Delve Readers Seminars engage readers in exploring challenging books in lively discussion-based seminars led by an experienced scholar.
The Delve 16/17 season is presently closed for registrations. Please see below for a 17/18 season special pre-sale offer, and a sneak peek at the upcoming schedule!
HOW THE SEMINARS WORK
Each seminar is limited to 16 participants who will complete designated reading in advance and come prepared to discuss the text in an informal, friendly atmosphere. No previous knowledge of the author or text is required. Delve offers a unique peer-to-peer learning experience that fosters community and intellectual inquiry. It is a perfect combination of a book group and a college English class, but we promise not to assign any essays.
Our traditional Delve seminars meet once a week for 6 weeks, with some variations in length and format. Please read below for specific seminar descriptions and schedules. Remember to enroll early; each seminar is limited to 16 participants. Seminars are typically held at the Literary Arts event space (925 SW Washington St, Portland). Tuition rates vary according to seminar length and other aspects (such as PAL event tie-ins, etc).
This year, we will be rolling out a new Access Rate registration program, which will replace what was formerly called our “Scholarship” or “Scholar Rate” option. Please check back here for more information, soon.
***SPECIAL PRE-SALE OFFER FOR 2017/2018 SEASON***
War, Memory, Imperialism: The Works of Viet Thang Nguyen
Saturdays, January 27-February 3 and April 21-28,
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (four class meetings)
plus, admission to the OPB screening of Ken Burns’s series, The Vietnam War, on July 24, 2017 and admission to Portland Arts & Lectures’ presentation of Viet Thanh Nguyen on May 8, 2018
Delve Readers Seminars is excited to announce a very special Delve in the 2017-18 season, going on pre-sale in May. “War, Memory, Imperialism: The Works of Viet Thanh Nguyen” will look at Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel, The Sympathizer, and his new story collection, The Refugees, as centerpieces in a dialogue that will investigate how the literary war and the construction of memory, nostalgia, hybrid identities and the legacy of the Vietnam war have impacted refugees, migrants and the displaced, now and in the past. This seminar will look at Nguyen’s stories that arise out of the Vietnamese diaspora, while drawing correlations to unsettling present global refugee crises.
This Delve is uniquely structured to include two special tie-ins, providing context and enhancement to this topic. Early summer registrants will receive special admission to “Vietnam: A Conversation with Ken Burns and Lynn Novice,” an OPB promotional screening of acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns’s series, “The Vietnam War”, on July 24, 2017. The filmmaker will be present at this screening event. Delve registrants to “War, Memory, Imperialism” will also receive admission to the Portland Arts & Lectures’ presentation of Viet Thanh Nguyen on May 8, 2018. Both tie-in events take place at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Please see below for seminar meetings dates.
This very special Delve will be guided by Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt.
Please note: Participants who register before July 24 will receive special admission to the OPB promotional screening of acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns’s series, The Vietnam War, on July 24, 2017 as well as admission to Portland Arts & Lectures’ presentation of Viet Thanh Nguyen on May 8, 2018; those who register after July 24 will receive admission to the PAL event only.
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Please register early to get tickets to both tie-in events!
DATES
Tie-in Event 1:
July 24, 2017, Monday, 7:30 pm (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)
Seminar Meetings:
Saturdays, January 27-February 3 and April 21-28,
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (four class meetings)
Tie-in Event 2:
May 8, 2018, Tuesday, 7:30 pm – Author Appearance, Portland Arts & Lectures (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)
TUITION: $175
REGISTER HERE
(Please note that this special Delve has a unique schedule, with tie-in events and seminar meetings set at intermittent dates.)
17/18 Season Listings are forthcoming.
You can see a full list of past seminars and seminar summaries here.
Contact Delve Program Specialist Dao Strom at dao@literary-arts.org with any questions.
