Jul 19, 2022, 9:51鈥疉M
St. John’s Graduate Institute Student Wins Creative Writing Award
Abdullah Wadood, (AGI23) has been named as the winner of the 2022 Confluence Award for Excellence in Creative Writing for his story series 鈥淓llipses I.鈥�
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Jul 18, 2022, 3:07鈥疨M
Graduate Institute Hosts Teachers’ Workshop on the Black Intellectual Tradition and Classic Texts
Angel Adams Parham, co-authorof The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature, led a workshop for teachers at the St. John鈥檚 Graduate Institute in July 2022.
Jul 15, 2022, 3:21鈥疨M
Nicole Nelson-Jean: Connecting Internationally Through Great Books
Nicole Nelson-Jean's (AGI00) career at the U.S. Department of Energy has taken her all over the world: Japan, Austria, Russia, South America. 鈥淗ow much respect I received by being so well-read鈥擨 was kind of taken aback,鈥� she says.
Jun 21, 2022, 7:16鈥疉M
Welcome to Our Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series 2022
Everyone is invited to the Graduate Institute鈥檚 free Summer Lecture program each Wednesday night, June 29-July 27. You can attend remotely or in-person to engage with our speakers on compelling topics ranging from constitutional law, to legal advocacy, to poetry inspired by work in medicine, and to classic literature.
Apr 12, 2022, 5:18鈥疉M
Jason Gots (EC96) Discusses his Memoir, Humanity is Trying
Jason Gots (EC96) is a writer, musician, and podcast producer who lectures in Columbia University鈥檚 Graduate School of the Arts鈥� writing department. After studying acting at NYU鈥檚 Tisch School of the Arts, he earned an Eastern Classics degree from St. John鈥檚 and a master鈥檚 in developmental psychology from Columbia. Here he discusses his memoir, Humanity is Trying, which was released by HarperCollins/Hanover Square Press on March 1, 2022 and chronicles (among other things) the loss of his sister Meri Gots (SF97), who died in 2015.