FORMA contemplates ancient ideas for contemporary people. We celebrate and engage with the tradition handed down to us by exploring our classical heritage, The Great Books, and eternal truths, and consider what they offer to the modern world. You are invited to join us in this contemplation free of charge!

Our beautiful print magazine is released annually. We use only high-quality paper stock and the magazine is full-color with plenty of beautiful photographs and illustrations to go along with essays, reviews, and interviews you won’t find anywhere else.

THE FORMA SYMPOSIUM 2025

In January 2025, we are honored to offer our second annual FORMA Symposium, where classical thinkers will come together to explore the Quadrivium. This symposium is graciously hosted by Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte, NC. Please see the events page here for further details. 

Papers from the FORMA Symposium are chosen for the FORMA Journal 2025, however, you can also submit solely to the print journal if you cannot attend the symposium. For submission details, please see “Call for Papers” below. 

The Seven Liberal Arts have long been the backbone of classical education, but in our modern age of subjects it can be difficult to understand how the latter four Liberal Arts, the Quadrivium, were practiced, taught, and understood. In this upcoming FORMA conference and subsequent journal, scholars from the home to the university will come together to explore both the traditional role of the Quadrivium in classical education and how we can practice these arts today. Topics may include (but are not limited to): better understanding one of the four arts within the Quadrivium, contemplating challenges we face in teaching the Quadrivium in a contemporary context, exploring different ways the Quadrivium was approached or understood within the tradition, considering a master teacher within the Quadrivium, considering a contemporary college or school as a case study for teaching the Quadrivium, casting a vision for the Quadrivium in American education, etc.