Our one-on-one learning experiences are fully tailored to your intellectual curiosity and goals. In private sessions, you engage deeply with ideas, texts, and questions that matter most to you, guided by a mentor who helps you think critically, reflect ethically, and connect concepts across disciplines. These sessions are flexible, immersive, and designed to cultivate insight, clarity, and a meaningful, personal engagement with knowledge.

To begin, participants pay a small deposit, which covers a 30-minute consultation with a professor. During this call, we’ll discuss your interests, explore your learning goals, and design a personalized plan for your study sessions.

This intimate virtual seminar invites a small cohort of participants to engage deeply with the work of various women writers, exploring power, intimacy, history, and belonging. Together, we’ll read across genres, cultures, and time periods to examine how women have written against their own erasure, using language to name what has been historically silenced.

This is a trans-inclusive seminar, in which the very definition of “woman” will be contested, interrogated, and reimagined throughout our discussions.

Guided by two PhD-level instructors, Dr. Mary Byrne and Dr. Peyton Del Toro, participants will move slowly and thoughtfully through selected texts in an intimate, discussion-based setting. Together, we will practice close reading, collective meaning-making, and the pleasure of thinking alongside others who are hungry for depth and nuance.

Virtual Seminars
Wednesdays, 6–9pm EST
4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30

Enrollment is limited to maintain the intimacy and rigor of discussion.

Authoritarianism. Fascism. White supremacy. Anti-gender movements. Nativism. Or maybe more broadly: the far right. Whatever you’ve heard it called, right-wing political movements pose an urgent threat to democracy and civil rights. This course offers a clear, accessible introduction to the contemporary far right in the United States, helping participants understand where these movements come from, what they believe, and how they shape our lives.

This six-week course is organized around four contemporary case studies that illustrate how right-wing movements have gained influence and reshaped American politics.

1. Anti-Trans Movements: explore how gender diversity has been framed as a social threat; examine recent legislation targeting trans youth.

2. Anti-Immigrant Movements: examine how narratives of invasion, crime, and national security are used to justify restrictive immigration laws and expanded policing.

3. “Culture Wars” in Education: trace contemporary battles over curriculum, book bans, parental rights, and Christianity in schools. Explore how the far-right seeks to shape the education system into a weapon to reproduce right-wing political beliefs.

4. Disinformation and Media Ecosystems: examine right-wing media ecosystems, exploring how disinformation circulates and shapes public opinion.

5. Abortion Access and Reproductive Politics: examine contemporary threats to reproductive freedom through exploration of fetal personhood legislation, threats to IVF and other reproductive technologies, and criminalization of women who miscarry

6. Responding to the Right: explore strategies for responding to—and resisting—right wing movements

Through each case study, we will particular attention to two dynamics. First, we will consider that right-wing narratives rarely arrive by saying “hello, we are here to oppress you and take away your rights.” Instead, they claim that they are providing necessary protection—of women, children, families, or the nation itself—that is necessary to create a safe society.

Second, we will center the recurring unwillingness of the mainstream political establishment to take right-wing movements at their word when they articulate authoritarian goals. For years, for instance, the promise to overturn Roe v. Wade and restrict abortion access was dismissed as an unrealistic campaign talking point—even as legal infrastructure was being built to make it possible. Across each case study, participants will examine how this pattern of minimization and disbelief has enabled right-wing movements to advance their agendas, often catching institutions and the public unprepared when even the most clearly stated goals are realized.

Virtual Seminars: Dates will be set collaboratively according to everyone’s schedules. Seminar takes place in March/April.

• Anti-Trans Movements

• Immigration, ICE, and the Police State

• Educational Politics and Privatization

• Disinformation and Media Ecosystems

• Abortion Access and Reproductive Politics

• Responding to the Right

Enrollment is limited to maintain the intimacy and rigor of discussion. Dates are flexible; these are here as placeholders. When we are fully enrolled, we will work with participants to find the best available date.

The Delvion Institute also offers custom-designed syllabi tailored to your interests, questions, and goals. If you’re curious about a topic or want a more personal learning experience, we’re happy to design something just for you.

After we receive your intake form, we will be in touch to discuss a plan designed around your goals. This ensures your place is held while we create a curated syllabus tailored just for you.

Please note, this offering does not include any further guidance beyond the design of your syllabus.