Halifax Thinks: The Ancient World The 2025 session of Halifax Thinks will take us back to the beginning of Western thought. Plunge yourself into cultures both alien, and yet all too familiar as we’re guided by thinkers like Homer, Sappho, Plato, Virgil, Plotinus, Ovid and many more. Take a trip with us back in time, starting October 19, 2025. Students …
Halifax Humanities 101 is now accepting applications for its 2025/2026 class! We are once again offering a FREE 8-month humanities course to adults living on low incomes in HRM. The class is modelled on the Foundation Year Programme at the University of King’s College, and takes students on a tour through the philosophy, literature, art, theology, theatre, and political theory …
Curious about Halifax Humanities? Check out what our students have said about the program below! Perspective 2020 Graduate Tyra talks about her experience in Halifax Humanities’s first fully online class here. 2017 HH101 graduate and former Board Member Tim Blades writes about his experience in Halifax Humanities 101 in “Halifax Humanities: So much more than an education” for The Nova …
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