LIFELONG LEARNING AT The LINK AuDITORIUM

Enjoy Saturday morning lectures and discussion about St. Louis heritage

Learn about your city while getting to know your neighbors

10:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday at the Link Auditorium

2024 “Link U” COURSES

March 2024

PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY WITH JEFFREY BISHOP

Spring 2024 Schedule: Mar. 9, 16, 23, and 30

(Four Saturdays in March)

We think of technology as digital platforms and complex artificial intelligence machines. But it may be a basic part of who we are as human animals. In this four-week conversation on technology, we will explore the following topics:

• Nature versus Culture: Technology and the “Natural” World

• From Poetics to Technics: Poetry, Writing, and the Printing Press

• So, who’s in Charge? Technics, Human Intention, and Human Desire

• Where have we been? Where are we going?

Lectures and discussion with Professor of Philosophy, Bioethics, and Theology at St. Louis University, Jeffrey Bishop, M.D., Ph.D.

April 2024

HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS WITH BRIAN ELSESSER

Spring 2024 Schedule: Apr. 6, 13, 20, and 27

(Four Saturdays in April)

St. Louis History covers the post-Civil War era to the present.

Highlights will include the Gilded Age politics, the 1904 Worlds Fair, streetcar systems and St. Louis’s early aviation Legacy, St. Louis during World War II, the postwar civil rights era, and late 20th century re-imaginations of a modern city.

Classes will be taught by history professor, Brian Elsesser, and will emphasize the unique character of our fair city.

May 2024

ST. LOUIS LITERATURE WITH FRANCES DICKEY

Spring 2024 Schedule: May. 4, 11, 18, and 25

(Four Saturdays in March)

St. Louis Literature looks at four authors: Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, T. S. Eliot, and Tennessee Williams.

What was St. Louis like when each of these authors lived here, and how did the city shape their lives and work?

Lectures and discussion with Professor of American Literature and T. S. Eliot scholar Frances Dickey.