The Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar
"The Lighter Side of Pain: What’s Up with Our Global Economy" with P.J. O'Rourke
March 27-28, 2009
The annual Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar is sponsored by the W&L Class of 1951 in honor of their classmate Tom Wolfe. This year’s seminar will examine our current economic crisis. The featured writer is P.J. O’Rourke.

Vietnam: A Retrospective
Monday Morning Reflections ~ What Have We Learned?
June 28 - July 3, 2009
This year’s program on American history will explore the causes, conduct and consequences of the Vietnam War. With one of the strongest faculty we’ve ever assembled, we’ll probe the lessons of Vietnam and ponder as well what is perhaps the war’s strangest irony: how the Communists won the war only, ultimately, to lose the peace.

Spain: From the New World to the New Europe
A Grande Serving of History ~ With a Trip for Tapas
July 5-10, 2009
By the 16th century, having finally driven the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula, Spain had established her own thriving empire abroad and become the most powerful nation on earth. What followed is a vivid chronicle on the rise and fall of kings, the lessons of imperialism, the movements of peoples, the power of the church, the anguish of civil war, the rise of democracy, and the birth of the New Europe.

Verdi and Vino
An Irresistible Melody ~ With a Good Nose
July 12-17, 2009
Scott and Amy Williamson (late of Puccini and Pasta) will illuminate and perform the music of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). W&L’s opera specialist and professor of music, Tim Gaylard, will explain the extraordinary achievement of Verdi’s genius.

The World of Jane Austen
A Truth Universally Acknowledged ~ And Stuff
July 19-24, 2009
In this Alumni College program, we’ll focus on two of Austen’s greatest novels, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, along with an investigation into the history and culture of her period.

Family Adventure with Science
Small Town America ~ Big Time Science Fun
July 30 - August 2, 2009
Come share W&L and Lexington with your children or grandchildren in our special family-oriented weekend, built around amazing facts and fun experiments with the W&L faculty.

Law and Literature
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
October 16-17, 2009
In its 17th year, the Law and Literature Seminar will turn to another American classic, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck.

The Institute for Honor
April 28-29, 2010
David McCullough, Bob Woodward, Richard Holbrooke, the annual Symposium of the Institute for Honor has quickly established a tradition of noteworthy speakers on honor in relation to some of the toughest issues of our times.