A better burden may no man bear
for wanderings wide than wisdom;
It is better than wealth on unknown ways,
and in grief a refuge it gives.
( Hávamál )
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The Woodharrow Institute for Germanic and Runic Studies
The world of Germanic Studies, along with other traditional disciplines, is increasingly being eliminated from university programs, not only in the U.S. but also in Europe. The commodification of college degrees and the marketing of education as entertainment undermine more rigorous and rewarding disciplines in favor of ?college-lite,? which fails to meet the real needs of scholars and students alike. For this reason, the Woodharrow Institute has taken upon itself the task of educating a new generation of scholars in the field of Germanic Studies. The Institute is independent of the current status quo, yet applies the same rigorous intellectual standards of traditional academia as found in the first three-quarters of the twentieth century.
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Monthly Lecture Series
Attention: There will not be public lectures for 2010.
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Each month for the past several years Woodharrow Institute has held talks by Dr. Stephen E. Flowers on topics in Germanic or Indo-European history, culture, language and literature. Those talks have been discontinued in the in-person format. However, the Woodharrow talks will go on as usual in the online format. Look for these files to be posted toward the middle of each month.
This year we will have a series of talks on the continuous theme: An Introduction to Runology. These talks will form a part of the effort to publish a book by that title in the coming year or two.
www.mikestarks.com
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