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Special Presentations

OLLI Special Presentations are lectures that are Free and Open to the Public. We encourage you to attend and to bring with you a friend or neighbor who may not have attended an OLLI course before.

Our lectures are typically 90 minutes in length, with approximately 1 hour of lecture time and 30 for questions and answers. They are usually held on Friday afternoons from 1:30-3:00 pm.

Having Special Presentations, in addition to our regular courses, allows us to schedule short lectures that are of special interest to our members, and may also be on a topic that has come to the forefront in the news, in local interest, or concern.

Examples of recent Special Presentations include: Poets of the Piano, Transforming Adversity into Positive Action, One Drop: Symbolism of the Racial Integrity Act, Life as a Ballerina, The Racial and Ethnic History of Charlottesville, Enola Gay: The Aircraft and the Atomic Mission.

As they are scheduled and confirmed, upcoming OLLI Special Presentations will be listed below.

Presidents and Generals: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief (20SPSP002)
Instructor: Gary Gallagher
Sessions: 1 Dates: 2/5/2020 - 2/5/2020
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Days: W
Course Location: Unity of Charlottesville - Sanctuary
Location Address: 2825 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
Free and Open to the Public!
Course Description:
Gallagher is widely recognized as one of the two or three top historians of the Civil War in the USA. His lecture series for The Teaching Company was the company's top seller among numerous recordings of the nation's most popular university instructors. He is the author of "Presidents and Generals: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief." He is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War and the Emeritus Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History.
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Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, UVA (20SPSP003)
Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer
Sessions: 1 Dates: 3/31/2020 - 3/31/2020
Times: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Days: Tu
Course Location: Unity of Charlottesville - Sanctuary
Location Address: 2825 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
Free and Open to the Public!
Course Description:
Dr. Meyer is a scholar of Greek and Roman political and social history, especially as they intersect with (or are illuminated by) law. Her current research interests include the growth of documentary practice in Roman law and its relationship to literacy, ancient manumission, epigraphic and archival practices.
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Presidents and Generals: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief (20SPSP002)

Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, UVA (20SPSP003)