Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: Still Funny After All These Years
JANUARY 4 • Peter Travis
Dartmouth professor Peter Travis discusses the genius and enduring humanity of Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th-century “Father of English Poetry.”
Building Monticello
FEBRUARY 1 • Marlene Heck
Jefferson never knew the Monticello of today—in perfect condition, impeccably furnished. Dartmouth College senior lecturer Marlene Heck explains the lifelong project Jefferson called his “essay in architecture.”
Underwriter: Carole and Geof Gaddis
Jane Austen in Her Time
MARCH 1 • Suzanne Brown
Jane Austen lived in exciting times, and yet until recently was considered “untouched by the political, intellectual, and artistic revolutions of her age.” Drawing on Austen’s novels, Dartmouth visiting assistant professor Suzanne Brown shows how Austen was in fact a keen observer of her era’s values who both shared and critiqued them.
Underwriter: Merchants Bank
