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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.

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.

How the Civil War Generation Wanted Us to Remember Their War () NEW!
Instructor: Caroline Janney
Sessions: 1 Dates: 7/31/2020 - 7/31/2020 WEBINAR
Times: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Free and Open to the Public!
Course Description:
That is the topic for our next jointly sponored monthly program of the History Club and OLLI (scheduled for July 31 at 10:30 AM). Thanks to Zoom, you can watch and participate in the comfort of your home. UVA History professor Caroline Janney will discuss the subject and welcome your questions and comments. In view of all the excitement and debate these days about Civil War icons, monuments, and statues, this presentation on history is obviously relevant. Professor Janney will examine the efforts of Union and Confederates, white and black, men and women to memorialize the most momentous event in their life. She will describe the things these groups had in common as well as how they diverged, focusing on the question of whether reconciliation between the regions ever happened. Her presentation will be supported with photos and other images.
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Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA (SU20SP002) NEW!
Instructor: Shelley Murphy
Sessions: 1 Dates: 8/12/2020 - 8/12/2020 WEBINAR
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Course Location: Online -
Location Address: , VA
Free and Open to the Public!
Course Description:
This Special Presentation will provide an overview of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA and tips on how to conduct logical genealogical research in finding descendants of those ancestors who were enslaved. Included will be a basic understanding of the genealogy research and resources that are available. Attendees also will be introduced to research strategies such as SO WHAT! and building public/private trees and timelines.
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How the Civil War Generation Wanted Us to Remember Their War () NEW!

Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA (SU20SP002) NEW!