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"Poetry and Self-Governance" with Dr. Matthew Mehan

Mon, Sep 24

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Founders Classical Academy of Leander

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Matthew Mehan exploring the power of poetry and the imagination in forming self-control, temperance, and self-governance. Co-sponsored and hosted by Founders Classical Academy in Leander, this discussion will help us rethink the role of poetry in self-governance.

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"Poetry and Self-Governance" with Dr. Matthew Mehan
"Poetry and Self-Governance" with Dr. Matthew Mehan

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Sep 24, 2018, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Founders Classical Academy of Leander, 1303 Leander Dr, Leander, TX 78641, USA

About The Event

Join us for a conversation with author, songwriter, and teacher Dr. Matthew Mehan in exploring the power of poetry and the imagination in forming self-control, temperance, and self-governance. Dr. Mehan's new book Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals seeks to provide a text for such exploration (www.mythicalmammals.com). Co-sponsored and hosted by Founders Classical Academy in Leander, this discussion will help us rethink the role of poetry and self-governance in education.

When: Monday, September 24 from 7:00-8:30 PM

Where: Founders Classical Academy of Leander, Upper School Library, 1303 Leander Dr.

Matthew Mehan teaches at The Heights in Washington, D.C. and is the director of the Jackson Scholars senior thesis program. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Dallas and the valedictorian of his class, he holds a B.A. in politics, an M.A. in English, and he earned a Ph.D. in Literature for his dissertation on Shakespeare, Thomas More, an…

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