#  Rescuing Socrates: How The Great Books Changed My Life 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 4, 2026** 

 06:30PM - 07:30PM EST 

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 **Barker Center Room 133**  



 

 



 

## 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.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Mahindra Humanities Center Seminars ](/events/category/humanities-seminar-series)
 
 

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