Course Schedule – Fall 2023 / Old Courses / THE NOBEL PRIZES

Coordinators: Laura Lopez, Marion Schultheis

Since 1901 the prestigious and lucrative Nobel Prize has been awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, Literature, and Peace.

This class may focus on an individual awardee and his/her positive impact on society; discuss controversial or puzzling choices; shed light on the selection process or the political context of an award; delve into interviews with prize winners; take you behind the scenes to explore who was not chosen and why, as well as individuals who should receive the award.

The class will offer lenses on our scientific, political and cultural universe as well as people who are making a difference.

A WEEK/ THUR / 10:30am to 12:00pm

Other Classes:

• THEATER TALKBACK
• SOCIAL EVENTS
• 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
• 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
• LITERARY HEROINES
• HOWARDS END
• HOUSE OF MIRTH
• FABULOUS FIFTIES
• READING BLACK LIVES
• BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
• 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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