"Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reading Emerson's Essays," will meet three mornings a week, from 9 to 11: 30, for each of its four weeks (June 6th - July 2nd, 2005).

Other meetings, for presentation of participants' work-whether in initial or advanced stages-will be arranged by the members of the seminar with my assistance.

The three main sessions will take place in the Philosophy Department seminar room at the University of New Mexico. The emphasis throughout will be on discussion and exchange , and on opening up multiple ways of thinking about the material. I will schedule individual meetings with participants in the seminar's first and last weeks.

UNM is a major research university, with a student population of 25,000, a Medical and Law School, and graduate programs in the disciplines of the seminar. Zimmerman Library has extensive collections in these areas, and seminar participants will have the status of visiting scholars for purposes of borrowing books and using the library's research resources. The library is open in summer Monday through Friday, 8 a. m. till 6 p. m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. till 6 p. m. It is closed on Sunday.

Participants in the seminar will be able to take advantage of the many recreational and cultural opportunities the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas offer, and I will get us started by leading a day hike, in the first week of the seminar, to the ridge of the nearby Sandia Mountains (10,000 feet).