Study Discussion Groups (SDGs) are the heart of what we offer our members

Member Created & Led,
Small Group, Courses

Each week a different member is responsible for leading the discussion. Our courses, no matter the subject, are discussion, not lecture-based, and depend on the active participation of all.

We Offer
Four Categories

  • Arts & Literature
  • Social Science
  • History
  • Science & Technology

Course Length
& Timing

We have 3 terms: Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall

Offer 20+ SDGs per term.

Courses vary in length from 7-14 weeks.

Our Current SDGs - Winter 2025

Monday

10am - 12pm

Asian Noir: Seven Modern Crime Novels

Monday

10am - 12pm

Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

Monday

1pm - 3pm

A World on Fire: The English Civil Wars and Revolutions, 1603-1688

Monday

1pm - 3pm

Irish Drama

Monday

The Singularity is Nearer - When We Merge with AI

Monday

10 am - 12 pm

Fact and Fiction of Espionage

Monday

1 pm - 3 pm

Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the Driving Force Behind the New Deal

Monday

1 pm - 3pm

England from the Battle of the Boyne (1690) to Waterloo (1815)

Monday

1 pm - 3 pm

A Journey in Art Exploration

Tuesday

10am - 12pm

Madness in Civilization

Tuesday

10am - 12pm

Émile Zola: Writer and Fighter for Truth and Justice

Tuesday

10am - 12pm

Oscar Winners: Best Foreign Language Films

Tuesday

10am - 12pm

Poetry of Wit and Meaning

Tuesday

1pm - 3pm

Mark Twain's HUCKLEBERRY FINN / Percival Everett's JAMES

Tuesday

1pm - 3pm

The Most Powerful Man in New York: Robert Moses, 1938 - 1955

Tuesday

1pm - 3pm

The Contemporary American Essay

Tuesday

10 am - 12 pm

Introduction to Complexity Theory

Tuesday

10 am - 12 pm

Great American Movie Comedies

Tuesday

10 am - 12 pm

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Tuesday

1 pm - 3 pm

Thomas Hardy’s Finest Novels

Tuesday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss

Wednesday

10am - 12pm

Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West

Wednesday

10am - 12pm

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Wednesday

1pm - 3pm

The Short Story Russian Style

Wednesday

1pm - 3pm

J.S. Bach: His Life and Music

Wednesday

1pm - 3pm

The Hidden Brain & Useful Delusions

Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

The Cuban Connection: America's Hidden History

Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

The Age of Grievance, Frank Bruni, 2024

Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

Fall of Civilizations

Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

The Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence - A Cinematic Perspective

Wednesday

1 pm - 3 pm

What's Up with the Current Supreme Court

Wednesday

1 pm - 3 pm

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: The Meteoric Rise of Thomas Cromwell,

Wednesday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Genetic Book of the Dead

Thursday

10am - 12pm

Two National Jewish Book Award Winners

Thursday

10am - 12pm

The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Longevity

Thursday

10am - 12pm

Mortal Questions

Thursday

10am - 12pm

Science and Religion: Adversaries or Supporters?

Thursday

1pm - 3pm

The Truths of our American Empire in Central America

Thursday

1pm - 3pm

Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India by Shashi Tharoor

Thursday

10 am - 12 pm

Foreign Affairs

Thursday

10 am - 12 pm

Chinese Writer & Nobel Laureate: Mo Yan

Thursday

10 am - 12 pm

NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

Thursday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Age of the Strongman and the Erosion of Liberal Democracy

Thursday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Struggle for Taiwan Then and Now