Lectures on Tap - From Homer to Home Runs: The Sublime in Myth and Baseball

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Chicago!

Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.

🗓️ Date: September 22nd, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Wicker Park, Chicago (exact address provided in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “From Homer to Home Runs: The Sublime in Myth and Baseball”

🎤 Speaker: Professor Christian Sheppard

Delve into the notion of “the sublime,” a quality of beauty revered by ancient philosophers of Greece and Rome. Professor Christian Sheppard invites you to explore this concept as it relates to powerful works of art, such as Homer’s heroic poetry, and transcendent moments in nature, like a thunderstorm conjured by Zeus.

But what about modern experiences of the sublime? Join us as we contemplate the thrill of a home run at a baseball game—a moment akin to the heroes of myth hitting it out of the park! This lecture will encourage you to ponder the limits of human knowledge and the special thrill that is the sublime.

Christian Sheppard, PhD, is a professor of liberal arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the author of THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL: LESSONS FOR LIFE FROM HOMER'S ODYSSEY TO THE WORLD SERIES, a #1 Amazon Best-Seller.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect ancient wisdom with America’s pastime!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.

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