2026 Schedule
PLEASE NOTE: While Martin Black is in Annapolis at St. John’s College, only courses May-Aug will be in-person as well as online: other courses will be on-line only (unless you happen to be in Annapolis…).
During this time (until May 2027), Membership of the ISP will be free and will still provide a 25% discount on all courses. Sign up here!
Our usual program will resume May 2027.
Summer 2026 (Jan-Feb)
The Basic Concepts of Modernity: An Introduction to the Work of Jacob Klein (Online: 2 meetings on SUN 10-11:30am, 1 and 8 FEB)
(Intermediate Ancient Greek) Reading Euripides’ Bacchae, Part III (Online: 6 meetings on SAT 9am, from 24 JAN-28 FEB)
(Beginners Ancient Greek) Learning Greek with Plato, Part V (Online: 6 meetings on SAT 8am, from 24 JAN-28 FEB)
Autumn 2026 (Mar-Jun)
The Fundamental Text of Philosophy: A Reading of Plato’s Republic (Online: 10 meetings, TBC)
Ancient Greek and the First Philosophers, Part I: The Discovery of Nature from Homer to Heraclitus (In person and online at the North Melbourne Library, MON 7-9pm, on May 18, 25 and June 1, 15, and 22)
(Intermediate Ancient Greek) Reading Plato’s Apology of Socrates, Part I (Online: 6 meetings on SAT 9am, from 21 MAR-25 APR)
(Beginners Ancient Greek) Learning Greek with Plato, Part VI (Online: 6 meetings on SAT 8am, from 21 MAR-25 APR)
Winter 2026 (Jun-Jul)
Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (In-person + Online: 5 meetings on SAT 4-6pm; 20 JUN - 25 JUL)
Ancient Greek and the First Philosophers, Part II: Nature, Being and Dialogue from Parmenides to Plato (In person and online at the North Melbourne Library, MON 7-9pm 18, 25 May, 1, 15, and 22 June)
(Intermediate Ancient Greek) Reading Plato’s Apology of Socrates, Part II (Online: 6 meetings on THU 7-9pm, from 21 MAY-25 JUN)
(Intermediate Ancient Greek) Reading Plato’s Meno, Part I (Online: 6 meetings on TUE 6:30-8:30pm, from 19 MAY-23 JUN)
(Advanced Ancient Greek) Ancient Greek Syntax and Plato’s Phaedrus (In person intensive, TBC)
Spring 2026 (Aug-Nov)
Plato’s Timaeus (Online: SUN, 10:30-11am, TBC)
(Intermediate Ancient Greek) Reading Plato’s Apology of Socrates, Part II (Online: 6 meetings on SAT 9am, TBC)
(Intermediate Ancient Greek) Reading Plato’s Meno, Part II (Online: 6 meetings on SAT 9am, TBC)
Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Online; TBC)