Institute of World Culture Study Circle
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Date & Time
Tue, Apr 07 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Address (map)
1407 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Venue (website)
Institute of World Culture, Concord Hall
IWC STUDY CIRCLE
APRIL 2026 PROGRAM
Tuesdays, 7:30 PM
Free and Open to All
Institute of World Culture, Concord House
1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA
In-Person & via Zoom:
Concord House Seminar Room, 1407 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, CA
Email donna@worldculture.org for Zoom link
Theme for April 2026: Antidotes to Anxiety
April 7, 2026
“Youth at the Millennium”, Nandini Iyer
An essay from the book, Tribute to a Teacher. Nandini Iyer presented this talk as part of an intergenerational dialogue sponsored by Group 21 in which she poses a provocative question: “We may well ask, have we not had education for millennia – education of every possible kind, colour, hue, tone, inclination, persuasion? And what have we to show for it?”
April 14, 2026
Action is the Antidote to Doomscrolling Anxiety, Edward Norton and “Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry”, Walt Whitman
The Study Circle will screen an interview with the actor Edward Norton concerning contemporary anxiety and then discuss anxiety and the Whitman poem he recites.
April 21, 2026
“Speech Matters/Vedic Maxim”, Donald Lambie
What principles are to guide us in the use of speech? For example, to quote from the Vedic tradition: “Speak truth pleasantly. Do not speak pleasant untruth.”
Christine discusses a passage from Pierre Hadot’s book, Philosophy as a Way of Life: “Philosophy was a mode of existing-in-the-world, which had to be practiced at each instant, and the goal of which was to transform the whole of the individual’s life.”
Contact donna@worldculture.org for a link to join via Zoom
For more information http://www.worldculture.org
