From June 16 to July 11 of this summer, the Rome Institute for the Liberal Arts (RILA), which is affiliated with the Thomas Jefferson Center, will offer two courses for which you can get UT credit:

“Beauty and the Sacred”

and

“Empire and the Soul”

These are discussion intensive, great books based courses. Like all CTI courses, the focus will be on the study of primary texts and what they can teach us about questions of perennial importance. They also fulfill CTI requirements.

Classes will be supplemented by guided tours to sites in Rome and excursions outside Rome. Also, we are hoping that Erik Dempsey, lecturer and assistant director for the Jefferson Center, will be teaching one of the courses.

There will be an information session on RILA on Monday, December 9, at 2 PM in Waggener 403B. Mr. Dempsey will be there to discuss the program and scholarships that are available for it.

If you can’t make the meeting, you can email Mr. Dempsey at ed6335@utexas.edu for more information. RILA also has a website at http://www.rilarts.org.