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NEW 40028 Tuesday Scholar: OLLI Talks - Roseville Library - EARLY START DATE NEW!

Join scholars from area colleges and elsewhere as they share their specialized knowledge and enthusiasm. It’s like hearing your favorite college professors again, without worrying about writing papers or taking finals!

Sep. 17: A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anti-Communists, Racism, and Anti-Semitism at the U of M from 1930–1943. Speaker: Riv-Ellen Prell, emerita professor, American studies, past director, Center for Jewish Studies, U of M
Sep. 24: Stalag Luft III: One Man’s Story. Speaker: Louise Woehrle, award-winning documentary film-maker from Deephaven, MN
Oct. 1: Letters Home: Dakota POWs after the War of 1862. Speaker: Christoper Pexa, author of Translated Nation: Rewriting the Dakota Oyate, 1862–1934
Oct. 8: The End of Prehistory: An Archaeological Perspective. Speaker: Scott Anfinson, former Minnesota state archaeologist (2006–2016), visiting scholar at the U of M
Oct. 15: The Favorable Economics of Solving the Climate Challenge. Speaker: Jay Coggins, professor, applied economics
Oct. 22: Academic Freedom—A Personal History. Speaker: Phillip Adamo teaches history at Augsburg University, where he was named “Minnesota Professor of the Year” for 2015.
Oct. 29: No Class
Nov. 5: No Class
Nov. 12: Somalis in Minnesota: Past and Present. Speaker: Ibrahim Hirsi, journalist and Ph.D. student in immigration history at the U of M
Nov. 19: Terrorists and De-Radicalization: A Minnesota Model. Speaker: Kevin Lowry, retired chief federal probation officer of Minnesota District Court, consultant on issues of terrorism and de-radicalization

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