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In-Person week 15 (May 11 - 15)   

  • Two Grand Narratives: Essentialism to Existentialism and Big History

  • THIS CLASS IS FULL. 
  • Historical narratives are simplifications but necessary ones. Otherwise, as one 19th century English scholar put it, “History becomes just one damn fact after another.” This course will focus on two of the grandest of all historical narratives. First, in the history of ideas, is the long and tortured road from the essentialist thinking of the ancient Greeks to modern existentialism. Second, is the development in recent decades of so-called Big History, which sees ALL history—natural as well as human, and from the Big Bang to current events—as a product of a common evolutionary process. Hold on to your hats!

     

  • Fee: $23.00

    Capacity Remaining: -3

    Dates: 5/11/2026 - 5/13/2026

    Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sessions: 2

    Days: M W

  • Instructor: Tom Keene

    Building: River's Crossing
 

  • The History of Money and an Introduction to Cryptocurrency

  • This class will cover how humans invented and reinvented money—originating from the barter system to the evolution of coins and paper money, to electronic and digital money. It will provide an introduction to cryptocurrency (e.g., Bitcoin), how blockchain works, and the future direction of money.

     

  • Fee: $40.00

    Capacity Remaining: 46

    Dates: 5/12/2026 - 5/12/2026

    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Manoj Saxena

    Building: Trumps Catering
 

  • Multisensory Shakespeare

  • This class explores how East Asian cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare engage multiple senses to articulate women’s experiences and amplify women’s voices within other spaces. By combining sensory analysis with a gendered lens, this study examines how the selected films employ auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory cues to represent female characters’ gendered melancholia, desires, and agency. As the focus shifts from mere visibility, the multisensory emerges as the mechanism through which the other space becomes experientially distinct, shaping the female characters’ lived experiences. Therefore, heterotopia provides the overarching theoretical framework, highlighting how other spaces in the films—whether natural landscapes, palaces, schools, or spaces of solitude—allow women to explore, negotiate, and reflect on their identities beyond socially prescribed roles.

     

  • Fee: $14.00

    Capacity Remaining: 38

    Dates: 5/12/2026 - 5/12/2026

    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Nayoung Bishoff

    Building: River's Crossing
 

  • Wine Tripping through Italy

  • THIS CLASS IS FULL. 
  • Wine production in Italy dates to 4,000 years B.C. on the island of Sicily. There are 11 major wine-producing regions spanning from the Alps in the north all the way to the toe of the boot in the Mediterranean Sea. Please join us as we retrace a recent wine trip to Italy through photos, stories, food, and of course wine. We will begin our journey in Venice and travel west through Gavi, Verona, Lake Garda, and south through Bologna, Florence, Montepulciano, Montecino, and finally Rome. Five two-ounce pours of wine will be presented with a pairing of appropriate cheeses and charcuterie. $40 to be paid on-site to Tapped.

     

  • Fee: $14.00

    Capacity Remaining: -1

    Dates: 5/12/2026 - 5/12/2026

    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Todd Hurt

    Building: Off Site

  • Please note: $40 fee to be paid via credit card onsite on the date of the event (for wines and snacks) See receipt note for address/additional details. This class is sponsored by Debra Plunkett in appreciation of Jake and David Plunkett
 

 

  • Developmental Disabilities: Support for Individuals and their Families

  • This class examines developmental disabilities and the types of supports needed to ensure quality of life for individuals diagnosed with them. Case studies will be presented and discussed, as well as regulations like IDEA and ADA, funding sources (Medicaid, Katie Beckett, NOW/COMP, Children's Medical Services). Natural resources that can be developed (and obstacles to developing them) will be analyzed. Also, local Athens-area supports that are available will be emphasized, and the class will generate ideas on ways each of us can participate to further support individuals in this special population.

     

  • Fee: $14.00

    Capacity Remaining: 39

    Dates: 5/14/2026 - 5/14/2026

    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Th

  • Instructor: Gina Murray

    Building: River's Crossing
 

  • Walking Tour of Historic UGA North Campus

  • THIS CLASS IS FULL. 
  • UGA's iconic North Campus features buildings and spaces - many more than a century old-that are architecturally diverse, aesthetically charming, and rich in history, lore, and legend. Attendees will get a close-up look at these landmarks on a walking tour starting at the Arch and covering much of the North Campus area. We will visit the oldest building in Athens; the beautiful UGA Chapel; the site of the first murder on campus; the charming Founders Memorial Garden; and the field where the first college football game in Georgia was played. The tour will last 90 minutes, entails walking the entire time and climbing up and down steps and on moderate inclines.

     

  • Fee: $14.00

    Capacity Remaining: -2

    Dates: 5/14/2026 - 5/14/2026

    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Th

  • Instructor: Larry Dendy

    Building: Off Site

  • PLEASE NOTE, A SECOND TOUR HAS BEEN ADDED FRIDAY MAY 15 2pm. Please see receipt note for address/additional details.
 

  • When Stars Fell On Georgia: Georgia Meteorites, Impact Craters, and Ejecta Deposits

  • We will examine how geologists recognize and study asteroid and comet impacts in Earth's past. We will also investigate the occurrences of meteorite falls in Georgia including the recent McDonough meteorite. And we will explore the record of much larger impacts preserved in the rocks of our state, including the fallout from the Chesapeake Bay impact 35.5 million years ago that rained down across the Coastal Plain and the enormous 220-kilometer-diameter Roosevelt impact structure that formed more than 800 million years ago when a rock almost 30 kilometers wide penetrated the crust of west-central Georgia.

     

  • Fee: $32.00

    Capacity Remaining: 34

    Dates: 5/15/2026 - 5/29/2026

    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Sessions: 3

    Days: F

  • Instructor: R. Scott Harris

    Building: River's Crossing
 

  • Walking Tour of Historic UGA North Campus

  • UGA's iconic North Campus features buildings and spaces - many more than a century old-that are architecturally diverse, aesthetically charming, and rich in history, lore, and legend. Attendees will get a close-up look at these landmarks on a walking tour starting at the Arch and covering much of the North Campus area. We will visit the oldest building in Athens; the beautiful UGA Chapel; the site of the first murder on campus; the charming Founders Memorial Garden; and the field where the first college football game in Georgia was played. The tour will last 90 minutes, entails walking the entire time and climbing up and down steps and on moderate inclines.

     

  • Fee: $14.00

    Capacity Remaining: 11

    Dates: 5/15/2026 - 5/15/2026

    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: F

  • Instructor: Larry Dendy

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