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CLASSICAL

PURSUITS GREAT BOOKS GREAT CONVERSATION GREAT PLACES

Join adults from all over North America for a learning vacation with a difference.

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CLASSICAL PURSUITS

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Vacations with a difference As children we always wondered “Why?” and “So what?” Return to the big questions at Classical Pursuits, with great books, art, and music as our guides. Over the past 15 years Classical Pursuits has become a community of wonderful people from hither and yon, different in many ways, but alike in their curiosity, imagination, openness, respectfulness, and generosity of spirit. I created Classical Pursuits because I love nothing more than exploring and celebrating the particularities of various corners of the world, discovering timeless ties that bind across oceans, languages, and centuries. My love affair with people, places, literature, music, and art; and with really good conversation has only deepened over the years. Travel Pursuits takes travellers beyond the headlines and crowded tourist attractions to expose us to the ways people think and work, suffer and fall in love, make enemies and sometimes make revolutions. We see the world through the eyes of its most imaginative writers. And we immerse ourselves in the art, architecture, and music of a place to better understand its history and its pulse. We favour slow travel, opting for depth over breadth. This year we will be returning to India, Russia, and New Orleans. We will also venture to Iceland for the first time.

Our flagship program, Toronto Pursuits, is offered each July on the campus of the University of Toronto, a bucolic oasis in the heart of the city. Participants engage themselves for a week in the great classics of literature, music, art, and film. Choose one from among a dozen small group morning seminars and, in the afternoons and evenings, from a broad arrange of social and imaginatively planned cultural activities, both on and off the campus – cocktail receptions, topical talks, walking tours, concerts, film screenings and much more. In 2014, we’ve planned all our programming around the theme, “The West Gives Way to the Rest.” This will be a rare and exciting opportunity to expose ourselves to the cultural heritage that originates from beyond that European tradition many of us are most familiar with. I invite you to join me, not as a tourist, but as a fellow discoverer.

Ann Kirkland Founder of Classical Pursuits Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS About Classical Pursuits........................................................................................................... 2 Worldwide Quest Family.......................................................................................................... 3 Relationships.......................................................................................................................... 4 MADE-TO-MEASURE TRIPS About Made-to-Measure Trips................................................................................................... 5 TRAVEL PURSUITS About Travel Pursuits............................................................................................................... 6 CONFOUNDED & BEWITCHED: The Strange Rise of Modern India.............................................. 8 RUSSIA’S GOLDEN AGE: 19th century art, literature, and music in Moscow and St. Petersburg............................................................................................................ 10 LITERARY ICELAND: Isle of Awe............................................................................................ 12 PO’BOYS AND NAUGHTY GIRLS IN N’AWLINS: The land of dreamy dreams that defies “objective” reality............................................................................................ 14 TORONTO PURSUITS About Toronto Pursuits........................................................................................................... 16 An African Conversation......................................................................................................... 20 Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie................................................................................. 21 Caribbean Voices in Diaspora.................................................................................................. 22 Japan: The Cult of Beauty...................................................................................................... 23 The Prophet and the Poet: Reciting God.................................................................................. 24 Muslim Women Writers of the Middle East............................................................................... 25 Independent People, by Halldór Laxness................................................................................. 26 Living the Red Revolution...................................................................................................... 27 Taste of an Indian Classic: A Telling of the Mahabharata........................................................... 28 ART – Islamic Art and Architecture......................................................................................... 29 FILM – Japanese Films by Akira Kurosawa.............................................................................. 30 MUSIC – East and West in Music and Poetry........................................................................... 31 Fees and Registration............................................................................................................ 32 1

Adventure for the Mind Travel for the Soul Take yourself on a vacation with the best of the world’s books, art, film, and music as your guides. Classical Pursuits is the North American leader in small group trips to destinations such as Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul, Leo Tolstoy’s Russia, and Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans. Choose among four Travel Pursuits trips and our annual flagship Toronto Pursuits program in July on the ivied campus of the University of Toronto. And we can customize a Made-to-Measure learning vacation with a difference for you and your friends. What makes our learning vacations special is the balance of • animated and thoughtful discussion in small groups guided by a skilled leader,

Shared Inquiry Shared Inquiry is a term coined by the Great Books Foundation to describe a model of civil discourse. Through sharing their personal perspectives in thoughtful dialogue and respectful debate about the meaning of a text, painting or composition, participants gain new insights and deepen and often change their minds.

Leaders Our discussion leaders all have mastery of their subject but are selected above all for their ability to guide a Shared Inquiry discussion. Our leaders do not “profess” the meaning of a book, painting or opera. Their principal role is to help participants grapple with the questions and ideas raised by a work and discover for themselves its deeper meanings.

Prerequisites

• a broad array of cultural and recreational activities, and

The only prerequisites are to READ BEFORE YOU ARRIVE and to COME WITH AN OPEN MIND.

• ample unscheduled time to explore, read, reflect, and linger over a good meal and conversation.

Looking for Credit?

Because Classical Pursuits operates in the “slow zone,” camaraderie develops easily and lasting friendships form. And you get to explore someplace new – even if it is your own home-town.

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You can earn both academic and professional continuing education credits by participating in Classical Pursuits programs through Harrison Middleton University.

WORLDWIDE QUEST If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a team to craft our unique Travel Pursuits experiences. Our one-of-a-kind trips take you behind the scenes, where we better get to know a place through its people, literature, art, and customs. To quote travel advocate Arthur Frommer, “Travel is scarcely worth the effort unless it is associated with people, with learning and ideas. To have meaning at all, travel must involve an encounter with new and different outlooks and beliefs … At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader-minded and more understanding.” The magic of a Travel Pursuits trip is the alchemical partnership between Classical Pursuits and Worldwide Quest. It takes a diverse set of highly honed skills to create a trip focussed on important content instead of trivial, bland, and vapid sightseeing common among many package holidays in all price ranges. Although we each regularly dip our toes in the other’s pond, basically Classical Pursuits conceives of a trip idea and the literature, art, and encounters around which the trip should be structured. Worldwide Quest takes the expert reins for all the logistics, making the arrangements for each aspect of the itinerary. Worldwide Quest also takes responsibility for client care, including booking flights and offering insurance.

Worldwide Quest has more than 40 years of experience offering a varied portfolio of expert-led learning vacations in natural history, culture and the arts. The range of travel programs, which spans every continent, now makes it possible for Classical Pursuits to travel to far-flung places such as Egypt, India, Turkey, Russia, and Vietnam. All our trips are carefully designed, the result of insider knowledge built up over many years. In this age of instability and uncertainty, we know that reliability counts. Wherever your trip takes you, near or far, your well-being, comfort and safety are of paramount importance. Further, as a licensed Ontario tour operator, Worldwide Quest adheres to the strictest financial requirements – your payments are protected. As part of the Worldwide Quest family, Classical Pursuits is able to create unique, one-of-a-kind Travel Pursuits and Made-to-Measure trips that provide the opportunity for enrichment, encounter and authenticity. Please be in touch with the talented, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable staff at Worldwide Quest for more information and to book your Travel Pursuit. www.worldwidequest.com [email protected]

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RELATIONSHIPS Providing many of the discussion leaders both in Toronto and Travel Pursuits, the Great Books Foundation (GBF) in Chicago offers continuing guidance on how to more meaningfully read and discuss books. GBF is an independent, nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to provide people of all ages with the opportunity to read, discuss, and learn from outstanding works of literature. www.greatbooks.org or 1.800.222.5870.

Harrison Middleton University is a great books, great ideas, great conversations, distancelearning university that offers undergraduate and graduate education in the humanities. Harrison Middleton University promotes student-faculty scholarship through research, discussion, the development of collaborative publications and offers academic and professional continuing education credit to Classical Pursuits participants. www.hmu.edu or 1.877.248.6724.

The Great Books Foundation

A nonprofit educational organization ®

“A CONVENTIONAL GOOD READ IS USUALLY A BAD READ, A RELAXING BATH IN WHAT WE KNOW ALREADY. A TRUE GOOD READ IS SURELY AN ACT OF INNOVATIVE CREATION IN WHICH WE, THE READERS, BECOME CONSPIRATORS.”

MADE-TO-MEASURE TRIP PLANNING Are you a member of a book club or a group of friends who share an interest in literature and travel? Are you and your curious pals fed up with both passive sight-seeing and beach holidays? We can take you wherever in the world you would like to go at a time that suits you. We can design a trip to fit your particular interests and aims, one that will stimulate you and expose you to out-of-the-way places and local people that you would not meet on conventional tours or on your own. Our trips are created for groups of active and curious learners of all ages who want to get behind the scenes, mingle with the locals and understand what makes a particular society tick. Groups that don’t like big crowds or long waits. Groups that want a chance to engage, to ask questions, to exchange ideas.

We think lots of groups would enjoy the Classical Pursuits approach to travel. Obvious examples include: • Book clubs • School groups of all ages • Alumni groups • Cultural institutions • Faith groups We have more than 30 carefully-designed literary trips on the shelf, so to speak. We can use one of these as a starting point and modify it in length, focus, and activities to suit your group. Or we can start from scratch. Curious? Contact us at [email protected] or 1.800.387.1483 to request our information package.

“ALL JOURNEYS HAVE SECRET DESTINATIONS OF WHICH THE TRAVELER IS UNAWARE.” MARTIN BUBER

MALCOLM BRADBURY

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TRAVEL PURSUITS We are the only organization we know of that offers opportunities to travel through both space and time to destinations like Michael Crummey’s Newfoundland, Dante’s Florence, and the Belle Epoque Paris of Delacroix and Degas. By exploring and celebrating the particular visions of writers and artists in the location in which their works were created, we paradoxically discover the timeless truths that make these works great.

We have created our trips based on our own best learning and travel experiences – those that actively involve our hearts and minds; those that challenge us to consider new possibilities; those that delight and leave us changed. Our groups are small and intimate. They include singles, couples, and groups of friends and family members. Many are repeat travellers. Moderate walking is required unless otherwise stated. Our trips generally include characteristic, comfortable and well-located accommodation, two meals a day, local transportation, admissions, excursions, guided walks, expert talks and gratuities.

Travel Pursuits offer ground arrangements only because many wish to arrive early or extend their stays or use their airline points to travel. Worldwide Quest expertly arranges the logistics for each trip to complement our literary theme. Worldwide Quest also handles all bookings and is happy to book flights and help with pre- and post-trip arrangements. We will send you the book(s) for discussion upon registration and, closer to the departure, a wide-ranging booklet that includes the detailed itinerary, destination tips, plus lots of fascinating background reading. See Terms and Conditions.

THE TRAVEL PURSUITS EXPERIENCE We opt for depth over breadth. We prefer to spend a half a day getting to know one church stone by stone to making flying stops to a dozen soon-forgotten churches.

“WHAT COULD BE MORE INSTRUCTIVE FOR THE TRAVELLER – AND MORE FUN! – THAN TO SEE A COUNTRY THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS MOST IMAGINATIVE WRITERS?”

We prefer discovery, through guided conversation, of the big ideas embodied in great works in a much more meaningful way than what we all had too much of in school.

Much travel keeps the traveller in a bubble, protected from encounters with local people. We seek them out, invite them to join us for a meal, meet them in their workplaces, homes, and places of worship and leisure. JAN MORRIS

We seek out creative opportunities such as shopping in a local Yucatan market and making dinner in a private home, dining in an antebellum mansion in rural Georgia with the opera diva mistress of the house, picking up a piece of charcoal to try our hand at figure drawing, and pitching in at a literacy project in India. For more information or detailed itineraries for Travel Pursuits trips, call 1.800.387.1483 or email [email protected]

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CONFOUNDED & BEWITCHED The Strange Rise of Modern India DESTINATION

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ACCOMODATION

North India – Delhi, Udaipur, Narlai, Jaipur, Agra, with optional extension to Varanasi

January 13 – 27, 2014 (14 nights) January 27 – 30, 2014 (3 nights optional extension to Varanasi)

A variety of comfortable Western-style hotels and selected heritage palaces.

DESCRIPTION / ITINERARY

The startling array of sensual, spiritual and intellectual riches of India resists generalizations. We will explore the dizzying contrasts of the world’s largest democracy from throbbing metropolis, to sleepy village, to the great excess of the famous Raj, to the restorative calm of the holy city of Varanasi. Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie, is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people – an historical chronicle of modern India centering on the inextricably linked fates of two children born within the first hour of independence from Great Britain. Thirty years after its publication, Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time. It has won the

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Booker, the “Booker of Bookers” and the Best of the Booker prizes, the only novel ever to be so awarded. Edward Luce’s In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India might well be subtitled Midnight’s Grandchildren. Published in 2011, it is a series of acutely observed vignettes, held together by a single theme, and an overriding question: India will soon become a great power; what kind of great power will it be?

LEADER

READINGS

For 25 years, Gary Schoepfel has led and taught folks how to lead book discussion groups. Gary thinks India is a cat of a country. She is ineffable, deep, inscrutable, and singular. India is a mystery and this mystery intrigues him deeply.

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce

We will return with a deep appreciation of the ancient roots that still nourish the flourishing growth of modern India as it moves towards its new position as one of the major political forces of today’s world order.

“THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT, ONCE VISITED, GET INTO YOUR HEART AND WON’T GO. FOR ME, INDIA IS SUCH A PLACE.”

GROUP SIZE

10 – 16 participants FEES

KEITH BELLOWS (EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY)

US$4595 per person, based on double occupancy US$975 per person for Varanasi extension, based on double occupancy Fee includes readings, accommodation, two meals a day, discussions, ground transportation, walking tours, talks, excursions, and admissions. For more information and to register, call 1.800.387.1483 or email [email protected]

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RUSSIA’S GOLDEN AGE 19th century art, literature, and music in Moscow and St. Petersburg DESTINATION

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ACCOMODATION

Moscow and St. Petersburg

April 2 – 13, 2014 (11 nights)

TBD


Classical Pursuits returns to Russia, this time focusing on the Golden Age of Russian culture: 1850-1910. Russian realism blossomed with the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Chekhov’s and Stanislavsky’s drama, and with the music of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff. Less known in the West are the equally extraordinary paintings of Repin, Levitan, Kramskoy, and Serov. Together with classical painter Sean Forester and private local guides we will take an in depth tour of Russian culture. We will spend time in both historic capitals, Moscow and St. Petersburg, travelling by comfortable first-class coach between the two cities. We will discuss Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, which contrasts the two cities as a way of showing opposing values at the time. We will visit the Tretyakov Gallery, the Hermitage, and the Russian State Museum. Sean, who loves the 10

robust yet tender paintings of the Russian 19th century, will help us see, through an artist’s eyes, what the painters were attempting and how they achieved it. The artists of this era were united by an exploration of life’s timeless and profound questions: What does it mean to live a fulfilling life? Is there a God? How can we understand the complex relationships between men and women? What is a just society? How do we balance modernity and tradition? The Russian realists shared a passion for justice and a love for their Russian homeland. Against a backdrop of social and political unrest, writers, painters, and composers used their imaginative and emotional powers to develop a powerful realist style. They hoped that their art might serve as a vehicle for reform and help develop a national consciousness. It was this Golden Age in the arts that paved the way for the later revolutionary wave with its then unforeseeable consequences.

We will attend opera, ballet or symphonic performances in two world-class concert halls, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Mariinsky II Theatre in St. Petersburg. The former has undergone massive reconstruction to restore it to its original glory; the latter, designed by Canadian Jack Diamond, is the first new opera house built in Russia since the time of the Czars. This Classical Pursuits trip will focus on a vitally important time and place in cultural history. We will examine how all the arts adapted Realism to their different media, brilliantly reflecting the common and burning issues of their day. And we will have a great adventure, with unforgettable sights, stimulating discussion, interesting food, and beautiful music and art. Do join us for this journey to mother Russia. LEADER

Sean Forester, a classical oil painter, has led seminars for Classical Pursuits in Toronto, Italy, and France. Sean has long been passionate

about Russian literature and painting, perhaps because he has Russian roots on his father’s side of the family. READINGS

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy GROUP SIZE


US$5695 per person, based on double occupancy (approximate) Fee includes readings, accommodation, two meals a day, discussions, ground transportation, walking tours, talks, excursions, and admissions. For more information and to register, call 1.800.387.1483 or email [email protected]

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LITERARY ICELAND Isle of Awe DESTINATION

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ACCOMODATION

Iceland – Reykjavik and other towns

August 30 – September 8, 2014 (9 nights)

Hotel Plaza, Reykjavik, and Hotel Fljótshlíð, Hvolsvöllur


It’s a rare visitor to Iceland who is not touched by its desolate beauty. This wild island boasts some of Europe’s most impressive natural wonders – massive glaciers, barren highlands, rumbling volcanoes, vast lava fields, deep gorges and fjords, geysers, thermal pools. It’s a land of extremes that begs to be explored. What thrills the traveller, though, has made living in Iceland a challenge for much of its history. Until World War II, a struggle for subsistence was the main feature of life for most inhabitants. Icelanders have clung to the bits of arable land along the island’s coast, scraping a living from farming, fishing and herding. Several times during Iceland’s 1,100-year inhabited history, Icelanders have considered abandoning the island as the most viable option for their survival. Centuries of isolation and hardship have bred a nation of tough, hardy, self-reliant Norse individualists. 12

Icelanders are also, remarkably, among the most literate and literary people in the world. From the time the first Vikings settled this northerly island in the late ninth century, they began recounting their story in folktales, poems, oral histories and song. Two centuries later, those stories began to be captured in writing in the prose and poem “Eddas,” the Book of Icelanders, the Book of Settlements, and, most notably, in the great Icelandic sagas. Near-mythic prose tales that dwell midway between ancient epic and modern novel, the sagas form the very core of the nation’s literary heritage and cultural identity. Today, with life in Iceland far more secure, literature, art and design are thriving. The capital city Reykjavik bustles with theater, concerts, readings, galleries and boutiques. Literary output is remarkable for a nation of

only 300,000 people, with more books published per capita than perhaps any other place in the world. We’ll explore the Icelandic love of language and storytelling first with discussion of two works from the catalogue of Icelandic sagas. We’ll then get a more recent take on life in Iceland through discussion of novels by the 20th-century Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness and by the best-selling current-day crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason. LEADER

Mark Cwik is a long-time leader of discussions of great literature, a lover of epic tales and a big fan of Icelandic sagas. He is a designer and maker of wood furniture, and would move to Iceland in a heartbeat – except that it has no trees.

READINGS

Two Icelandic sagas The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason GROUP SIZE


US$4995 per person, based on double occupancy (approximate) Fee includes readings, accommodation, two meals a day, local transportation, discussions, walking tours, talks, excursions, and admissions. For more information and to register, call 1.800.387.1483 or email [email protected]

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PO’BOYS AND NAUGHTY GIRLS IN N’AWLINS The land of dreamy dreams that defies “objective” reality DESTINATION

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ACCOMODATION

New Orleans, Louisiana

October 7 – 14, 2014

Hotel Monteleone


Classical Pursuits goes to New Orleans, focusing on the literature of this unique city. We will wade into romantic, and utterly unique New Orleans, probing what accounts for the city’s famous joie de vivre, despite – or perhaps because of – the surreal challenges the city has constantly, triumphantly, overcome. Our literature will be Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby,” Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson Before Dying, and Julie Smith’s “Loot” – giving us a range of time periods and fascinating personal windows into the complex history of New Orleans. Together with writer Lisa Pasold, private local guides, and local literary figures, we will explore the deep connection each writer has felt with the city. We’ll consider the often-murky layers of truth and history in this bewitching place. Why do writers here tend towards describing the darker 14

aspects of this lovely city? What does New Orleans demand of its citizens? How are the writers themselves shaped by the city? Lisa, who loves her adopted city, will help us see through a writer’s eyes, to understand what continues to intrigue and inspire the writers of New Orleans. No trip to New Orleans would be complete without exploring the birth of jazz, the truth about voodoo, and the history of the city’s elaborate Mardi Gras. Because New Orleans is a city devoted to the senses, we will thrill to the sounds of omnipresent jazz and zydeco, feast our eyes on the rich architecture of the city, delight our taste buds with Cajun cuisine and pecan pralines, and inhale the sweet perfume of tropical flowers tumbling from French Quarter balconies. Our trip will include a visit to an authentic Creole plantation to learn about the intricate social relations among the French-descended Acadians, Spanish settlers, Africans, and Natives. We will also take a trip into the bayous to experience the heart of French culture in Louisiana.

This Classical Pursuits trip will focus on the vital contributions that New Orleans has given the world. From literature to music to food, so much of the American identity has been flavoured by this inspiring city hovering between swamp and sea level. Do join us for this celebration of the city of New Orleans.

READINGS

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines “Loot” by Julie Smith GROUP SIZE

14 – 16 participants

LEADER

Lisa Pasold is a Canadian writer who divides her time between Paris and New Orleans. She is currently the host of Discovery’s travel show, Paris Next Stop. She has published a novel and three books of poetry. Her most recent book, Any Bright Horse, was nominated for the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Lisa is especially interested in leading this trip because – long before she moved here – she fell in love with the city through the words of its writers.

FEES

US $3295 based on double occupancy (approximate) Fee includes readings, accommodation, two meals a day, discussions, ground transportation, walking tours, talks, excursions, and admissions. For more information and to register, call 1.800.387.1483 or email [email protected]

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TORONTO PURSUITS Sunday, July 13 to Friday, July 18, 2014 For our 16th year, we’ve decided to do something different and overdue. This July we jump, with both feet, into a vast ocean of literature, art, music, and film that we know too little about. Join us for The West Gives Way to the Rest.

We have over the years included some literature from outside the traditional Western Canon, and we are increasingly travelling to places like Egypt, India, and Vietnam, where we have discovered stunning literary and cultural riches, whetting our appetite for more. More than 100 people from across Canada and at least 20 U.S. states will gather on the shady garden campus of the University of Toronto’s Victoria College. About 80 percent will be returnees and the rest will be here for the first time. About half will be working and half will be retired. They will range in age from early thirties to mid-eighties. Some will stay in the economical campus residence; others will opt for a nearby hotel. Still others will commute each day from home.

“A MAJORITY OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION ALWAYS HAS, DOES, AND PROBABLY WILL LIVE IN NON-WESTERN CULTURES. WHY NOT EXPLORE THE WAY THE REST TELL STORIES AND DESCRIBE LOVE AND FEAR AND COMEDY?”

Out-of-towners and first-timers get started on Sunday afternoon, July 13, with an optional demonstration in the Shared Inquiry method of discussion and a guided walking tour of Toronto’s art and architecture. The program gets into full swing on Monday morning with the convening of the seminars, which take place concurrently each morning. The seminars are small, capped at 15 participants. At noon we gather for an excellent lunch. Each afternoon and evening, you may choose from a wide variety of cultural and social activities both on and off the campus – topical talks, walking tours, film screenings, concerts, small dinners, and much more. We have two gala receptions, one on Monday evening and the other at the conclusion of the week on Friday. On Wednesday evening we have a festive dinner featuring our Travel Pursuits for the following year. The only difference this year will be that everything, including the cuisine, will be from faraway places like China, Africa, Japan, India, Turkey, and Iceland.

THE NON-WESTERN READING PROJECT

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Choose one seminar option. Full descriptions are on the following pages.

“…WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER IN TORONTO THIS WEEK ARE THE QUESTIONS, WITH OR WITHOUT ANSWERS, KNOWING WE ARE ENRICHED JUST BY THE ASKING.” FAE ENGSTROM, SALT LAKE CITY, UT

“OUR GROUP WAS EXTREMELY FRIENDLY, CHALLENGING AND ENGAGING ON A HIGH LEVEL…”

“MY FINAL WORD ABOUT TORONTO PURSUITS IS, ‘DON’T CHANGE A THING!’” CHUCK SCARCLIFF, SACRAMENTO, CA

TED GANNON, NEW YORK, NY

“SCHMOOZING WITH THIS GROUP ISN’T ONLY FUN, IT’S PRACTICALLY LIFE-AFFIRMING…” CRAIG CURRIE, PHILADELPHIA, PA

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1. An African Conversation 2. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 3. Caribbean Voices in Diaspora 4. Japan: The Cult of Beauty 5. The Prophet and the Poet: Reciting God 6. Muslim Women Writers of the Middle East 7. Independent People by Halldór Laxness 8. Living the Red Revolution 9. Taste of an Indian Classic: A Telling of the Mahabharata 10. ART – Islamic Art and Architecture 11. FILM – Japanese Films by Akira Kurosawa 12. MUSIC – East and West in Music and Poetry See page 32 for full details on fees, discounts, registration, and campus accommodation. We shall again offer a two-night extension to the Stratford Festival to see three plays, Friday, July 11 – Sunday, July 13, 2014. See www.classicalpursuits.com or call 1.877.633.2555 for details.

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SEMINAR OPTION ONE

SEMINAR OPTION TWO

AN AFRICAN CONVERSATION It is a Disgrace How Things Fall Apart in the Beloved Country’s Darkest Heart

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

We will be reading three diverse, prize winning African authors, all of whom had something important to say about their beloved but unstable countries on the continent of Africa. We will begin with Alan Paton’s Cry the Beloved Country of 1948, move on to Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart published to great acclaim in 1958 and then discuss J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace of 1999. We will also read Achebe’s trenchant critique of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,” published in 1977. At their core and though separated by decades, all three authors are concerned with the chaos unleashed by prejudice, racism, and inequality, and they explore where the promise may be found to move the agenda forward to redress and rebuild.

“ALTHOUGH HE’S WRITING GOOD SENTENCES, HE’S ALSO WRITING ABOUT A PEOPLE, AND THEIR LIFE. AND HE SAYS ABOUT THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE RUDIMENTARY SOULS... THE AFRICANS ARE THE RUDIMENTARIES, AND THEN ON TOP ARE THE GOOD WHITES. NOW I DON’T ACCEPT THAT, AS A BASIS FOR... AS A BASIS FOR ANYTHING.” CHINUA ACHEBE COMMENTS ON JOSEPH CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS

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Every so often I bump into a book that becomes a dear friend. On a rare occasion a rare book becomes my lover. Midnight’s Children is such a book. I would like to introduce you. I’ll let the book’s back cover do the work:

LEADER

Nella Cotrupi is a lawyer and educator whose work has focused on the social and ethical engagements of literature. BOOKS

Participants are required to obtain the specified edition in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (Scribner, 2003) ISBN-13: 978-0743262170 Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (Anchor, 1994) ISBN-13: 978-0385474542 Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee (Penguin, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-0140296402 Achebe’s “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness” will be provided electronically.

“Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.” This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people – a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Thirty years after its publication, Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time. India is a cat of a country. She is ineffable, deep, inscrutable, and singular. India is a mystery and this mystery intrigues me deeply. Come with me. Come read Midnight’s Children. Let’s talk about it. I can think of no better way to take you to the subcontinent short of putting you on a plane.

“WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S TRUE AREN’T NECESSARILY THE SAME.” SALMAN RUSHDIE, MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN

LEADER

Gary Schoepfel is a forever student, novice hockey player, chess enthusiast, kayaker, former stage actor, reasonably good listener, husband of 38 years, faculty member at Harrison Middleton University, a close reader, Classical Pursuits international traveller, and ex-VP of the Great Books Foundation. BOOK

Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006) ISBN-13: 978-0812976533

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Caribbean Voices in Diaspora

Julia Zarankin works as a writer, editor, and lecturer to later life learners about the wonders of literature. She is thrilled to be travelling beyond her usual European suspects and looks forward to exploring her favorite topics – exile, memory, and childhood – through a Caribbean literary lens.

Japan: The Cult of Beauty

Sean Forester, a classical oil painter, has led for Classical Pursuits for several years. He studied at St. John’s College and at Cambridge University as a Rotary scholar. Sean has long admired Japanese culture and is excited to explore it more deeply in Toronto. He will help us see Japanese art through a Western artist’s eyes.

“IT’S NOT EASY TO START OVER IN A NEW PLACE,” HE SAID. “EXILE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. SOMEONE HAS TO STAY BEHIND, TO RECEIVE THE LETTERS AND GREET FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN THEY COME BACK.” EDWIGE DANTICAT

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We will read two exciting texts by audacious, inspiring, and award-winning Caribbean writers living in diaspora – Edwige Danticat and Jamaica Kincaid. We will explore themes of memory, trauma, and the effects of colonialism as we delve into the remarkable and vividly imagined worlds of Haiti and Antigua. The novels we will discuss – Annie John, by Jamaica Kincaid and Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwige Danticat – ask important questions of the reader: how do we remember traumatic events? How do we reconstruct our history? Can we ever free ourselves from our past? How do children negotiate their past? What does it meant to be a writer living in diaspora?

Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Annie John, by Jamaica Kincaid (FSG, 1997) ISBN-13: 978-0374525101 Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwige Danticat (Vintage, 1998) ISBN-13: 978-0375705045

In the Edo period Japanese culture achieved a rare refinement. Beauty infused nearly every aspect of life: Zen gardens, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, poetry, calligraphy, woodblock prints, and dress (kimonos and netsuke). Transience and mortality were seen as an integral part of beauty. When Japanese culture made it to Europe, it had a profound influence on artists such as Van Gogh, Degas, and Whistler. The arts of Japan resonated deeply for them as they still do for us today. Together we will explore Zen and Japanese gardens; haiku poetry and calligraphy; tea ceremony* and flower arrangement; painting, woodblock prints, and netsuke; and Western art influenced by Japanese art. * We are fortunate to have Yumiko Katsuya, a Japanese Canadian master potter, offer us a tea ceremony.

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Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. How to Look at Japanese Art, by Stephen Addiss (Harry N. Abrams, 1996) ISBN-13: 978-0810926400 The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa (Essential Poets), by Robert Hass (The Ecco Press; First Edition, 1995) ISBN-13: 978-0880013512 Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism, by Karin Breuer (Prestel, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-3791350820 The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura (Wilder Publications, 2009) ISBN-13: 978-1604596434

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The Prophet and the Poet: Reciting God

Donald Whitfield is Director of Great Books Discussions, the adult education division of the Great Books Foundation in Chicago. Starting from his love of the poetry of Rumi, he wants to explore the tradition of the Qur’an out of which it grew.

Muslim Women Writers of the Middle East: Breaking Out of Our Cocoons

Üstün Bilgen-Reinart is a former CBC journalist, author, and lecturer. Üstün was born in Turkey and came to Canada as a teenager. In 1998, she returned to Turkey to be near her aging parents and teach at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. After losing her parents, she chose a semi-nomadic lifestyle, straddling the two worlds that she knows and loves: Canada and Anatolia. She is passionate about literature, writing, and women’s lives.

Regardless of sectarian differences, for all followers of Islam – 23 percent of the world’s population in 2012 – the Qur’an is primary and central, its words considered a direct recitation by God to the prophet Muhammed. And yet, to non-Muslims its contents are on the whole little known. One of the traditions that grew out of the teachings of the Qur’an was the Sufi sect, whose major exponent was the 13th-century Iranian poet, Rumi. Rumi’s greatest work, the Ma’navi, is sometimes called the Qur’an in Persian. A rich collection of stories and lessons in verse, Rumi’s recitations, dictated to his followers, are considered by many Muslims to be divinely inspired.

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Participants are required to obtain the specified edition in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. The Qur’an (Oxford University Press, 2008) ISBN-13 978-0199535958 Spiritual Verses, by Jalaluddin Rumi (Penguin Classics, 2007) ISBN-13 978-0140447911

“We grow most when we listen to those whose views are different from ours,” says Turkish writer Elif Shafak. “Our imaginations might shrink, our hearts might dwindle, our humanness might wither if we stay for too long inside our cultural cocoons.” In this seminar, we shall discuss books by two different Muslim women from the Middle East, who know and love the traditional cultures of their countries, but who also break taboos. In The Bastard of Istanbul, Elif Shafak tackles the theme of the Armenian genocide of l915. Her novel is set in present day Istanbul and is populated with colourful female characters and even supernatural beings of the Muslim world, called djinns that represent the irrational, spiritual elements of the human consciousness that enrich our lives.

We will read and discuss large portions of both the Qur’an and the Ma’navi to gain a better sense of the words from which Muslims draw their view of the world and to dispel our unfamiliarity with some of the writings that motivate so many people in the world we all share today.

Djinns are also to be found in Egyptian Alifa Rifaat’s collection of short stories, Distant View of a Minaret. While remaining a devout Muslim, Rifaat offers sensual, tender and poignant insights into the plight of women in traditional Muslim settings, by touching on taboo themes such as female desire and sexual pleasure.

“IF SPIRITUAL EXPLANATION WERE ENOUGH, CREATION OF THE WORLD WERE ALL IN VAIN.”

The cultural barriers between our lives in the Western world and the lives of Muslim women are among the hardest to overcome. Stories are magical tools to help us to transcend cultural barriers. With the stories of Shafak and Rifaat, we hope to break out of our cocoons.

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Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Distant View of a Minaret, by Alifa Rifaat (Heinemann paperback, 1987) ISBN-13: 978-0435909123 The Bastard of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak (Penguin paperback, 2009) ISBN-13: 978-0143112716

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Independent People by Halldór Laxness: Iceland’s Rediscovered Masterpiece

Living the Red Revolution “’TIS BETTER TO HAVE BELIEVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO HAVE BELIEVED AT ALL.”

A bleak landscape, cold weather, a stubborn sheep farmer and lots of sheep might not seem like the stuff of great literature, but Iceland’s Halldór Laxness (1902 – 1998) made of them a masterpiece. Independent People tells the story of the proud and obstinate sheep farmer Bjartur of Summerhouses. After 18 years in service to the local bailiff, Bjartur has finally saved enough money to start his own farm. Bjartur’s new home is little more than a turf hovel; to Bjartur, it is a castle – because it is his. Bjartur is a man harsh as the Icelandic landscape, possessed by a fierce determination to live free of debt to man or God. His brutal and ferocious drive for self-sufficiency is at odds with a way of life and an unyielding climate where interdependence is the only means of survival. Wives, children, and friends fall victim to Bjardur’s ruthless obsession. The joy of Laxness’ novel is that this cheerless tale runs rich with warmth and sly humor. Never flinching from the cruel austerity of his protagonist, Laxness crafts a poetic, deeply felt, and moving epic on the scale of a Melville or Cervantes. Independent People secured for Laxness the1955 Nobel Prize for Literature and established him as the undisputed master of modern Icelandic fiction. Published in Icelandic in 1935, it was first translated to English in 1946 but was out of print and unknown to most English-speaking readers for almost the next half-century. Much like Iceland itself, only in recent years have the grandeur and beauty of Independent People been rediscovered by the outside world.

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Towards the end of her book Red China Blues, Jan Wong paraphrases Tennyson’s memorable quote. This seminar will consider her idea by discussing both her memoir and that of Anchee Min, the author of Red Azalea. LEADER

Mark Cwik is a long-time discussion leader in Chicago whose previous courses at Toronto Pursuits have included the Iliad, The Histories of Herodotus, Democracy in America, Moby Dick, and the Five Books of Moses. Iceland and big books are high on his list of favorite things. BOOK

Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Independent People, by Halldór Laxness, J.A. Thompson, trans, (1st Vintage International Ed edition, 1997) ISBN-13: 978-0679767923

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Min was born in China and went from a labour collective to suddenly starring in a film version of one of Madame Mao’s political operas. She now lives in the U.S. Her fascinating reversals of fortune make for a page-turning memoir – “as delicate and evocative as a traditional Chinese brush painting” according to Newsweek. In contrast, Jan Wong is a Canadian of Chinese descent, who went to China in 1972 as a convinced Maoist. Wong was one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing University. Her stay made her the award-winning journalist she is today – but her years in China also tore away her faith in Communism. This July, let’s take a trip into China’s Cultural Revolution and its aftermath – with these two extraordinary memoirs as our guide. These woman authors were each born in the 1950s into vastly different experiences; their books, Red China Blues and Red Azalea, give us amazingly honest narratives through China’s turbulent twentieth century. Why should we in the West care deeply about China’s recent past? Jan Wong and Anchee Min will give us fascinating food for thought.

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Lisa Pasold is a Canadian novelist, TV travel show host, and poet. Her most recent book, Any Bright Horse, was nominated for a 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award. She divides her time between Paris and New Orleans, but she can’t wait to delve into China with these two fascinating memoirs. BOOKS

Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Red Azalea, by Anchee Min, (Anchor paperback, 2006) ISBN-13: 978-1400096985 Red China Blues, by Jan Wong, (Anchor paperback, 1997) ISBN-13: 978-0385482325

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Taste of an Indian Classic: A Telling of the Mahabharata

Denise Ahlquist, Vice President for Training at the Great Books Foundation, has led many thousands of Shared Inquiry discussions and is fascinated by the influence of ancient India on today’s world.

ART – Islamic Art & Architecture: A Mirror of the Cosmos

Betty Ann Jordan is a Toronto-based art writer and tour leader who provides an insider’s perspective on the city’s visual culture. She is excited about taking a closer, open-hearted look at art forms that part the veil on Islamic ideals of spirit and flesh, beauty and the cosmos. Field trips will include the brand new Aga Khan Museum, containing some of the most celebrated Islamic Art in the world.

History and philosophy blend in this classic Indian tale of war between rival dynasties, of moral dilemmas and intervening gods. Each warrior must contend with his moral duty, his dharma, and contemplate the effect of his heroic yet violent actions on his karma. Not content to leave these mortals to their own devices, gods both good and evil descend to earth to deliver wisdom, wield influence, and even join the fray. Composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE, the Mahabharata is the longest Sanskrit epic ever written. William Buck’s goal in this retelling was to “preserve the spirit and flavor of the original.” His approachable version offers the full span of a cosmic confrontation caused not by the external forces typically blamed in Western sagas of conquest, but by violations of moral law. Through Shared Inquiry discussion we will explore this exotic, action-packed story, one that will remain relevant as long as we struggle to do what is right according to our dharma. An optional viewing of Peter Brook’s beautiful multi-part retelling in film will also be offered in the afternoons.

“THE TRUE BATTLEFIELD IS WHERE NO WARRIORS OR ARROWS ARE NEEDED. IT IS INSIDE EACH ONE OF US WHERE EACH MAN MUST FIGHT ALONE.”

Alice Dunlap-Kraft will be newly retired in 2014 from nearly 30 years as a management consultant at IBM, relishing her freedom to read, and banishing the corporate cobwebs by thinking about the deeper matters of life. BOOK

Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Mahabharata 35th Anniversary Edition, retold by William Buck (University of California Press, 2012). ISBN-13: 9780520273023

Islamic art and architecture are perhaps the most accessible expressions of a complex civilization that often seems enigmatic to outsiders. Through its majestic domes and minarets, palaces, courtyards, terraced gardens with water fountains and fragrant roses, tile mosaic often in blue, golden and green, exquisite calligraphic inscriptions from the Qur’an, and sophisticated geometrical and floral engravings, Islamic art creates strong aesthetic appeal across time, space, culture, and creed. The great strength of Islamic art lies in its ability to synthesize diverse design elements from Byzantine, Coptic, Roman, Persian, and other sources into a distinctive stylistic and iconographic language that reflects its unifying belief in balance and harmony in all things. Together we will explore the tremendous vitality and beauty of 1500 years of Islamic art and architecture, up to the present day.

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Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. Islamic Art and Architecture (The World of Art) by Robert Hillenbrand Thames & Hudson paperback (March 1998) ISBN-13: 978-0500203057

An earlier edition with the same content and pagination is also available and can be used for this seminar ISBN-13: 9780520227040

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FILM – Japanese Cinema: Films by

David Schmitt loves great books, but he also loves – really loves – great films. For much of his life he has read, led, and bled great books, and now he is excited to sift celluloid at Toronto Pursuits. He is an architect, tutor, chess teacher, and more, but nothing he has done has ever been hailed as a masterpiece, so he is happy to at least discuss masterpieces.

Akira Kurosawa Films can be ‘read’ just as texts can be read. The experience can be profound when the film is a masterpiece, using music and myriad devices to connect the viewer – the ‘reader’ – to the story. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Akira Kurosawa’s films are timeless masterpieces. We will explore the themes and techniques of five of this Japanese director’s films, paying close attention to his use of a variety of classic Western texts to create films that alter our perceptions of Western and Japanese cultures. Four of these films take as their impetus works by Shakespeare and Tolstoy, and one becomes source material for an English language film.

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Participants are urged to view the five films several times in advance. No specific texts are required, but familiarity with the source works will be very helpful. Bring your own copy of each work; we’ll refer to them to understand how and why Kurosawa followed or diverged from each text.

Ikiru (1952) / The Death of Ivan Ilyich Throne of Blood (1957) / Macbeth The Bad Sleep Well (1960) / Hamlet Ran (1985) / King Lear Rashomon (1950) / inspired the movie The Outrage (1964)

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MUSIC – East and West in Music and Poetry The poetry from the Tang dynasty written in the 8th Century CE is revered today in China and in the West. The poems of Tu Fu and Li Po have been translated into numerous languages and have influenced many artists, including Gustav Mahler (“Das Lied von der Erde”) and Chinese composer Tan Dun (film score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his opera The First Emperor). Of his own music Tan Dun says, “I can hear Mahler and Li Po talk over a glass of wine, lamenting life and youth, sadness and joy, and the intoxication of spring.” The gamelan music of Java and Bali have also had an extraordinary influence on Western music. We will listen to and discuss the music of Bali and examples of Western music that have been inspired by the unique music, dance, and theater of Bali. Composers from Satie to Britten, Philip Glass, Steve Reich and many others have drawn on this music.

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Thomas W. Jones’s vocation is musician: choral conductor, educator, composer, and arranger. His avocation is literature. He combines the two at Classical Pursuits. The poems of Tu Fu and Li Po have been in Tom’s life for years, set to music in his composition “Songs on Poems of Tu Fu” for piano and soprano. Hearing gamelan music in its native Balinese setting with theater and dance was a revelation. BOOK

Participants are required to obtain the specified editions in order to facilitate the group’s ability to find and cite portions of the text during discussion. One Hundred Poems from the Chinese, by Kenneth Rexroth (New Directions Books, 1971) ISBN-13: 978-0811201803 A House in Bali, by Colin McPhee (Periplus Editions, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-9625936291

With Kurosawa, we gain a vision of both traditional and changing Japan, of how influences from abroad are adapted, transformed and made new by the Japanese national character.

“I SUPPOSE ALL OF MY FILMS HAVE A COMMON THEME … WHY CAN’T PEOPLE BE HAPPIER TOGETHER?” AKIRA KUROSAWA

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Fees – Toronto Pursuits

Toronto Pursuits Registration

TORONTO PURSUITS............................................................................................ CAD $1350

Choose one of the twelve morning seminars. A $300 non-refundable deposit is due at registration. The balance of fees is due on June 1, 2014. We accept MasterCard, Visa, Canadian cheques and money orders in Canadian funds. Please visit the website for full details.

Includes five weekday morning seminars, lunches, guided art walks, afternoon speakers, two receptions, a dinner and movie night, and a broad array of cultural and social activities. STRATFORD EXCURSION......................................................................................... CAD $915 single supplement ...... TBA You may also choose to join us for an advance excursion to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Includes return transportation to Toronto, accommodation for two nights at Stratford hotel, premium tickets to three plays, discussions, talks, reception, one lunch and one brunch. Friday, July 11 – Sunday, July 13, 2014 (two nights) CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION Basic single and double rooms are available in Rowell Jackman Hall, Victoria College’s student residence. www.vicu.utoronto.ca/facilities/accommodations.htm 416.585.4524 HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Inquire about special rate for Classical Pursuits participants at the nearby Park Hyatt Hotel. www.parktoronto.hyatt.com 416.925.1234 OPTIONAL CONCERT EXCURSION We will attend a mid-week concert. Please visit the website for more details. DISCOUNTS – one per registrant • Register before January 1, 2014, and receive a complimentary concert ticket. • Participants who have attended Toronto Pursuits at least five times receive a CAD $200 discount. • Register with a friend, and if one or both are first-time participants, each receives a CAD $200 discount.

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