Sometimes, all it takes to change your mind is to consider a new perspective. The Chicago Humanities Festival Education program puts that theory into action with a brand new season of Classics in Context, a seminar series for Chicago- area teachers – led by renowned humanities scholars – that takes a fresh look at universally taught and contemporary literary classics.

The humanities institutes of the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and DePaul University, as well as the Newberry Library and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, host these free, one-day colloquia for teachers.

Classics in Context sessions are open to practicing teachers only - advance reservations are required. For more information call or e-mail .

2006-2007 Classics in Context Series

-The Life and Letters of Elizabeth I
::University of Illinois at Chicago-Institute for the Humanities
::September 16, 2006

Mariano Azuela's - The Underdogs
::The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago and The Art Institute of Chicago
::October 7, 2006

Homer's - The Illiad
::DePaul University Humanities Center
::January 20, 2007

William Shakespeare's - Hamlet
::University of Chicago-Franke Institute for the Humanities
::February 24, 2007

Beowulf
::Newberry Library
::March 10, 2006

Ian McEwan - Atonement
::Northwestern University - Kaplan Center for the Humanities
::May 5, 2007