BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES

Coordinators: Stephen Baker, Pete Weis

Defining a nation-state and its subnational components requires physical delineation acknowledged by those within and beyond its geographic limits. Establishment of boundaries is vital, and borders and boundaries have often been a key component of history.

This course will discuss boundary formation for our 13 original states and for newer states in which boundaries were formulated before non-indigenous populations settled in them. Then, we will discuss our national borders and the problems engendered by COVID restrictions. Next, we will present pertinent historical and contemporary boundary issues in a survey of examples from all continents. Finally, we will consider map lines delineating seas and oceans for their emerging ecological significance.

All classes are presented by Stephen Baker.

Other Classes:

THEATER TALKBACK
FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
ELIZABETH GASKELL
WEEK IN PARIS
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
SYMPOSIUM
RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
AGING
FASCINATING ISLANDS
BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES
THE NOBEL PRIZES
READING EDITH WHARTON
WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
THE NEAR EAST
HISTORY OF GERMANY
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
INDIE FILMS
INDIE FILMS
SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
READING THE RABBIS
RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
MYTHOLOGY
LITERARY HEROINES
HOWARDS END
HOUSE OF MIRTH
FABULOUS FIFTIES
READING BLACK LIVES
MOZART’S WOMEN
ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
AFRICAN CONTINENT
PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
ACTING CLASS
LAW & ORDER
POINT OF VIEW
MODERN OPERA
MOVERS & SHAKERS
SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY

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