The Dallas Institute is a nonprofit adult educational organization where people gather to enjoy learning and discussing important ideas - from the classics to the best of today's thinkers - that shape the way we live and think.
The Institute's purpose is to enrich and deepen lives through the wisdom and imagination of the humanities. The humanities, as we treat them, are the written things and the spoken stories that help us define ourselves as human beings - literature, history, philosophy, politics, psychology, and mythology, among other fields.
Since 1980, the Dallas Institute has conducted public programs aimed at discovering what the humanities have to offer to the cultural life of the city, and we accomplish this through classes and group studies; through public and professional seminars, through conferences and civic involvement; through programs for school teachers and principals; and through publications. Read more >
Welcome to our new website. We are busy updating information and pictures and links, so we beg your patience in these next few months.
Each month, our programs will be listed in this box. Our regular programs are concluded for the 2008-2009 year, but you can look at descriptions and dates on the "Our Programs" page to get a sense of what we offer.
Our summers are focused on our most enduring program – the Sue Rose Summer Institute for Teachers. Go to the "Teachers Academy" page to watch a video of school teachers talking about their experiences in the Teachers Academy's Summer Institute.
We will resume our regular programs in September, but in the meantime, enjoy the new website.