Spring 2022 Courses / History / MOVERS & SHAKERS

Coordinators: Bob Gottfried, Caroline Thompson

In this course, we will examine the lives and accomplishments of people who have attained great notoriety.

We will look at those whose ideas and actions have had a lasting effect on our society, whether for good or evil.

Subjects covered in past talks have included Dimitri Shostakovich, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin (founders of Google), Isaac Bashevis Singer, Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther.

A WEEK / THURS / 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Other Classes:

• FASCINATING ISLANDS
• THE NEAR EAST
• HISTORY OF GERMANY
• SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
• RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
• FABULOUS FIFTIES
• ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS

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