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- World War II War Crimes Trials online course Online
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Speaker: Tom Allen
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
Following World War II, the victorious Allied powers convened international tribunals to conduct criminal trials in Nuremberg and Tokyo. This course will examine these proceedings, with a focus on some of the unusual legal issues raised by the unprecedented trials. Did the principal charge made against most of the defendants of "waging aggressive war" even constitute a crime under international law prior to these trials? We will also discuss some war crimes trials in Germany and Israel that occurred after the completion of the tribunals' trials.
Note: This course will be offered twice, once in-person and once online. It is the same course.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- "Tell all the Truth but Tell it Slant": Adventures in Memoir In-Person
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Speaker: Molly Frounfelter
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
This course offers supportive space and inspiration aplenty to dabble and "dazzle gradually" in the processes of explorative memoir writing. Together we will try out and try on various approaches to memory, place, detail, image, and creative autobiography. In each class session, we will read short pieces of writing that showcase various memoir forms, structures, and styles, which will serve as diving boards into our own adventures on the page.
This course will meet in person March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- Visionary Fiction: Imagining Social Justice
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Speaker: Kenneth Boas
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
"Those concerned with justice and liberation must always persuade the mass of people that a better world is possible," states author Jeff Chang. As we face the reality of deep repression and corporate control and watch helplessly as our free speech and the rule of law are rapidly eroding, the visionary, speculative fiction we will read and discuss in this course will present imaginary alternatives to this reality. Through a novel and a wonderful collection of short stories, we will discuss questions that challenge what is possible for the human community, how we resist dystopian visions, and how imaginary visionary fiction serves to nourish us.
This course will meet in person March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- Do You Know Your Heart? Online
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Speaker: Sharon Ann George
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
The heart is the most hardworking organ in your body. It starts beating a few days after conception and continues, without any breaks, for the entirety of one's life. Every heart beat is a complex orchestration of hundreds of different processes taking place simultaneously and in a precise manner. In this course, you will learn about what goes on in a single heart beat, how it is measured by doctors, and how the heart adapts to different stages of one's life.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- Socio-Cultural Change: Anthropological Perspectives Online
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Speaker: Richard Feinberg
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
This course explores anthropological approaches to understanding cultural and social change, augmented by a number of ethnographic case studies from Navajo and Polynesian communities. Readings will include portions of a book manuscript and a number of articles, all of which will be made available by the instructor. The course will review basic principles of cultural evolutionism and cultural ecology, but members with some basic understanding of cultural anthropology are likely to get the most out of this course.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker, Part 2 Online
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Speaker: David Walton
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
We will read a selection from the 100th anniversary collection of The New Yorker short fiction, discussing two or three stories each week. We will read a few familiar stories, but most will be less familiar, promoting freer discussion. Stories discussed will be different from the Fall 2025 class on this anthology.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- The Rom-Com, Part 1: Screwball Comedies
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Speaker: Steven Cherry
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
Within the broader genre of romantic comedies, certain films stand out for their zany premises and hairbrained plots. We call these screwball comedies, and they go back at least to the 1930s. Many people assume they did not outlive the 1940s. In fact, as this course will demonstrate, screwball comedies are still being made and enjoyed. We will look at two early screwball comedies, then jump forward to 1982, and end with two from 2010.
Please Note: The movies are available on streaming services for $4 or less. Students will watch them in advance.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- The History of England According to William Shakespeare
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Speaker: Alan Irvine
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Shakespeare’s 10 history plays chronicle the history of England for the 200 years before Shakespeare’s own time. By looking at the plays in historical order we can get a sense of what Shakespeare and his contemporaries saw as the key elements of English history and development (which is rather different than how we view it today) as well as developing an appreciation for some of Shakespeare’s most beloved, and most obscure, plays. No prior knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays or of English history is needed for this class.
This course will meet in person March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- Skimp on Barbie: Macroeconomics in an Age of Uncertainty In-Person
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Speaker: Gautam Mukerjee
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
This course evaluates the potential impact of current U.S. policies in conventional macroeconomic terms. As the “America First” mixture of tariffs, immigration, tax cuts, deregulation, and privatization works its way through the economic system, there is a growing sense of unease, often billed as “strategic uncertainty." While significant overhauls in the structural framework of allocation, production, and distribution may be expected, this also raises important questions concerning distributional equity, fiscal soundness, monetary acuity, and economic stability.
Recommended book: The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, 2024 by Joseph E. Stiglitz
This course will meet in person March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- The Long War Against American Communism Online
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Speaker: Aaron Leonard
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
Beginning at the turn of the century and ending only with communism’s collapse, the U.S. government and major elements in the wider society undertook an unrelenting effort to suppress and criminalize domestic communism. This course tracks those efforts, including the state laws of the 1920s that imprisoned the fledgling communist leadership; the efforts against communists as they fought for unions, racial equality, and the unemployed; the trials and imprisonment of communist leaders; and the extra-legal efforts in the 1960s. Using video footage, documents, and music, this course will illuminate this highly consequential historic period.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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- Virtual Hands-On Indian Cooking Online
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Speaker: Jayashree Iyengar
Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/14/2026
Times: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
This active, hands-on course will cover Indian cooking basics, introduction to Indian breads, South Indian dishes, North Indian dishes, and Indian festival dishes. Upon successful completion of the course, members will become familiar with ingredients used in Indian cooking, comfortably shop at Indian grocery stores, prepare dishes taught in class on their own, and understand differences in Indian regional cooking and dishes.
This course will meet online March 17, 24, 31, April 7, and 14.
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