Thicket

Live online humanities classes, taught by experts from top universities.
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Thicket is a platform where humanities scholars can design and teach live seminars for those who want to learn purely for the love of it.

Our aim is two-fold:
1. Give instructors of the humanities as much control as possible to teach what they want, set their own schedules, and determine their own fees.
2. Broaden access to live humanities education, so that any curious learner can discuss philosophy, literature, art, or whatever else sparks their interest, with passionate experts and fellow enthusiasts.

Visit our site to see our course offerings, or to learn more about teaching on Thicket.

Thicket is a work in progress and all feedback is welcome. Feel free to DM us with any thoughts or questions.

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It’s amazing to look back and see how much we accomplished in such a short time, and all the work that went in behind the scenes. Huge thanks to our very good friends @evilmartians

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A designer and engineer worked together to ship a production-ready MVP in four weeks using Rails + Inertia. In this post we share how we built @thicket, our agentic coding stack, the skills we built, and what worked: https://t.co/Pt8C7hNy0m

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We still have a few spots for this class!

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Open for enrollment: "Gods and Monsters," a live class by Greg Salyer (PhD Emory)

An interdisciplinary journey through the myths, literature, and films that define the boundaries of humanity. This course examines how different eras and cultures "construct" their deities and their monsters and treat them as both windows and mirrors of our self-knowledge.

https://t.co/xaeDu3b0hj

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Any Shakespeare fans out there?

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What can Shakespeare’s plays teach us about politics today? Find out with Sam Bozoukov (PhD Harvard).

https://t.co/JsgQDV8iRG

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We're listing more live classes soon on Thicket. Let us know if you'd like to see any subjects in particular.

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@oneamericaman

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Examine how Latin American writers have reshaped fiction through what is often labeled “Gothic,” “horror,” or “the Weird,” in this live course by Carlos González (PhD Harvard).

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Spending some time in an actual thicket

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@OliviaCromwell8 Indeed!

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@poyotimebaybee If you decide you’re interested in taking it live feel free to DM us. We might have a few coupon codes left :-)

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@poyotimebaybee To each their own! Currently we only offer live classes.

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@keyan_tan 子曰：「自行束脩以上，吾未嘗無誨焉。」

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Now enrolling: "Introduction to Chinese Philosophy"

This class is an introduction to Confucius and the thinkers that developed and contested his philosophy. We will discuss early writings, the contexts that shaped them, and their relevance in our contemporary world.

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@JaycelAdkins It's a bit surprising the none of the Five Classics are included.

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Join Jonathan Lear (PhD UC Berkeley), for a live class on modern Japanese history.

https://t.co/PbaNwLCfsU

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@Barwin1986 Haha no we are not. We’re self funded and based in the US. Our teachers are from all over.

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Enrolling Now: Russian Madness: Insanity in 19th century Russia, a live class by Paula Pasarin (PhD Candidate, Princeton)

Where lies the line between reason and madness? In this course, we will get acquainted with 19th century Russian authors, using "madness" as a common thread

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@Dostoevskyquot If you haven't yet made up you mind, you might enjoy this class:

https://t.co/jcStADer2d

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@BretVDB Saw this late, but we just listed a class on Shakespeare and Politics, for anyone interested:

https://t.co/JsgQDV8iRG

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@fvntsplssvn Incidentally, I think it's the same thing with later critics of Xunzi. They are less concerned with his core teachings, and more with how later interpretors might (mis)use his teachings.

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@fvntsplssvn Agreed. But I think this is a major issue in intellectual history in general - concerns are often targeted at latter-day interpretations of a given philosopher, not necessarily at the essence of that philosopher's teachings

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@egasmb This is such a good line from the Xunzi.

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@crankynotions We're big fans of Xunzi as well:

https://t.co/U6YCDtGcPf

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@Agent888488 Thoughts on the translation so far?