Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
Date and Time
March 4, 2026
06:30PM EST
Location
Barker Center, Room 133
PEDAGOGIES FOR LIFE
Speaker: Roosevelt Montás, Columbia University
Roosevelt Montás is senior lecturer at Columbia University’s Center for American Studies and director of its Freedom and Citizenship Program, which introduces low-income high school students to the Western political tradition through the study of foundational texts. From 2008 to 2018, he was director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum.
