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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-23-2023 to 10-23-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Elaine Miller, PhD, SUNY Brockport Term: 2023-3Location: Oasis RochesterThe Peace Corps was created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. The country was thrilled when we learned that Jimmy Carter’s mother, “Miss Lillian,” had joined the program at age sixty-eight and would soon be off to a two-year assignment in India. How has the Peace Corps changed over the years? Let’s talk about... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-20-2023 to 11-20-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Ann CunninghamTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis RochesterJoin Ann Cunningham as we discuss "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano. 'William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes... read more -
Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-12-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis RochesterNazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia – 1941-1945: This course will cover the titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The first session will cover the events leading up to the war tracing all the way back to traditional German views of “drang nach osten” and to Hitler’s racialist policies and geo-political... read more -
Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-12-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-3Location: ZoomNazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia – 1941-1945: This course will cover the titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The first session will cover the events leading up to the war tracing all the way back to traditional German views of “drang nach osten” and to Hitler’s racialist policies and geo-political... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 09-06-2023 to 09-27-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:00 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2023-3Location: ZoomThis 4-session class will look at Picasso's innovative art in the larger context of art of the 20th century. It will also consider ways of thinking about artistic production and biography. The reconsiderations of Picasso on the 50th anniversary of his death have included questions about whether he should be cancelled because of his behavior, especially... read more -
Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 11-08-2023 to 11-29-2023No Class: 11/22Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:00 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2023-3Location: ZoomImmediately after Daguerre announced his process in 1839, Americans began to make photographs. This class will consider ways in which photography, in the middle years of the nineteenth century, made Americans visible to themselves and revealed complex realities of their country. Please register for this class if you plan to access it via... read more -
Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 09-21-2023 to 10-12-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-3Location: ZoomThis course will explore the history of genocide as experienced throughout human history. The course will particularly concentrate on more recent events, such as the Holocaust during World War II, and seek to understand the flaws in human nature that allow such things to occur. The first session of this four-session course will concentrate on the historical... read more -
Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 09-21-2023 to 10-12-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis RochesterThis course will explore the history of genocide as experienced throughout human history. The course will particularly concentrate on more recent events, such as the Holocaust during World War II, and seek to understand the flaws in human nature that allow such things to occur. The first session of this four-session course will concentrate on the historical... read more
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