A fictionalized account of the life of the Roman emperor, The Memoirs of Hadrian is a story of intellectual passion, military conquest, sensual beauty, the death of one religious world, and the beginning of another. The book helped make its author, Marguerite Yourcenar, the first woman elected to the Académie Française. Join Morningside’s Director Nathaniel Peters for a day-long intellectual retreat outside the city to discuss this modern classic.

Copies of the book will be provided for participants. If you are interested in attending the retreat, please sign up. In response to the confirmation e-mail, please indicate in a few sentences what you are interested in discussing. We anticipate that interest will exceed space and will contact you if you are able to join us.