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NEW! Emma, A Novel by Jane Austen
Instructor: Evelyn Edson
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Day of the Week: Th
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Dates: 4/9/2026 - 4/30/2026
Number of class sessions in this course: 4
Fee: $52.00
Course Location: Christ Church Glendower, St. Anne’s Parish, Glendo (opens in new tab) - Meeting Room
Location Address: 900 Glendower Rd Scottsville, VA 24590
Limit: 15
Course Description:
The novel, a work of prose fiction in an unheroic setting, came to maturity in the 19th century. Not only were many of the most outstanding works written by women, but majority of their audience was also female. Jane Austen, one of these novelists, is still widely read and admired today. “Emma,” her last major work, centers on the title character about whom Austen remarked,” I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.” The opening sentence of the novel: “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich with a comfortable home and a happy disposition... had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with little to distress or vex her.” The reader can imagine that this is about to change.
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This opportunity begins 3/17/2026.
Online registration for this program is currently closed.
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Call the OLLI Office at 434‑923‑3600 to register. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
There are 3 seats available.
- Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/21/2026
- Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
- Days: Tu
- Fee: $78.00
- Course Location: Homewood Suites (opens in new tab) - Albemarle Room
- Location Address: 2036 India Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Description: Brainspan — extending how long our mind stays sharp, steady, and capable. Participants will build a personalized Cognitive Health Scorecard to guide long-term resilience. This six-week course explores how the brain ages and what the latest science shows about protecting memory, function, balance, and clarity. We’ll distinguish normal vs abnormal cognitive changes and focus on practical, hands-on, evidence-based prevention strategies. Each session includes fun, active, self-assessments, and take-home activities.
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This opportunity begins 3/12/2026.
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There are -9 seats available.
- Dates: 3/12/2026 - 4/2/2026
- Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
- Days: Th
- Fee: $52.00
- Course Location: WTJU-UVA's Community Radio Station (opens in new tab) - WTJU Radio Station
- Location Address: 2244 Ivy Road , VA 22903
- *WTJU is the University of Virginia's radio station. It is a working radio station. Please know the seats are wood, you may wish to bring a seat cushion with you.
Description: At the time of the death of the Apostle Paul sometime in the first century of the Christian Era, there was no Christian church. Instead, there were small, isolated congregations scattered throughout the ancient world. Not all believers accepted the same faith, and indeed there was one school that viewed the new faith as little more than a sect of Judaism. In this series of lectures, we will explore how these diffuse groupings of believers evolved into what became the Christian church, with millions of adherents.
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This opportunity begins 2/13/2026.
Online registration for this program is currently closed.
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Call the OLLI Office at 434‑923‑3600 to register. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
There are 1 seats available.
- Dates: 2/13/2026 - 4/24/2026
- Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Days: F
- Fee: $78.00
- Course Location: OLLI at UVA (opens in new tab) - Terrace Level
- Location Address: 1 Morton Drive, Terrace Level Charlottesville, VA 22903
- *Meets Every Other Week
Description: This course is an introduction to how and why nation states behave toward each other the way they do. We will look at the four drivers of international relations—need, greed, gumption, and guns—and how they compel nations to vie for, challenge, and give in to power. We will also look at how the impact of modern technology—in weaponry, transportation, communications and now intelligent machines—affect the struggle for power. Finally, we will examine the conditions under which it might be possible to have a world ‘at peace’.
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This opportunity begins 2/16/2026.
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Call the OLLI Office at 434‑923‑3600 to register. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
There are 3 seats available.
- Dates: 2/16/2026 - 4/6/2026
- Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Days: M
- Fee: $91.00
- Course Location: OLLI at UVA (opens in new tab) - Terrace Level
- Location Address: 1 Morton Drive, Terrace Level Charlottesville, VA 22903
Description: Time travel? Nope! We are talking about failed civilizations in the past and the likely fate of today’s global civilization, if we do not mend our ways. In the past, regional civilizations were founded when groups of people settled in regions of the planet favorable for agriculture and rich in other natural resources. Time after time, each civilization collapsed when their population grew sufficiently to exceed the carrying capacity of their environment, deplete their resources, and alter the local climate. Sound familiar? We’re following a similar pattern that gives scholars reason to believe our global civilization is headed for collapse, which will prove to be cruel and might become everlasting, unless we mend our ways. We will review indicators that this is happening and discuss why it is happening and the cooperative actions we need to take on a global scale and the urgency we need to take them, if we are to move onto a path of sustainability and preserve our planet as a welcoming home for future generations.
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This opportunity begins 3/19/2026.
Online registration for this program is currently closed.
- Online registration closes one week before the start date to allow time for preparation, and/or
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Call the OLLI Office at 434‑923‑3600 to register. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
There are 22 seats available.
Description: As a citizen of the Renaissance Shakespeare copies Aristotle in the belief that humans fulfill their potential only within a civilized society. With this, human error often results from an excess in either eros—the sensual appetites—or thumos, the noble anger that manifests as arrogance. Within this worldview, Shakespeare likes to remind us that age and wisdom are often not the best of friends. We will examine this idea with three older characters: Sir John Falstaff (from Henry IV Parts One and Two), King Lear, and Prospero (from The Tempest). Though reading the plays will enhance understanding and discussion, it is not required, as the instructor will provide thorough background and many excerpts during class time.
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