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The Examined Life celebrates its 25th year!

A festive celebration of ExL’s 25th anniversary was held on June 6, 2024 at Simmons University, Boston.
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Mara — The Poet’s Muse

If you’ve ever traveled to Greece with The Examined Life or know someone who has, you will hear about our absolutely phenomenal and talented guide, Mara Kanari. She is the heart and soul of the Study Tour. During the 2024 Study Tour, one of our Greek Study Fellows, Julia Perlowski, was inspired by Mara’s love...
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Check Out and Follow Our LinkedIn Page

Follow our LinkedIn page for information about the 2024 study tour.
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Greek Study Fellows are Taking a Moment to Reminisce about the Semester’s Odyssey

Saturday Seminars, the virtual interactive presentations which are the cornerstone of our educational programming, started early in January with Professor Stayroula Pipyrou from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland with her enlightening presentation on Greek speaking populations in Southern Italy. A first for our program, the following seminar we enjoyed ancient music played on hand-crafted...
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2023 Program Saturday Seminars

The 2023 program for THE EXAMINED LIFE continued to offer new and interesting speakers to further expand our familiarity with Ancient and Modern Greece and to foster a growing intellectual rigor. Through readings, lectures and the annual Study Tour of Greece, our goal is to encourage teachers who work in our schools to think more...
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THE EXAMINED LIFE is pleased to share our new brochure hot off the press

A project spearheaded by Stephen Guerriero to better reflect the growing vibrancy of the program. And, the next step in our focused marketing outreach to a younger and more diverse group of teachers.
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THE EXAMINED LIFE is pleased to offer an Extension to the 2023 Study Tour

At the conclusion of the Study Tour of Greece, we will depart Athens the late afternoon of Sunday, April 23 to fly to Izmir on the west coast of Turkey with transfer to our hotel in Izmir or Kusadasi.
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The Examined Life Program—An Odyssey of Understanding

ExL takes as its theme the Socratic call to “the examined life.” Through readings and lectures, our goal is to encourage teachers and students to nurture the search for wisdom and the ultimate power of principled thinking.
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The Examined Life Returns to Greece

After a three year hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic, 25 educators, including old and new friends of the ExL program, met in Athens Greece to resume the yearly Study Tours which are the highlight of our online educational program.
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Teaching Visual Literacy Through Athenian Pottery

By Stephen Guerriero - One of the greatest joys about teaching sixth grade Social Studies is being able to introduce my students to the world of Greek mythology. Many students have some idea of the Greek gods and heroes through popular YA fiction, but my classroom is a place where that mythology is contextualized and...
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