Areas for Exploration

How have different societies interacted in the past? How has ancient or modern history shaped our lives today as humans? How much do we really know about it? What do historians know or not know, and what are their methods? How does history guide and shape, or perhaps misguide and misshape people’s perceptions of themselves or others?  

How were ancient scriptures created and in what historical context? What is the history of religion, or of secularism? How does it tie into imperial or ethnic history?  What is the history of slavery? Or rights? How do women fit into world history? What of common people? How has history been used, or abused? By whom?  Dr. Corbally would love to discuss these subjects or more with you. Tutoring and corporate wellbeing are available.

"Film is truth 24 frames-per-second" said the French director Jean-Luc Godard. Do you agree? Is film even worth serious study? Is it not a purely commercial art form designed to please the majority? What happens when an outsider picks up a camera and tells a story? Would you like to learn more about film history? International film from India, Iran, Japan, China or Latin America? Or are you interested in science fiction and action films?

Film courses are a rich way to explore many interests from food, to  fashion, from urban space to spiritual realms, from feminism to climate change.  

Get in touch with Dr Tiwari and design your own film exploration and appreciation series. Tutoring and corporate wellbeing are available.

How do you get published? How do you cultivate a writing practice that will bring success? Ian Ross Singleton's creative writing course is  designed to develop specific aspects of writing, focusing on  characterization, setting, and plot, but also discussing what kind of accent your writing has and how that can be put at your disposal. What does it mean to write mindfully? How can your writing practice become a  progressive maximization of your art? Which writers should you read to "steal not borrow" from? What are the concrete aspects of "failing better"? Learn through developing your practice with Ian Ross Singleton.

Suppose that, in order to prevent dozens from dying, you must torture someone. Should you? If not,

why not? Maybe you have an answer. But now ask yourself: do you think that answer is true regardless of anyone’s opinion? Or, is morality really just in the “eye of the beholder?” Is there a

God? (And, how does he relate to morality? Did he create it? If so, could he have made it really

different than it is?) What else is there in the world—are there souls, or anything non-physical? (Are we only able to act freely if there are souls?) And how can we know about any of this—should we

always have evidence from our senses, or can we know some things without such evidence? Such questions have been debated by philosophers from Plato to Hume, Aristotle to Kant, for over two

millennia. Come explore those debates with Dr. Morton.

Looking for help at the critical last years of high school? As highly skilled professionals who have worked in private schools in the Bay Area and New York City, Personal Professors also offer one-on- one private tutoring services to high school students in many academic areas. They work with your child on their strengths and weaknesses and have a customized approach to each student. Whether preparing for college or seeking assistance with homeschooling, we are here to offer our expertise.

Whether you have always wanted to pick up a foreign language from scratch, or would like to practice it at an intermediate level, look no further! Dr. Natalya Sukhonos can guide you with a personalized education plan in the following languages: 

• Spanish (all levels)
• Russian (all levels)
• French (intermediate and below)

The world's largest democracy and most populous nation is also one of the most ancient. Whether you would like to know more about your heritage, or learn about another culture, Dr. Bulbul Tiwari can guide you.  Email her with your interests 

and start to build a personal program. You can touch of any or all of these areas: 

• Hindi language and literature (all levels)
• Indian film (Hindi, Bangla, Tamil and more)
• South Asian history  
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• South Asian art and architecture