Feb 3

The Art of Living Well: Montaigne's Essays, with Professor Cathy Yandell

Tue, February 3, 2026 - Tue, March 3, 2026 • 1:00pm - 3:00pm (28d) • University of New Mexico Continuing Education South Building, 204 1634 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102

Carls in New Mexico
are invited to

The Art of Living Well: Montaigne's Essays
with Professor Cathy Yandell

February 3, 10, 17 & March 3

Professor Cathy Yandell would love to have Carls in her upcoming 4-session course on The Art of Living Well: Montaigne's Essays.

In reading a few of Montaigne's celebrated essays, we will address some of the following questions: How, amidst national and international turmoil, can we live our best lives? How to grow older gracefully? How can we find richness in the “back shop” of our minds? Are there secrets to finding joy and contentment among the ashes? How is it possible to think of conflict in the most nuanced ways? Montaigne, the most celebrated and beloved writer-philosopher of the French Renaissance, offers possible answers to these and other questions—sometimes historical, sometimes humorous, always thoughtful.

Montaigne lived during some of the most tumultuous times in history—the French Wars of Religion—and his voice calling for measure, understanding, and hopefulness rings stunningly true today. Through his meandering examination of the meaning of time, the nature of discord, the importance of living in the body, and the search for balance, Montaigne invites us to imagine our lives in new ways.

Time
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Location
University of New Mexico
Continuing Education
South Building, 204
1634 University Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Registration (and fee of $59) is managed through the University of New Mexico.

Information on location and free parking can be found on the UNM Continuing Education website.

Woman standing in front of a beautiful water fountain

Cathy Yandell is the W.I. and Hulda F. Daniell Professor Emerita of French and Francophone Studies at Carleton College.  The former David and Marion Bryn-Jones Distinguished Teaching Professor of French Literature, Language, and Culture, she was knighted by the French government in the Order of Academic Palms in 2019. Author of Time and Gender in Early Modern France and co-editor of Vieillir à la Renaissance (Growing Old in the Renaissance) and Memory and Community in Sixteenth Century France, she also published a general interest book with Saint Martin’s Press in 2023: The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World (translated into three other languages). When not buried in books, she loves hiking, dance, yoga, cooking, and the flying trapeze.

Questions?
Contact Alumni Relations via email or 800-729-2586.

Event Contact: Krista Herbstrith

Event Summary

The Art of Living Well: Montaigne's Essays, with Professor Cathy Yandell
  • When
    • Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Tuesday, March 3, 2026
    • 1:00pm - 3:00pm (28d)
  • Where
    • University of New Mexico Continuing Education South Building, 204 1634 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102
  • Mode
    • In-Person
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