To think is to be free

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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HUMAN

FLOURISHING

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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be lit quote.

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Humanities

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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. The application cycle and theme for 2023/24 will be announced this fall.

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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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Event A Seasonal Concert of Sacred and Secular Carols

December 9th at 5PM, St. John's Episcopal Church in Savannah

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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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Podcast Alan Charles Kors on Voltaire's 'Philosophical Letters' - Part I

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Event Marie Kawthar Daouda on Baudelaire

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Event Live Q&A with President Stephen Blackwood - Session 3

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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

The application cycle for our Masters of Arts in the Humanities for 2022/23 has now completed. We look forward to announcing the dates and theme for next year in the autumn.

July 18th 2022

News

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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

The application cycle for our Masters of Arts in the Humanities for 2022/23 has now completed. We look forward to announcing the dates and theme for next year in the autumn.

July 18th 2022

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Jordan Peterson

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Stephen Wolfram

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Sonal Tolman

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Heather Mac Donald

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In Memoriam

George Walker

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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.

DEDICATED

TO

HUMAN

FLOURISHING

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.

MA

Humanities

MA

SHORT COURSES

HUMANITIES

EXPOLORED

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

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President

Stephen Blackwood

Chancellor

Jordan Peterson

Visitor

Stephen Wolfram

Legal Advisor

Sonal Tolman

Visitor

Heather Mac Donald

In Memoriam

George Walker

SUPPORT

A

NEW

BEGINNING

RALSTON COLLEGE

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

DEDICATED TO HUMAN FLOURISHING

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.

MA

Humanities MA

SHORT COURSES

HUMANITIES EXPOLORED

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

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Event

Podcast

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Podcast

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Event

Event

Podcasts and Events

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President

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Visitor

Legal Advisor

Visitor

In Memoriam

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Humanities

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