What is your occupation? *

Undergraduate

Graduate Student

High School Student

Professional

Faculty

Has the length of the readings (15-30 pages) been reasonable to complete within a week? *

Yes

No

In a given week, do you prefer shorter selections from multiple writers or would you prefer to focus on one writer? *

One Writer

Multiple Writers

Are the weekly questions helpful? *

Very Much

Some Weeks

Not Really

I Never Read It

Did you find the weekly YouTube videos beneficial? *

Yes, both the introduction and follow up videos were beneficial.

I found the introduction videos beneficial.

I found the follow up videos beneficial.

I watched the videos but did not find them to be helpful.

I didn't watch the videos.

Which session was your favorite? *

Week One (Feb. 10) Elements of the Philosophy of Right - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Week Two (Feb. 17) On the Jewish Question - Karl Marx

Week Three (Feb. 24) Philosophical Fragments - Søren Kierkegaard

Week Four (Mar. 3) The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - Charles Darwin

Week Five (Mar. 10) Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill

Week Six (Mar. 17) Twilight of the Idols - Friedrich Nietzsche

Week Seven (Mar. 24) The Waste Land – T.S. Eliot

Week Eight (Mar. 31) Eichmann in Jerusalem: AReport on the Banality of Evil - Hannah Arendt

Week Nine (Apr. 7) The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcom X & Letter from Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Week Ten (Apr. 14) The History of Sexuality, "Right of Death and Power over Life" - Michel Foucault

Week Eleven (Apr. 21) The Force of Nonviolence - Judith Butler

Week Twelve (Apr. 28) Harvard Commencement Address, 1978 - Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

Which session would you replace? *

Week One (Feb. 10) Elements of the Philosophy of Right - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Week Two (Feb. 17) On the Jewish Question - Karl Marx

Week Three (Feb. 24) Philosophical Fragments - Søren Kierkegaard

Week Four (Mar. 3) The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - Charles Darwin

Week Five (Mar. 10) Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill

Week Six (Mar. 17) Twilight of the Idols - Friedrich Nietzsche

Week Seven (Mar. 24) The Waste Land – T.S. Eliot

Week Eight (Mar. 31) Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil - Hannah Arendt

Week Nine (Apr. 7) The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcom X & Letter from Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Week Ten (Apr. 14) The History of Sexuality, "Right of Death and Power over Life" - Michel Foucault

Week Eleven (Apr. 21) The Force of Nonviolence - Judith Butler

Week Twelve (Apr. 28) Harvard Commencement Address, 1978 - Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

We are considering returning to in-person sessions or remaining online for the Fall semester. Which version are you more likely to attend? *

In Person

Online

Hybrid (online sessions with in person follow-up socials)

The Great Conversation will continue to meet Wednesday evenings next semester. What time block do you prefer? *

6:00 - 7:30 PM EST

6:30 - 8:00 PM EST

Is there another evening that you would prefer?

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Would you be interested in sessions having "breakout rooms", breaking the 30 person group into three smaller, ten person groups for a half hour of each session? *

Yes

No

Unsure

We record the introduction to each session, but have refrained from recording the discussion to allow for freer conversation. Would recording the entire discussion be a detriment to your attending? *

Yes, I would not attend if the session was recorded.

No, I would still attend but only if the session recording was shared within the TGC group.

No, I would still attend even if the session recording was made available on YouTube.