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Framed as a dialogue, Thomas More’s satire invites its readers into its arguments about religion, politics, marriage, and economics. As a group, we will take up that invitation in Socratic discussions every morning, led by Prof. McDermott. Afternoons are for a Writer’s Cafe led by Dr. Buchmann. Over coffee or tea and biscuits, students will work to put their ideas from the morning conversation into writing. Students will learn how to apply the tools of classical rhetoric to modern academic argumentation, based on the Little Red Schoolhouse writing curriculum developed in the University of Chicago’s Great Books Program (in which Drs. McDermott and Buchmann are both trained). The week will culminate with a symposium on student-generated theses. Students will then have the option to complete a full paper after the seminar, with staged revisions under the direction of Dr. Buchmann.