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