EPISODE 58 - Inspirations for Classical Education (2025 Conference Panel)

Episode 58 November 09, 2025 01:28:58
EPISODE 58 - Inspirations for Classical Education (2025 Conference Panel)
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EPISODE 58 - Inspirations for Classical Education (2025 Conference Panel)

Nov 09 2025 | 01:28:58

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Show Notes

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The panel is "Inspirations for Classical Education," and the speakers are:

Stephen McGinley (Mount St. Mary's University & Good Soil Farm) - "Festivity, Education, and Farming"

Gerald Boersma (Ave Maria University) - "A Pagan Paideia and the Contested Ressourcement of the Fathers"

Mary Clare Young (University of Virginia) - "The Virtuous Classroom: Lessons from a Roman Educator"

Mandi Gerth (University of Dallas) - "The Poetic Discipline: Lousie Cowan and the Necessity of Literature in Liberal Education"

If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/

0:00 Episode Introduction

1:56 Panel Introduction

3:28 McGinley

28:25 Boersma

49:38 Young

1:09:41 Gerth

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