MU Honors Humanities Sequence

10/26/2026

A snippet from Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with Julie Rosenfeld and Peter Miyamoto!

09/25/2026

So saying she embraced him and for joy
Tenderly wept, much won that he his love
Had so ennobled as of choice t’incur
Divine displeasure for her sake, or death.
In recompense (for such compliance bad
Such recompense best merits) from the bough
She gave him of that fair enticing fruit
With liberal hand. He scrupled not to eat
Against his better knowledge, not deceived
But fondly overcome with female charm.

Paradise Lost, Book 9.990-999

09/04/2026

Plate I of Gustave Doré's illustrations to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. From Chapter I.

07/16/2026

Get ready!

Heading to the theater for Christopher Nolan's blockbuster retelling of the ancient Greek epic? Harvard classics professor David Elmer unpacks the story's themes of hospitality and moral ambiguity first.

04/30/2026

Madrigals!

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04/23/2026

"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come" (Merchant of Venice, 1.1)

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04/08/2026

The Honors College mourns the loss of Bill Bondeson, who passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Bondeson joined the University of Missouri as a professor of philosophy in 1964. He retired from Mizzou in 2011 after decades of service, including directing the Honors College from 1969-72 and teaching....

04/08/2026

In anticipation of the Odyssey movie coming out this summer....

Discovering the surprising inspirations behind Homer’s great tales of the Trojan War

04/03/2026

03/30/2026

Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of Greek myths, has surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change to gender-based violence.