Jesse Hake

Episode 04: Interview with Junius Johnson

ClassicalU Director Jesse Hake speaks with Junius Johnson about imagination and fairy stories. Watch for two forthcoming courses on ClassicalU.com with Dr. Johnson about teaching fairy stories (also to release as a book!) and the theology of beauty and the imagination. ClassicalU will also have lectures from Dr. Johnson posting soon on how to teach…

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Episode 03: Interview with Junius Johnson

ClassicalU Director Jesse Hake speaks with Junius Johnson about the challenges that students and teachers are facing in the modern world and how the classical tradition approach can alleviate some of these problems. Watch for two forthcoming courses on ClassicalU with Dr. Johnson about teaching fairy stories (also to release as a digital book) and…

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Episode 02: Interview with Christine Perrin

ClassicalU Director Jesse Hake speaks with Christine Perrin about her most recent lecture and her research interests, which include participatory reading and other practices in the literature classroom as well as educating the poetic imagination and the nature and recovery of a musical education. Professor Perrin is currently recording a lecture for a forthcoming course…

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Episode 01: Interview with Dr. Nicole Koopman

ClassicalU Director Jesse Hake speaks with Dr. Nicole Koopman about the history of classical Christian education and her experience with it as a student and teacher at Cair Paravel Latin School, one of the three oldest schools in the American renewal of classical education. Dr. Koopman was in the studio recording a lecture for a…

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