Hills­dale Col­lege offers a free, not-for-cred­it, online course, “Win­ston Churchill and States­man­ship.” The six-week course is taught by Hills­dale Col­lege Pres­i­dent Lar­ry P. Arnn. It exam­ines the life, lessons and lega­cy of Sir Win­ston. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion con­tact onlinecourses@hillsdale.edu.

This course is part of the bat­tery of new pro­grams offered by The Churchill Project for the Study of States­man­ship, which I am hon­ored to serve as senior fel­low. I warm­ly rec­om­mend this illu­mi­nat­ing, stim­u­lat­ing, and above all accu­rate, free course because it’s a mini-edu­ca­tion on Churchill’s states­man­ship, con­duct­ed by an inde­fati­ga­ble schol­ar and a friend of forty years. 

WSC Online

Win­ston S. Churchill was the lead­ing states­man of the 20th cen­tu­ry, and one of the great­est in all of his­to­ry. From a young age, Churchill under­stood the unique dan­gers of mod­ern war­fare, and he worked to respond to them. Though best known for his lead­er­ship dur­ing World War II, he was also a great defend­er of con­sti­tu­tion­al­ism. A close study of Churchill’s words and deeds offers time­less lessons about the virtues, espe­cial­ly pru­dence, required for great statesmanship.

“Churchill’s life and career may be the best exam­ple mod­ern his­to­ri­ans have of what it means to be a states­man, pro­vid­ing time­less lessons of jus­tice and injus­tice, of life and death, and how to lead with strength and con­vic­tion,” said Dr. Arnn.

Course Synopsis

The course com­pris­es six 30-40 minute ses­sions. All are avail­able on-demand:

Week 1 – “Why Study Churchill?”
Octo­ber 5, 2015

Week 2 – “The Prob­lem of Mod­ern War”
Octo­ber 12, 2015

Week 3 – “A Strat­e­gy for Mod­ern War”
Octo­ber 19, 2015

Week 4 – “The Prob­lem of Mod­ern Politics”
Octo­ber 26, 2015

Week 5 – “Churchill’s Plan for Freedom”
Novem­ber 2, 2015

Week 6 – “What Churchill Teach­es Us About Our Time”
Novem­ber 9, 2015

Hills­dale Col­lege offers a cat­a­log of free online cours­es taught by its fac­ul­ty in sub­jects rang­ing from the Con­sti­tu­tion, edu­ca­tion, great books, and eco­nom­ics. More than 830,000 stu­dents have gen­er­at­ed more than 1.2 mil­lion course enroll­ments since the pro­gram launched in autumn 2011.

For more infor­ma­tion or to reg­is­ter for “Win­ston Churchill and States­man­ship,” click here.

About Hillsdale

Hills­dale Col­lege, found­ed in 1844, has built a nation­al rep­u­ta­tion through its clas­si­cal lib­er­al arts core cur­ricu­lum and its prin­ci­pled refusal to accept fed­er­al or state tax­pay­er sub­si­dies, even indi­rect­ly in the form of stu­dent grants or loans. It also con­ducts an out­reach effort pro­mot­ing civ­il and reli­gious lib­er­ty, includ­ing a free month­ly speech digest, Imprim­is, with a cir­cu­la­tion of more than 2.9 million.