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RALSTON COLLEGE

A revival and reinvention of the traditional university. A fellowship for anyone, anywhere, who seeks the truth with courage.

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Whether you engage with us online, in person at events around the world, or as a student in Savannah, Ralston College holds a space for courageous curiosity and productive disagreement, where ideas are shared with the purpose of living more fully and renewing a shared human culture. 

Encounter the richest and most challenging works of art and intellect from an uncensored past. Exercise free and independent thinking to answer the challenges of our own time and culture. Question openly, in a community dedicated to freedom of thought and speech: to seeking truth, no matter where it leads, and in fellowship with others. 

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Applications are now open for a one-year master's in the humanities
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MA

Humanities
MA

A one-year Master of Arts in the Humanities designed for those who seek a comprehensive graduate curriculum focussed on fundamental questions.  This demanding program will combine artistic, literary, and philosophical studies to offer a deep understanding of the present cultural moment through the record of its ancient, medieval, and modern origins.  

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HUMANITIES
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Available to anyone anywhere in the world, in partnership with the global online learning platform FutureLearn. We believe the treasures of art and intellect are an inheritance for everyone. Encounter works which endure with teachers that inspire, and explore the deep questions that each will provoke

 

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What Makes a Happy Life? An Introduction to Samuel Johnson's Rasselas

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Why Neither Free Speech nor Hate Speech is a Thing: A Lecture by Dr Stanley Fish
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Liberal Arts, Free Speech, and the University: A Public Lecture Series
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What is Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: A Lecture by Roger Kimball
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Podcast

Jordan Peterson: The Logos at Ephesus
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Podcast

Marie Kawthar Daouda: Baudelaire and the Creation of the Poetic Self
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Podcast

Arif Ahmed on David Hume’s Disturbing Conception of the Self
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Podcast

Alan Charles Kors on Voltaire's 'Philosophical Letters' - Part II

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Applications are now open for our Master of Arts in the Humanities for 2023/24.  The deadline to apply is February 3rd.  

 December 20th 2022

A new school of Athens was born at the foot of the Parthenon with the launch of Ralston College's MA program in the Humanities. Learn more.

 August 10th 2022

Ralston College's first cohort of students will begin their studies – in Samos, Greece – just two weeks from now. Learn more.

 

 July 23rd 2022

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