Healthy democracy fosters an exchange of ideas across experiences and knowledge. One way to offer a platform for this is to root discussion in shared reading and collaborative understanding. Engaged Reading is offered to promote learning and inquiry across populations at the University, through common texts. Inspired by the expansive reach of the KU Reads / Common Book program, and curated with goals of generous and generative conversation, this series will feature excerpts and texts presented with discussion stewards. 

‘On Tyranny,’ by Timothy Snyder           

Discussion led by RB Perelmutter (Jewish Studies, and Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies) and Emily Casey (Art History). This session will feature guided critical reading and discussion about individuals’ relationships to institutions.

Supported by the Hall Center for the Humanities, the KU Libraries, the Institute for Policy and Social Research, the Spencer Museum of Art, and The Commons