{1990 Economics Ph.D., Pennsylvania}

• {"MUSEUM MASTERPIECES: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART"}

  
  {Richard Brettell}{Professor of Art and Aesthetics, Texas}{1977 Art History Ph.D., Yale}

• {"NEW FRONTIERS: MODERN PERSPECTIVES ON OUR SOLAR SYSTEM"}

  
  {Frank Summers}{Astrophysicist, STScI}{Astronomy Ph.D., Berkeley}

• {"PHILOSOPHY OF MIND: BRAINS, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THINKING MACHINES"}

  
  {Patrick Grim}{Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook}{1976 Philosophy Ph.D., Boston}

• {"QUEEN OF THE SCIENCES: A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS"}

  
  {David Bressoud}{Professor of Mathematics, Macalester}{1977 Mathematics Ph.D., Temple}

• {"UNDERSTANDING GENETICS: DNA, GENES, AND THEIR REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS"}

  
  {David Sadava}{Professor of Biology, Claremont}{Biology Ph.D., UC San Diego}

• {"WAR, PEACE, AND POWER: DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF EUROPE, 1500–2000"}

  
  {Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius}{Associate Professor of History, Tennessee}{1994 Modern European and German History Ph.D., Pennsylvania}

• PERSONAL FAVORITES WITH LECTURE REVIEWS IN PROGRESS:

• {"AMERICAN MIND"}

  
  {Allen Guelzo}{Professor of History, Gettysburg}{1986 History Ph.D., Penn}

• {"CYCLES OF AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT"}

  
  {Joseph Kobylka}{Associate Professor of Political Science, SMU}{1985 Political Science Ph.D., Minnesota}

• {"DUTCH MASTERS: THE AGE OF REMBRANDT"}

  
  {William Kloss}{Independent Art Historian, Smithsonian}{Art History M.A., Oberlin}

• {"THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES"}

  
  {Philip Daileader}{Associate Professor of History, William & Mary}{1996 History Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"EUROPE AND THE WARS OF RELIGION (1500-1700)"}

  
  {Govind Sreenivasan}{Associate Professor of History, Brandeis}{1995 History Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION II: A HISTORY OF THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD"}

  
  {Robert Bucholz}{Professor of History, Chicago Loyola}{1988 Modern History Ph.D., Oxford}

• {"THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE REFORMATION ERA"}

  
  {Brad Gregory}{Associate Professor of History, Notre Dame}{1996 History Ph.D., Princeton}

• {"HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE TUDORS TO THE STUARTS"}

  
  {Robert Bucholz}{Professor of History, Chicago Loyola}{1988 Modern History Ph.D., Oxford}

• {"A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN ART"}

  
  {William Kloss}{Independent Art Historian, Smithsonian}{Art History M.A., Oberlin}

• {"ITALIAN RENAISSANCE"}

  
  {Kenneth Bartlett}{Professor of History and Renaissance, Toronto}{1978 History Ph.D., Toronto}

• {"LUTHER: GOSPEL, LAW, AND REFORMATION"}

  
  {Philip Cary}{Professor of Philosophy, Eastern}{Philosophy and Religious Studies Ph.D., Yale}

• {"MACHIAVELLI IN CONTEXT"}

  
  {William Cook}{Professor of History, SUNY@Geneseo}{1971 Medieval History Ph.D., Cornell}

• ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

• ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Ancient and Medieval History course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"ITALIANS BEFORE ITALY: CONFLICT AND COMPETITION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN"}

  
  {Kenneth Bartlett}{Professor of History and Renaissance, Toronto}{1978 History Ph.D., Toronto}

• {"LATE MIDDLE AGES"}

  
  {Philip Daileader}{Associate Professor of History, William & Mary}{1996 History Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"PELOPONNESIAN WAR"}

  
  {Kenneth Harl}{Professor of Classical and Byzantine History, Tulane}{1978 History Ph.D., Yale}

• BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS ARCHIVE

• BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Business and Economics course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• FINE ARTS AND MUSIC ARCHIVE

• FINE ARTS AND MUSIC COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Fine Arts and Music course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"ART ACROSS THE AGES"}

  
  {Ori Soltes}{Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown}{Interdisciplinary Studies Ph.D., Union Institute}

• {"ART OF THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE"}

  
  {Catherine Scallen}{Associate Professor of Art History, Case Western}{1990 Art History Ph.D., Princeton}

• {"GENIUS OF MICHELANGELO"}

  
  {William Wallace}{Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Washington@St.Louis}{1983 Art History Ph.D., Columbia}

• {"MUSEUM MASTERPIECES: THE LOUVE"}

  
  {Richard Brettell}{Professor of Arts and Aesthetics, Texas@Dallas}{1977 Art History Ph.D., Yale}

• LITERATURE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARCHIVE

• LITERATURE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Literature and English Language course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"HISTORY OF WORLD LITERATURE"}

  
  {Grant Voth}{Professor Emeritus of English, Monterey Peninsula}{1971 English Ph.D., Purdue}

• MODERN HISTORY ARCHIVE

• MODERN HISTORY COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Modern History course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD"}

  
  {Peter Stearns}{Professor of History, George Mason}{History Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"GREAT DEBATE: ADVOCATES AND OPPONENTS OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION"}

  
  {Thomas Pangle}{Professor of Government, Texas@Austin}{1972 Political Science Ph.D., Chicago}

• {"RENAISSANCE, THE REFORMATION, AND THE RISE OF NATIONS"}

  
  {Andrew Fix}{Professor of History, Lafayette}{1984 History Ph.D., Indiana}

• {"WISDOM OF HISTORY"}

  
  {Rufus Fears}{Professor of History, Oklahoma}{1971 History Ph.D., Harvard}

• PHILOSOPHY AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

• PHILOSOPHY AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Philosophy and Intellectual History course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"REASON AND FAITH: PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES"}

  
  {Thomas Williams}{Professor of Philosophy and Religion, South Florida}{1994 Philosophy Ph.D., Notre Dame}

• RELIGION ARCHIVE

• RELIGION COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Religion course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION"}

  
  {Charles Jones}{Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, CUA}{1996 Religious History Ph.D., Virginia}

• {"THE LIVES OF GREAT CHRISTIANS"}

  
  {William Cook}{Professor of History, SUNY@Geneseo}{1971 Medieval History Ph.D., Cornell}

• SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ARCHIVE

• SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Science and Mathematics course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• {"DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY: THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE"}

  
  {Sean Carroll}{Senior Research Associate in Physics, Caltech}{1993 Astrophysics Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"ORIGINS OF LIFE"}

  
  {Robert Hazen}{Professor of Earth Science, George Mason}{1975 Earth Science Ph.D., Harvard}

• {"UNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN"}

  
  {Jeanette Norden}{Professor of Neuroscience, Vanderbilt}{Psychology Ph.D., Vanderbilt}

• {"ZERO TO INFINITY: A HISTORY OF NUMBERS"}

  
  {Edward Burger}{Professor of Mathematics, Williams}{1990 Mathematics Ph.D., Texas@Austin}

• SOCIAL SCIENCES ARCHIVE

• SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE LIST

  
  A list of every Social Science course ever produced by the Teaching Company.

• Forum Members

  
  Alphabetical list of all members