Each month, we are providing you with live access to The Great Courses professors and experts who are leading The Great Courses Journeys in the upcoming year. Each live event will have an approximately 25-minute lecture, plus a 15-minute Q&A session for all attendees.  

The Great Courses Journeys LIVE

Nectar’s Glen

Tintagel Castle

Join Professors Cleto and Warman on “Enchanted England: Folklore, Literature, and Landscapes” September 21-28, 2026.

Experiencing King Arthur’s Cornwall
with Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman

Date/Time: 1/29/2026, 2 pm ET

JANUARY

Drs. Cleto and Warman take you in the footsteps of King Arthur to experience the unforgettable sites and scenes from the life of this legendary hero. You’ll see St. Nectar’s Glen, said to be the site where the Knights of the Round Table were blessed before their quest for the Holy Grail. You’ll learn the story behind Tintagel Castle, King Arthur’s first castle. And you’ll visit dramatic sites such as the 7-foot-tall, inscribed Tristan Stone, said to be a memorial to Arthur’s knight, Sir Tristan. All this and much more in a stirring lecture based on their Enchanted England Journey.

FEBRUARY

A Venetian Squero

Venice

The Rise of Venice as a Maritime Empire
with Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble

Date/Time: 2/26/2026, 2 pm ET

Join Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble on a centuries-long tour of how Venice came to dominate the Adriatic world. Professor Noble traces for you how, beginning in 1000, Venice built its vast maritime empire by treaty and by force. You’ll learn about Dalmatian pirates; Venice’s role in the Fourth Crusade; Venetian rivals such as Genoa, Byzantium, Hungary, and the Ottoman Turks; and the gradual decline of Venice’s sea power from the 16th to the 18th centuries. All this and more is drawn from Professor Noble’s Journeys cruise, “Adriatic Odyssey: Venice to Dubrovnik.”

Join Professor Noble on “Adriatic Odyssey: Venice to Dubrovnik” with PONANT August 5-13, 2026.

Bavarian Food

Rothenburg

Revealing Real German Regions
with Dr. James Pfrehm

Date/Time: 3/26/2026, 2 pm ET

MARCH

Join Professor Pfrehm on “Germany’s Castles, Cultural Traditions, and Medieval Life” September 24–October 1, 2026.

Travel with Dr. James Pfrehm across German regions to reveal their unique cultural identities. You’ll walk the streets of Metropolitan Bavaria, take in the rich rural traditions of the Bavarian Alps, and experience medieval town nostalgia up close in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Learn how their dialects differ, how their histories define them, and how cuisine and local customs tell different stories of different peoples. You’ll see several of the sites, events, and even the foods experienced on Professor Pfrehm’s own Journey “Germany’s Castles, Cultural Traditions, and Medieval Life.”

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