NEH Enduring Questions Course on Conceptions of the Hero

FAIN: AQ-228793-15

St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN 55057-1574)
Ka Wong (Project Director: September 2014 to April 2018)

The development and teaching of a new course to study cross-cultural conceptions of the hero.

Ka Wong will create "What is a Hero," a course to be offered in Fall, 2015, and Fall, 2016. The course will motivate students to read widely across cultures, reflecting on their own understandings of goodness, heroism, and patriotism.