Welcome to your Renaissance

For the humanist souls trapped in the corporate machine, this is a space to find resonance in the culture that surrounds us

curated cultural space to recharge your soul

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    The Humanist Readers

    Drawing inspiration from the Renaissance movement that valued deep learning and the human experience, this group is our shared scriptorium—a place to read, reflect, and discuss the best in literary fiction.

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    The Faerie Queene

    A Year Long Read-Along of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. It’s a poem that demands time and attention, but rewards it with unparalleled beauty, wisdom, and a deeply immersive world.

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    Guides & Curriculums

    Want the expertise without the cost? Here are two self-paced guides:

    The Academic Transition Guide & The Humanist Curriculum

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    The Curated Retreats

    Your favourite university course, without the grading! We are stepping out of the transactional pace of the modern world and into the restorative quiet of the study. For 1 week a quarter, we reclaim the lost art of the humanist inquiry

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About Cait

from law to lit

A lawyer who transitioned her career from corporate to Literature, I have had a very unconventional path towards academia. From my cozy nook in the Irish countryside, I delve into the wonders of reading, history, art and philosophy. Let's shatter traditional barriers together!

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