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- A Global Romp: The Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration From a Global Perspective
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REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.This course is the next installment in our romp through world history as we delve into the Reformation, Renaissance and exploration of the world. It begins with the lands and cultures of world empires: China, Japan, Mughals of India, the Ottomans, and the monarchies of Europe. Europeans need trade routes for God, gold and glory. All of this is against the background of religious upheaval in Europe that will open the door to new learning. The culmination is a global interaction that leads to a new ordering of world thought and power.
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- Reimagining America: From Independence to Unity, 1783 – 1789
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Fee: $70.00
Item Number: s25HEC110601
Dates: 4/2/2025 - 5/21/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 8
Building: Online - Central
Room: NA
Instructor: David Lippman
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.Between 1783 and 1789, the U.S. faced the challenge of transforming a loose confederation of states into a unified federal republic. This course examines that critical transition. We’ll use Joseph J. Ellis's book, The Quartet, as our text. The book explores the political ideologies, strategies, and personal dynamics that shaped the actions of four leaders who were among the most influential in reshaping our government—George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Largely through their efforts, the nation overcame deep political and regional divisions to create a new model of governance and a constitution.
This course will analyze the multiple crises that threatened the new country and how the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation could not resolve these problems. How should the various states work to overcome economic instability, state rivalries, and fears of tyranny? How did a diverse group of political leaders navigate intense regional divisions, skepticism about centralized power, and concerns about individual rights to orchestrate what Ellis called “the second American revolution”?
Required: Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783 - 1789, Penguin Random House
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- Stories of Colorado Women: The Famous and the Unknown
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REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.Women have made many contributions to our state of Colorado. We will get to know some of them in this course. Some are famous, such as Aunt Clara Brown and Augusta Tabor. But do you know Owl Woman, the Cheyenne wife of William Bent? She was an interpreter and mediator between her people and white traders and soldiers. We will learn the stories of these women and others, from pioneer settlers to health providers, educators, writers, and scientists. We will also talk about how Colorado voters were the first to give voting rights to its female citizens.
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- The 1619 Project-Where Aggressive Journalism and Revisionist History Collide
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Fee: $70.00
Item Number: s25HEC109901
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 5/20/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 8
Building: On Campus - Chambers Center for the Advancement of
Room: TBA
Instructor: Terry Casey
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.This course will examine the New York Times’ “1619 Project”, the book that resulted from the original magazine article, and the historiographical criticism that both preceded and followed its release. Specifically, we will read and investigate 8 chapters of the book: Democracy, Citizenship, Self-defense, Punishment, Inheritance, Medicine, Healthcare and Traffic. Each class will address one of these chapters in the first hour. The other hour of each class will address the various critiques delivered from historians, from both the left and the right, economists and journalists. In addition to these critiques, and the NYT’s and “1619 Project” author’s response thereto, the course will use the discourse about the “Project” to explicate the question of how historical knowledge is discovered, narrated, refined and corrected. Finally our discussions will address the issue of K-12 history standards, textbooks promulgated by state Boards of Education and past and current debates about these standards.
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- The Battle of the Atlantic in World War II
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Fee: $70.00
Item Number: s25HEC110101
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 5/20/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 8
Building: On Campus - Ruffatto Hall
Room: TBD
Instructor: Mac McHugh
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.“The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril” as Winston Churchill summed up the longest battle in the Second World War. The battle started within hours of the declaration of war and ended hours after the cease fire order was issued. For many, the battle is thought of only in terms of the U-boat menace. However, this leaves out whole aspects of the battle that raged above, on, and below the Atlantic. We will take a look at the conflict year by year and see how each side made moves and counter-moves to win control of the sea including: • Battle of Norway and the Surface Fleet. • The Raiders. • “The Happy Time”. • The Undeclared War. • The Radio War. • Closing the Air Gap. • Fortress without a Roof. • Death of the Surface Fleet. Articles will be emailed to class members for inclusion in the class discussion.
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- The Battle of the Atlantic in World War II
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Fee: $70.00
Item Number: s25HEC110102
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 5/20/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 8
Building: Online - On Campus
Room: NA
Instructor: Mac McHugh
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.“The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril” as Winston Churchill summed up the longest battle in the Second World War. The battle started within hours of the declaration of war and ended hours after the cease fire order was issued. For many, the battle is thought of only in terms of the U-boat menace. However, this leaves out whole aspects of the battle that raged above, on, and below the Atlantic. We will take a look at the conflict year by year and see how each side made moves and counter-moves to win control of the sea including: • Battle of Norway and the Surface Fleet. • The Raiders. • “The Happy Time”. • The Undeclared War. • The Radio War. • Closing the Air Gap. • Fortress without a Roof. • Death of the Surface Fleet. Articles will be emailed to class members for inclusion in the class discussion.
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- The Eagle and the Rising Sun: The Decline of the Japanese Empire and the Rise of America, 1936 to 1945
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REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.This class will examine the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as viewed from the Japanese perspective, and contrasted with the changing American perspective regarding Asia and the growing influence of America on the world stage. This is a factual saga of both Asian and Western peoples caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox. This story reminds us that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.
We will look into the highest reaches of American and Japanese leadership and politics, examining the misunderstandings, the prejudices of each nation, and how these lead to grave errors in the conduct of the diplomatic actions, and eventually to the errors in the conduct of the war.
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- The Failed Experiment: The Enlightenment and Eighteenth-Century Revolutions
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REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.The Enlightenment – bracketed by the Renaissance and the French Revolution – generated a prolific inquiry into science, religion, governance and economics that led to an explosion of new ideas and the emergence of new world views.
The Enlightenment’s unbridled speculation about nature and life was an undertaking unparalleled in history, introducing social and political experiments we are still working out today. Three experiments stand out: 1) liberal democratic republicanism (and its counterpoint, bureaucratic totalitarianism); 2) the conviction that irrefutable Natural Laws govern the universe, not the whim of God; and 3) a belief that daily commerce can be managed by mechanistic tools, an idea that enabled the Industrial Age. The class will explore the ingenuity that grew from the Renaissance and led to our modern world. We will meet in person and a short article on each week’s topic will be provided the week before.
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- Women and Work: Career or Labor of Love?
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Fee: $70.00
Item Number: s25HEC110201
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 5/20/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 8
Building: Online - Central
Room: NA
Instructor: Myra Rich
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.This class will trace the history of women’s work from the colonial period to the present. We will cover topics such as the household as a place of production, women’s roles in the labor movement, barriers to certain kinds of work and professions, the exploitation of women in the workforce, and the cultural conflict between ideals of women in the home and in the workplace.
Required: Either "Out to Work:20th Anniversary" edition, Alice Kessler-Harris, or "Women Have Always Worked", Alice Kessler Harris
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