Hearthside Project:
Encouraging the Exploration and Celebration of the Humanities at Wartburg College
Hearthside Project:
Encouraging the Exploration and Celebration of the Humanities at Wartburg College
The Hearthside Project offers faculty and students the unique opportunity to connect around the virtual hearth. The program encourages student/faculty interaction outside the formality of the classroom based on the more intimate learning environments of graduate work, or of a European approach to readings and the discussion of texts often labeled “the directed reading model.”
Students receive their books free of charge. Reading groups consist of one book leader and three students. To apply, send an email to the participating leader of the book you’re interested in discussing.
Readings for Winter 2023
A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
Led by Amy Pilcher
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Led by Lindsey Leonard
Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
Led by Penni Pier
Blood, Water, Paint by Joy McCullough
Led by Kristin Wendland
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Led by Andrew Szarejko
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray
Led by Amy Nolan
The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life by Eugenia Cheng
Led by Mariah Birgen
This program allows students to engage in the process of reading with a professor and to consider connections between their own course of study and the practical and philosophical ideas explored through each text. Texts chosen by faculty and staff emphasize, by topic or implication, the key role of the humanities in contemporary thought. The program began in the 2011-12 academic year and was developed by the late Dr. Survilla, former Slife Professor in the Humanities (2010-2016). Dr. Zak Montgomery administers the Hearthside Project as the current Slife Professor in the Humanities. The Mike and Marge McCoy Family Distinguished Chair in Lutheran Heritage and Mission is co-sponsoring the program this year.
Professor of Spanish
Professor of English
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Journalism and Communication
Assistant Professor of Religion
Associate Dean of Community Life
Assistant Professor of Business Administration