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Great Short Stories 

As Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff wrote in The New York Times, "A short story is by definition an odder, more eccentric creature than a no ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/02/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/2/2026-6/8/2026)

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CANCELLED - The Winter of Our Discontent 

England's first great monarch, King Henry V, is dead; the country erupts in civil war, and William the Conqueror's Norman line of English succession d ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/02/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/2/2026-6/8/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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American Jewish Short Stories 

The last two years have been difficult ones for the American Jewish community. A rise in anti-semitism nationwide, a troubling atmosphere on some coll ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-4/15/2026)

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Espionage: Six Novels, Mostly by Women and Mostly True 

Escape into a diverse selection of six espionage novels including Russian, English, Irish, and American spies in World War II, the Cold War, the Irish ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/05/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/5/2026-4/16/2026)

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Readings in Western Culture - Great Conversations 4 

Expand your understanding in dialogue with others equally interested in exploring the Western cannon by reading selections curated by the Great Books ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/05/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/5/2026-6/4/2026)

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Lone Sleuths: The Solitary Detective in British Mysteries 

No Watson? No problem. Great Britain is home to unforgettable detective teams, from the amateur sleuth solving mysteries with friends and neighbors to ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 04/23/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (4/23/2026-6/4/2026)

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