Past Programs

1982

Campus

• Changing Views in Changing Times

1983

Campus

• Law and Society
• The Antebellum South
• Japan: Beyond the Headlines

1984

Campus

• Society and Media
• Scientific Frontiers
• Elizabethan England: Court and Country

1985 

Campus

• Great Writers
• Society and Health
• Classical Athens

Abroad

• Elizabethan England: Court and Country

1986

Campus

• Shakespeare/Mozart
• Renaissance Italy

Abroad

• Exploring the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador

1987

Campus

• Patriots and Politicos: Perspectives on American Politics
• L’Age des Lumieres: France in the Eighteenth Century

Abroad

• Renaissance Italy
• Stratford Shakespeare Festival

1988

Campus

• Christ and Cultures: Christian Activism in America and Abroad
• The Civil War
• Europe at the End of Empire: 1871 - 1914

Abroad

• A Pilgrimage to Ferney (France)
• The Voices of the Earth: A Colorado Adventure

1989

Campus

• World War II and Its Legacy
• Celts and Kilts: Ireland and Scotland Through the Ages
• The New Metropolis: Challenge and Change in Urban America

Abroad

• Europe at the End of Empire (Russia, Hungary, Austria, and Germany)

1990

Campus

• Spain: From Ferdinand to Franco
• Whodunits: Reflections on the Art of Mystery
• Our Global Environment: Can We Save The Future?

Abroad

• Romance of the Seine
• Voyage to Bavaria and the Oberammergau Passion Play
• Celts and Kilts: Ireland and Scotland Through the Ages
• Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness

1991

Campus

• Five Great Ideas That Shape Our Lives
• Australia/New Zealand: Way Over and Down Under
• Empire Without a Crown: Central Europe Yesterday and Today
• Theater Weekend Seminar: On the Verge

Abroad

• Danube River Adventure
• Grand Canyon Rafting Expedition

1992

Campus

• A Conversation on America: Reflections on Five Major Issues
• Local Voices: Literature and Music of the U.S. 
• The Russians: From Empire to Disunion
• The Nile Kingdoms: Ancient Egypt
• Theater Weekend Seminar: True West

Abroad

• New Zealand/Australia: Way Over and Down Under
• Mississippi River Voyage: On The Delta Queen
• Central Europe Yesterday and Today: Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia
• Mind and Vision: The Renaissance in Florence

1993

Campus

• Brain and Mind: Who Are We and How Do We Know?
• Civil War Biographies
• China: The Dragon and The Square
• The Heroic Age of Greece
• Theater Weekend Seminar: Miss Julie
• Law and Literature Seminar: Billy Budd

Abroad

• Grand Canyon Rafting Expedition
• Classical World of the Aegean
• Egypt and the Nile
• Sea of Cortez and Copper Canyon
• Russia Yesterday and Today

1994

Campus

• Shakespeare for the 90’s
• On the Threshold of Change: The 1890’s
• The Age of Rembrandt and Vivaldi
• Kingdoms of the Maya
• Theater Weekend Seminar: O’Keeffe!
• Law and Literature Seminar: Antigone

Abroad

• Maine: Seascapes and Lifestyles
• China: The Yangtze and Beyond
• The Many Faces of Prague
• The British Isles: From Hamlet to Hardy

1995

Campus

• Preserving Your Wealth: A Primer on Financial Planning
• Jerusalem: The Star, the Cross, and the Crescent
• Rome: From Republic to Empire
• Baseball and American Culture
• Theater Weekend Seminar: La Chasse
• Law and Literature Seminar: Heart of Darkness

Abroad

• Ancient Cities of the Maya
• Exploring the Yachtsman’s Caribbean
• Holland and Belgium at Full Flower
• Swiss Alumni College
• The Rise of the Roman Empire
• In the Wake of Lewis and Clark

1996

Campus

• The Life and Times of Robert E. Lee
• Turkey: From the Hittites to the Ottomans
• Africa: The Promise and the Peril
• The Beholder’s Eye: On the Nature of Beauty
• Alumni College Workshop: Computers and Selected Software
• Theater Weekend Seminar: Faust
• Law and Literature Seminar: Stories by Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty

Abroad

• New Zealand’s Great Outdoors
• A Tall Ship in the Grenadines
• The Holy Land: Israel and Jordan
• Georgian England
• Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure
• The Splendors of Turkey: Crossroads of Civilization
• Santa Fe to San Francisco Bay

1997

Campus

• The Life and Times of George Washington
• Pilgrims and Crusaders: High Ways of the Middle Ages
• The Still Point in the Turning World: An Introduction to Buddhism
• In Pursuit of Excellence: Sixteen Extraordinary Lives
• Theater Seminar: 1619 Broadway
• Law and Literature Seminar: Stories by E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf

Abroad

• Wildlife Safari to Kenya and Tanzania
• Antebellum South along the Intra-Coastal Waterway
• Crossroads of Civilization: Sicily
• Alumni Campus Abroad: Yorkshire
• Scandinavia’s Great Outdoors  
• In the Footsteps of St. James: Northern Spain

1998

Campus

• The West and the American Imagination
• Islam: Religion, Civilization, and Culture
• Germany in the Twentieth Century
• Older Than America: An Oral History of Washington and Lee
• Masters and Mystics: Reflections on Leadership
• Music Seminar: Orpheus
• Law and Literature Seminar: Crime Fiction

Abroad

• Southeast Asia: Thailand, Burma, Singapore, and Nepal
• Holland: Biking/Sailing
• 250th Anniversary Cruises: Stockholm to London / London to Barcelona
• A Family Adventure in the Galapagos
• American Northwest: The Mighty Columbia

1999

Campus

• The Jazz Age: Fitzgerald, Gershwin, O’Keeffe
• India: The Indelible Spirit
• The World of Dante
• A South American Mosaic
• Life on Earth: A Family Adventure with Science
• Spring Weekend Seminar: Poetry in Motion
• Law and Literature Seminar: Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

Abroad

• Egypt: Voyage to the Upper Nile
• 20th-Century Germany: The Presence of the Past
• 250th III: Family Adventure in the Aegean
• Ireland: Village Life in Killarney
• Trekking in Nepal: Mountains and Monasteries
• Polar Bear Watch: A Journey to the Hudson Bay
• India: In Celebration of the Millennium

2000

Campus

• “Those Days:” Reflections on the Roosevelt Era
• Canada: The Other North America
• Great Trials in the 20th Century
• The Steel Chrysanthemum: Japan in the 20th Century
• The Art of Film: Three American Masters
• Spring Weekend Seminar: Twice-Told Tales: The Art of Storytelling
• Law and Literature Seminar: Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

Abroad

• Costa Rica to Aruba Via the Panama Canal
• South Africa: Contrasts in Majesty
• Family Safari in Tanzania
• Nova Scotia: Gateway to Canada
• France: Autumn in Burgundy and Provence
• Peoples of the Andes: A Peruvian Adventure
• Christmas in Quebec

2001

Campus

• The Refracted Eye: A Workshop in Photography 
• The World of Opera
• “The Best Years of Our Lives:” America after the WWII
• Passport to Italy: Perspective and Encounter
• Old Monarchies and New Democracies
• Spring Weekend Seminar: “The Elephant Man”
• Law and Literature Seminar: Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust

Abroad

• Tahiti and the Society Islands
• New Zealand’s Great Outdoors
• The Mississippi River
• Treasures and Traditions of Japan
• A Family Adventure in London
• American Majesty: The Wonders of Alaska
• Journey of Odysseus
• The Romance of Tuscany
• Christmas in Quebec

2002

Campus

• Institute for Honor
• Spring Weekend Seminar: Shakespeare’s Henry V 
• Hearts and Minds: America in the 1960s
• The Life and Times of Napoleon
• China: The Restless Century, 1900-2000
• Cuisine and Culture
• The Refracted Eye: A Workshop in Photography
• Law and Literature Seminar: Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People

Abroad

• A South American Mosaic: Argentina, Chile, and Patagonia
• The Romance of Tuscany
• Springtime on the Danube
• Western Canada: From Banff to Vancouver
• Scotland: The Western Highlands
• American Majesty: The Wonders of Alaska
• China and the Yangtze River
• A Moroccan Odyssey: Imperial Cities, Deserts, and Kasbahs

2003

Campus

• Institute for Honor: “Legacies of the Founding Era”
• Venice: From Republic to Empire
• Holland and Belgium: From the Golden Age to the New Europe
• Media and Politics Since Watergate
• Myth, Legend, and the Modern World
• Understanding the Middle East  
• Law and Literature Seminar: Miller’s The Crucible

Abroad

• Antarctica and the Falkland Islands
• Cuba’s Seven Wonders
• Andalucia: Legendary Spain
• Peoples and Places of Peru
• First Landfall: Newfoundland and Labrador
• Venice and the Dalmatian Coast
• Journey of Odysseus
• The Upper Amazon

2004

Campus

• Institute for Honor: “Reform of Corporate Governance”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: “The Civil War and Modern Memory”
• America’s Gilded Age: 1870-1920
• Brain and Mind: Who Are We and How Do We Know?
• East Meets West: Europe Since the Fall of the Soviet Empire
• The Historical Jesus: Early Christianity and the New Testament
• Understanding the Middle East
• Law and Literature Seminar: Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities

Abroad

• The Caribbean Under Sail
• Yucatan: Kingdoms of the Maya
• Springtime in Holland and Belgium
• Toujours Paris
• Montana by Rail
• Grand Canyon Raft Trip
• Village Life in Canterbury
• The Eastern Baltics
• Italian Walks

2005

Campus

• Institute for Honor: The Character and Career of General George C. Marshall
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Moneyball with Michael Lewis
• Kingdoms of the Nile
• The Life and Times of Winston Churchill
• The New World Order: Behind the Headlines
• The World of Mozart
• Law and Literature Seminar: A Train of Powder by Rebecca West

Abroad

• Australia and New Zealand
• Village Life in the Dordogne
• New York to London Aboard the Queen Mary 2
• Springtime on the Eastern Danube
• Family Voyage to the Galapagos
• Voyage to the Aegean
• The Romance of Portugal

2006

Campus

• Institute for Honor: Moral Choice in Public and Private Lives
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Latina Influences on Contemporary Life
• We the People: Founding Fathers and the Constitution
• Parallel Lives: Lee and Grant
• Gold, God, and Glory: The European Discovery of the Americas
• In Search of Well Being: A Study of Happiness
• A Brilliant Thunder: The Genius of Beethoven
• Law and Literature Seminar: Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Abroad

• Egypt and the Upper Nile
• Patagonia and the Chilean Fjords
• Baja: Among the Great Whales
• Springtime on the Rhine and Moselle
• Historic Cities of the Sea
• Slovenia and Croatia
• Mountain Gorilla Adventure

2007

Campus

• Institute for Honor: The Clash of Values: Finding Accord in the New World Order
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Christopher Buckley’s Washington
• The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln
• From Broadway to Main Street: American Musical Theater
• Parallel Lives: Truman and Stalin
• Tiger Rising: China in the 21st Century
• Law and Literature Seminar: Robert Penn Warren’s All the Kings Men

Abroad

• Around the World by Private Jet
• India’s Golden Triangle
• Walking in Peru
• Norway and the Baltics
• Village Life in the Alps
• Family Adventure in Alaska
• Danube River Adventure
• Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Mekong River
• China, Tibet and the Yangtze River

2008

Abroad

• Institute for Honor: Moral Authority and the American Presidency
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Tony Horowitz and Geraldine Brooks
• The Life and Times of Teddy Roosevelt
• Sub-Saharan Africa: The Promise and the Peril
• Puccini and Pasta
• 1599: A Year in the Life of Shakespeare and London
• The New Europe: Leadership for the 21st Century
• Law and Literature Seminar: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

Campus

• Around the World by Private Jet
• The Galapagos Islands
• Southern France: Land of the Cathars
• Contrasts in Majesty: South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana
• The Elbe River: From Berlin to Prague
• Russian Waterways: From St. Petersburg to Moscow
• Wales: From Snowdonia to Cardiff
• Venice to Sicily along the Dalmatian Coast
• Turkey and the Turquoise Coast
• Christmas in Quebec
• A Family Safari in Kenya

2009

Campus

• Institute for Honor: Sports in America
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: P.J. O’Rourke
• Vietnam: A Retrospective
• Spain: From the New World to the New Europe
• Verdi and Vino
• The World of Jane Austen
• A Family Adventure in Science
• Law and Literature Seminar: John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath

Abroad

• Gardens of the Caribbean
• Around the World by Private Jet
• Celtic Lands
• Flavors of Burgundy and Provence
• The Great Lakes
• Canadian Rockies by Rail
• Lands of the Great Buddha
• Walking in the Italian Piedmont
• Portugal to Spain

2010

Campus

• Institute for Honor: “What Do We Owe Future Generations?”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Jeannette Walls
• A History of the Jewish People
• The Life and Works of Ernest Hemingway
• Native American History and Culture
• A Family Workshop in Photography
• Law and Literature Seminar: Richard Wright’s Native Son

Abroad

• Antarctica: Voyage to the Seventh Continent
• Journey Through Vietnam
• New Orleans: The Heart and Soul of a City
• Under the Moroccan Sun
• Cruising the Rhine and Moselle Rivers
• Istanbul: A Six-Day Getaway
• Mediterranean Interlude
• Tuscany and Umbria: La Bella Vita
• London and the Cotswolds: A Six-Day Getaway
• Botswana: Desert Sunset, Delta Dawn

2011

Campus

• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: “Paradise Imagined” with David Brooks
• Institute for Honor: “Truth in Governing: Can There Be Honor among Partisans?” 
• Edith Wharton and the Age of Innocence
• Parallel Lives: Eisenhower and de Gaulle
• Chopin, Liszt, and the Romantic Age
• 1861: Fort Sumter, Secession, and Robert E. Lee
• A Family Adventure in Science
• Law and Literature Seminar: Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Abroad

• Australia and New Zealand: Way Over and Down Under
• Israel: The Heritage and the Hope
• Blue Danube Adventure
• Six-Day Getaway to Madrid
• Ireland: Gullible Travels
• Family Adventure in China
• Grand Canyon Rafting Expedition
• Voyage to the Greek Isles
• A French Odyssey
• Six-Day Getaway to Florence
• Thanksgiving in Hawaii

2012

Campus

• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Let the Great World Spin with Colum McCann
• Institute for Honor: “The New Conversation: How are the News Media Shaping Our Beliefs?” with Ken Auletta
• A History of the Bible
• The World of the Brontës
• The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
• The Music of Tchaikovsky
• A Family Adventure in Science
• Law and Literature Seminar: Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Abroad

• Egypt and the Upper Nile
• Six-Day Getaway to Vienna
• Cuba Rediscovered
• Holland and Belgium with the Floriade
• A Family Adventure in Peru
• America’s National Parks
• A Mediterranean Serenade
• Black Sea Circumnavigation
• Six-Day Getaway to Prague
• Tanzania Safari
• The Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast

2013

Campus

• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: A Visit from the Goon Squad with Jennifer Egan
• Institute for Honor: “Neuroscience and the Law: My Brain Made Me Do It” with Michael Gazzaniga and the Hon. Jed S. Rakoff
• Gettysburg: 150 Years Later
• Civil War on the Home Front
• A Splendid Dawn: The Music of Mozart
• The Georgian Era
• George C. Marshall: In War and Peace
• A Family Adventure in Science II
• Law and Literature Seminar: David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars

Abroad

• The Lush Grandeur of South India
• Six-Day Getaway to Rome
• Cuba Rediscovered
• Provence to Paris
• America’s National Parks: The Southwest
• Land of the Ice Bears
• Six-Day Getaway to Dublin
• The Galapagos Islands
• Montreal to New England
• Georgian England
• The Iberian Peninsula
• Six-Day Getaway to Berlin
• Safari in Kenya

2014

Campus

• Institute for Honor: “George Washington: Leadership with Honor” with David Hackett Fischer
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Olive Kitteridge with Elizabeth Strout 
• The Music of George Gershwin
• Leonardo and the Nature of Genius
• The World of Charles Dickens
• The Great War
• A Family Adventure in Archaeology
• Law and Literature Seminar: George Orwell’s 1984

Abroad

• Mysteries of Myanmar
• Israel: The Heritage and the Hope
• Colonial Cities of Cuba
• Flavors of Northern Italy
• Paris to Normandy
• The Great Journey through Europe
• Wild Alaska
• The Dalmatian Coast: From Dubrovnik to Venice
• South Africa: Contrasts in Majesty
• Six-Day Getaway to Barcelona
• Patagonia

2015

Campus

• Institute for Honor: “From Civil War to a Civil Society: Achieving Peace with Honor” with H. W. Brands, Richard Brookhiser, Gary Gallagher 
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Salvage the Bones with Jesmyn Ward 
• The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein
• Russia Since Gorbachev
• The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations
• Shakespeare’s Kings
• A Family Adventure in Science
• Law and Literature Seminar: Ian McEwan’s The Children Act

Abroad

• Antarctica: Voyage to the Seventh Continent
• Botswana: The Animal Kingdom’s Water Wilderness
• Flavors of Provence
• Danube River Journey
• Leonardo’s Milan and Villas of Lake Como
• Southeast Islands of Alaska
• A Mediterranean Odyssey
• Six-Day Getaway to Paris
• Wildlife Safari to Tanzania
• Family Holiday in Peru

2016

Campus

• Institute for Honor: “The Presidency and the Press” with Carl Bernstein
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
• The Presidency of Ronald Reagan
• The Music of Leonard Bernstein
• The Italian Renaissance
• The World of F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Family Adventure in Science Outdoors
• Law and Literature Seminar: Shakespeare’s King Lear
• Institute for Honor: “The European Immigration Crisis” with German Ambassador Peter Wittig

Abroad

• The Wolves of Yellowstone
• India and the Ganges
• Exploring Australia and New Zealand
• Costa Rica and the Panama Canal
• Seine River Cruise: Paris to Normandy
• Italy’s Amalfi Coast
• Pousadas and Paradores: Portugal to Spain
• Glacier National Park to Lake Louise
• Scandinavian Sojourn: Stockholm to Bergen
• Iceland by Land and Sea
• Passage of Lewis and Clark
• A Wildlife and Cultural Safari to South Africa
• A Wildlife Expedition to Madagascar
• Seven-Day Getaway to Edinburgh
• Flavors of Sicily

2017

Campus

• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies
• La Belle Époque: France and the Rise of Modernism
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors
• The Ireland of Yeats and Joyce
• Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age
• Camelot Reconsidered: The Presidency of JFK
• Law and Literature Seminar: Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

Abroad

• The Galapagos Islands
• Stars of Western Cuba
• Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Mekong River
• River Cruising the Wine Region of Bordeaux
• Six-Day Getaway to Munich
• WWI History by River Ship
• Tuscany: Rise of the Renaissance
• Great Journey through Europe
• The Canadian Rockies
• Hot Springs and Icebergs: Iceland to West Greenland
• Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
• Flavors of Spain
• Six-Day Getaway to Amsterdam
• Christmas in Quebec City

2018

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “Religious Values and Public Policy”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors I
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors II
• Whodunits: The Art of Detective Fiction
• The Eternal City: Rome through the Centuries
• The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
• Beethoven’s Late Music
• Law and Literature Seminar: Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson before Dying

Abroad

• Authentic Hawaii
• Six-Day Getaway to Budapest
• Town and Country in Languedoc
• The Mississippi: Southern Culture and the Civil War
• The Ireland of Song and Legend
• Alaska’s Glaciers and the Inside Passage
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• French Polynesia: Beyond the Postcard
• Six-Day Getaway to London
• Venice and the Dalmatian Coast
• Flavors of Northern Italy
• Wildlife Safari in Tanzania

2019

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “Civility and Public Discourse”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing
• The Golden Age of Athens
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors 
• The Life and Times of Mark Twain
• Bush 41: The Pivotal Presidency
• Witches Monsters, and Madmen: Our Fascination with Evil
• Law and Literature Seminar: Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere

Abroad

• Timeless Cuba
• New Zealand by Sea
• Cuban Discovery
• Seven-Day Getaway to Portugal
• The Glory of Rome
• Lares Trek: Hiking in Peru
• Celtic Lands and D-Day Landings
• National Parks and Lodges of the Old West
• Wild Alaska Family Adventure
• Gems of the Danube
• Canadian Maritimes: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island
• Six-Day Getaway to Paris
• World Affairs Cruise: A Voyage to the Ionian and Aegean Seas
• Flavors of Chianti
• Egypt and the Nile Valley

2020

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “Presidential Leadership in Times of War”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers (postponed)
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors (postponed)
• Perspectives on the Middle East (postponed)
• The Literature, Art, and Music of the Harlem Renaissance (postponed)
• Three Great Russian Composers and the Russian Revolution (postponed)
• Poets of the Neighborhood: Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost (postponed)
• Law and Literature Seminar: Russell Banks’s The Sweet Hereafter (postponed)

Abroad

• Panama Canal and Costa Rica
• Wildlife Safari to Botswana
• The Galapagos Islands
• Israel: The Heritage and the Hope (postponed)
• Japan in Bloom (postponed)
• The Undiscovered Italy (postponed)
• The Ancient Stones of Athens (canceled)
• Wild Alaska (canceled)
• St. Petersburg Seminar (canceled)
• World Affairs Cruise in the Baltic (postponed)
• Scotland: Highlands and Islands (postponed)
• The Majestic Great Lakes (postponed)
• From the Alps to the Adriatic (canceled)
• Morocco: Medinas and Minarets (postponed)

2021

Campus

• All campus programs canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abroad

• The Classical World of the Aegean Sea
• Egypt and the Nile Valley

2022

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “The Civil War and the Ethics of Loyalty”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers 
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors 
• Perspectives on the Middle East 
• Poets of the Neighborhood: Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost
• The Literature, Art, and Music of the Harlem Renaissance 
• Law and Literature Seminar: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 

Abroad

• Antarctica
• Wild Baja: The Whales of Magdalena Bay
• Patagonian Adventure
• The Undiscovered Italy
• Flavors of Sicily
• Grand Canyon Rafting Expedition
• Voyage to the Lands of Gods and Heroes
• Great Journey through Europe
• Scotland: Highlands and Islands
• Discover Southeast Alaska
• The Majestic Great Lakes
• Walking in Tuscany and the Italian Riviera
• Flavors of Catalonia
• Morocco: Medinas and Minarets
• Safari to East Africa
• Costa Rica Family Adventure

2023

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “McDonald’s vs. Putin”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Amor Towles’ “The Lincoln Highway”
• America in the 1960s
• A Family Adventure in Science Outdoors
• A Family Adventure in Science and Technology
• Law and Literature Seminar: David Guterson’s The Final Case 

Abroad

• The Galapagos Islands
• Wild Baja: The Whales of Magdalena Bay
• Israel 
• Japan
• The Amalfi Coast
• Flavors of the Dordogne
• Danube River Cruise
• Canadian Rockies by Rail
• Duoro River Cruise
• From Sicily to Athens
• Southwest National Parks
• Panama Canal and Colombia Cruise
• Egypt and the Nile Valley

2024

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “Addiction and Alienation in America”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch
• The Imitation Game: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Position
• Law and Literature Seminar: Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Take My Hand

Abroad

• Cuba: From Revolution to Evolution
• New Zealand’s Great Outdoors
• Six-Day Getaway to Istanbul
• Flavors of Northern Italy I & II
• Scottish Isles and Norwegian Fjords
• Land of the Ice Bears 
• Italian Biking Adventure: Dolomites to Venice
• National Parks and Lodges of Old West
• Western Europe’s Historic Coastal Cities and Art Centers
• Wonders of Slovenia and Croatia
• Walking in Tuscany and the Italian Riviera
• Flavors of Provence: A River Cruise

2025

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “Food, Housing and Health: Exploring Corporate Impact on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the Shenandoah Valley”
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Jayne Anne Philipps’s Night Watch
• Discover the Middle Ages: A Week of Exploration, Connection, and Insight
• Digging into History: A Family Adventure in Archaeology
• Law and Literature Seminar: Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys

Abroad

• Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage 
• Mystical India
• Undiscovered Italy II
• Treasures of Greece
• South Africa
• Cycling Along the Danube River: From Passau to Vienna
• Secrets of Peru
• Fire & Ice: An Eight-Day Sail Around Iceland
• Exploring World Affairs: A Baltic & Scandinavian Journey
• From the Canals of Venice to the Ancient Monuments of Athens
• Histories of Spain: From Al-Andalus to Almodovar
• Enchanting Morocco and the Canary Islands

2026

Campus

• The Institute for Honor: “Business as a Force for Good” 
• Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: George Saunders’s Vigil 
• The Founding of an Independent Nation: America at 250 
• Law and Literature Seminar: Louise Erdrich’s The Round House

Abroad

• Vietnam and Cambodia: Cruising the Mekong River
• Tulips and the Rhine River
• Flavors of Piedmont I & II
• Greece Through the Ages
• The Galapagos Islands
• Catalonia: Food, Wine, and Bike in the Emporda and Costa Brava
• Hiking the Border Triangle of Italy, Austria, and Slovenia
• Pacific Northwest Discovery – The San Juan Islands Whales, Wildlife and Coastal Culture
• Polar Bears and Beluga Whales: Animals of the Arctic
• Exploring Southern France & the Italian Riviera by Sea
• Discover Egypt & the Nile Valley I, II, & III 
• Christkindlmärktes of Austria & Germany