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Ask about our continuing education opportunities at the Dallas Institute.

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A VISION
FOR THE CITY

Explore the connection between the Humanities and THE CITY!

INSPIRATION
FOR TEACHERS

Learn more about the 40th anniversary of the Sue Rose Summer Institute.

A SOARING VISION

The Dallas Institute brings thought, imagination, language, and sensibility to bear on the convergence between the visible shaping of the world and the permanent values necessary for the CRAFTING of CULTURE.

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  • Events
    Events

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  • Our Mailing Address
    Our Mailing Address

    2807 Allen Street, PMB 814
    Dallas, TX 75204

  • Please contact the staff to arrange an appointment to meet.

    214.768.7800

Upcoming Events
DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY

Upcoming Events

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Humanities & Heroism

Homer's Iliad

We will be seeking the deepest wisdom of the Iliad and asking how this great epic continues to inform and deepen our hunger for heroism today.

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Humanities & Community

Mysticism (The Kabbalah)

Join Rabbi Zvi Drizen as we discover the Kabbalah – a Jewish mystical tradition. 

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Humanities & the City

Civic Leadership

“Let’s Make a City!” -- Since the vision and even the idea of what a “city” is changes with each new generation, this conversation always remains vital.

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Humanities & the American Soul

James Baldwin

Join Ben Fountain and Arlene Ford, Ph.D. as we enter into the beautiful, cool, and improbable artistry of James Baldwin, one of the United States' great literary voices.

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Humanities & the Community

The Animal World

Led by the prominent artist Mary Vernon, this course offers the opportunity to attend to animal images in film, in photography, painting, and sculpture.

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Humanities & the Hero

Aeschylus

Join us to explore all of the playwright’s surviving plays: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, The Oresteia trilogy, and Prometheus Bound.

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2025 sUE ROSE sUMMER INSTITUTE

JUNE 30 - JULY 18

IMAGE: The humpback whale Old Timer, observed by Adam Pack on July 29, 2024 in Frederick Sound in southeast Alaska. [Adam Pack/NOAA Research Permit 26953].
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