Course Schedule – Fall 2024 / Old Courses
The courses listed below were offered in previous semesters.
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BOOK CHATS
Coordinators: Kathy Cook
We don’t all read the same books, so let’s share our great book suggestions and talk about them.
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.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Coordinators: Sol Makon, Peter Dichter, Pete Weis
Historically, Classical music and social/political structures have always been interrelated. A change in one has the potential to alter or transform the other.
COMEDY CENTRAL
Coordinators: Wayne Cotter, Leslie Goldman, Vince Grosso, Michael Wellner
You never know what to expect at a Comedy Central class. It could be a session on New Yorker cartoons or a live interview with a top-shelf television comedian.
CONSTRUCTION: BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR
Coordinators: Andrea Irvine, Marion Schultheis, David Bartash
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated Questers do it. What is it? It’s construction.
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
Coordinators: Judy Hampson, Jennifer Jolly, Donna Ramer, Sheryl Harawitz
This course focuses on the global influence of contemporary British culture, including art, music, dance, theatre, literature and fashion.
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
Coordinators: Mary Ann Donnelly, Beth Callender
Whether you think of yourself as creative or not, these interactive classes will help unlock abilities you may not have known you had.
DAISY MILLER & WASHINGTON SQUARE
Coordinators: Patricia Geehr, Susan Keohane
Henry James was a 19th century American writer, a major figure in the history of the novel, and a master craftsman in the development of his recurring themes.
ELIZABETH GASKELL
Coordinators: Arlene Curinga, Patricia Geehr, Susan Keohane
An English novelist, biographer, and short-story writer, Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels offer a detailed portrait of society, particularly the very poor.
EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
Coordinators: Martha Drezin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Sheryl Harawitz, Joyce West
Would you like to spend time digging into the poems of Emily Dickinson?