Book Club & Lecture Series

The Book Club & Lecture Series highlights our extraordinary faculty, provokes thoughtful discussions on books and topics drawn largely from the SFS curriculum, and raises money for financial aid.

We have included an array of subjects and topics from which to choose. Each $500 subscription allows you to pick the six “classes” you want to attend. If you would like to participate in additional classes, each added class will be $100. Each class is limited to 40 members. Light food and drink will be provided. Each discussion takes place from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

With each class, you will have the chance to see what it is like to be your student at SFS. Registration is closed for 2012-2013. For questions, please contact events@sidwell.edu or call 202-537-8110.

The 2012-2013 Book Club & Lecture Series:

November 5, 2012

Faculty: Burton Nadler
Book: Our Divided Political Heart by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Host: Colleen Ryan and Leonard Friedman

November 15, 2012

Faculty: Tommie Hata
Book: My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time by Lone Frank
Topic: My Genome and Personalized Medicine
Host: Laura Will and Joe Lipscomb

January 31, 2013

Faculty: Darren Speece and Paula Wang
Topic: Topics in Global Sustainability
Host: Lisa Fuentes and Thomas Cohen

February 6, 2013

Faculty: Steve Steinbach
Topic: U.S. Constitution
Host: Lissa Muscatine and Bradley Graham

March 6, 2013

Faculty: Jennifer Solomon
Book: New York Stories by Edith Wharton
Host: Hind and Misbah Ahdab

March 12, 2013

Faculty: Neal Tonken
Book: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Host:  Susan and Ruff Fant

April 24, 2013

Faculty: Min Kim
Topic: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Host: Hattie Ruttenberg and Jonathan Molot

Contact Events for Student Scholarships

To learn more about Events for Student Scholarships and how you can support these important fundraisers, please contact the Special Events office, 202-537-8110 or events@sidwell.edu.