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Course Schedule – Fall 2023 / Old Courses / INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Coordinators: Pete Weis, Jim Brook

This course continues with that which has become familiar in our everyday lives, for better or worse. The history of these inventions, as well as the impacts on our lives and on our planet, will be presented. And new this semester: inventions by women.


Other Classes:

  • THEATER TALKBACK
  • SOCIAL EVENTS
  • FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
  • INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
  • ELIZABETH GASKELL
  • WEEK IN PARIS
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  • RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
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  • 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
  • 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
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  • HOWARDS END
  • HOUSE OF MIRTH
  • FABULOUS FIFTIES
  • READING BLACK LIVES
  • BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
  • MOZART’S WOMEN
  • ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
  • AFRICAN CONTINENT
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