Are you in any reading groups or similar?

[Macrina]

If so, what sorts of extra academic things do you participate in?

And do you think they are helpful?

I've been invited to join one that focuses on my academic area of interest and I'm trying to decide whether or not this sort of thing is worth doing.

[TakeruK]

I think they are usually pretty good. Can you just join it for a semester and see how you feel about it? Usually the commitment is fairly small, right? Like an hour per week?

[Therewillbeluke]

They can be good. A good friend of mine was part of a Gilles Deleuze reading group at Union Theological Seminary (New York) this past summer. I went with him once, they brought in a different scholar each week to lead discussion so it ended up being a very cool thing.

 

I think it all depends though, so check it out and see if its worth continuing. 

[Macrina]

Thanks! I'll check it out and see. It's a lot of faculty which is both good and kind of intimidating..