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Dr. Gordon will present an overview of the brief life of Flannery O'Connor, insights into her fiction, and commentary on her life in Milledgeville, with special focus on Andalusia, where the writer spent her most productive years.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 90
Dates: 10/21/2024 - 10/21/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Sarah Gordon
Building: Online via Zoom
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Filmed in 2020 and premiered at the Little White House on April 12, 2021, A President in Our Midst has won several awards for excellence. Created in collaboration with Georgia Humanities, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and Georgia State University TV, this one-hour documentary received the Bronze Telly in 2022 and Southern Film Festival's Best documentary in 2021. The film, based on the book by Kaye Minchew and published by UGA Press, was filmed throughout Georgia and tells the story of FDR's relationship to the state. Minchew, Executive Producer Dan White, and Roosevelt's great-grandson, Haven Luke, will discuss FDR and Georgia.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 25
Dates: 11/15/2024 - 11/15/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Kaye Minchew, Dan White, Haven Luke
Building: River's Crossing
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“Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” This is how Winston Churchill described the Battle of Britain. It was one of the turning points of World War II. If Great Britain had not survived this battle, the war might have had a different outcome. Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots are the most famous participants in the battle, but many others were involved and were just as important. This class provides an operational overview and a broad view of the strategic situation at the beginning and end of the battle.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 24
Dates: 12/12/2024 - 12/12/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Instructor: John Roeder
Building: River's Crossing
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Visit Cartersville, GA, with your OLLI friends in the fall to see: Booth Western Art Museum The Booth’s permanent collection of Western art and Presidential portraits and letters allows visitors to “See America’s Story” – the land, people, struggles, dreams, and legends – in paintings, sculpture, photography and artifacts. Etowah Indian Mounds Home to several thousand Native Americans from 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D., this 54-acre site protects six earthen mounds, a plaza, village site, borrow pits and defensive ditch. Etowah Mounds is the most intact Mississippian Culture site in the Southeast. Lunch will be provided at the S’Wheat Market Deli Luxury coach transportation (with snacks and rest stops)
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Fee: $140.00
Capacity Remaining: 20
Dates: 9/19/2024 - 9/19/2024
Times: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Building: Off Site
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Colonel Saul will present a short history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which consisted of volunteers who formed the segregated Japanese-American army combat unit. Over 12,000 Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) volunteers answered the call. 2,686 from Hawaii and 1,500 from mainland U.S. internment camps assembled at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in 1943 for a year of infantry training. Many soldiers from the continental U.S. had families in internment camps in the USA while they fought abroad. The 442nd fought in some of the fiercest battles of WW II and became the highest decorated unit in the war. The unit's motto was "Go for Broke."
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 27
Dates: 10/9/2024 - 10/9/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Lawrence Saul
Building: River's Crossing
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Dr. Harvey will describe his early teenage experiences of living in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and his childhood years in the Bukovina region of Romania, once the easternmost area of the Austrian monarchy. He will also discuss his 3 periods as a refugee, culminating in his leaving Europe for the U.S. under the auspices of the Displaced Persons Program.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 20
Dates: 11/8/2024 - 11/8/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Curt Harvey
Building: River's Crossing
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A brief history of the US and Allied efforts to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WW II, with an emphasis on the strategic goals, the strategies, the personalities, and the various battles and campaigns that brought about ultimate victory.
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Fee: $30.00
Capacity Remaining: 26
Dates: 10/16/2024 - 10/30/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 3
Days: W
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Instructor: Lawrence Saul
Building: River's Crossing
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From hard rubber to flashing plastic, the spinning disc has been the standard for storing music. Sorry 8-Track fans, that's just how it was before Spotify. Join Athens Magic Lantern for an overview of the early days of recorded sound, loudly accented by an overview of the history of popular music played on . 25-pound mahogany and cast-iron wonder of portable entertainment, the Victor VV-50 Portable. (It was $50 at Victor dealers everywhere in 1922 but is now $935 in 2024 dollars). Featuring a special digression on Athens's greatest musical genius, Robert Cole Jr.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 39
Dates: 11/22/2024 - 11/22/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Steven Brown, Beth Brown
Building: River's Crossing
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Because hospitals are so central to modern medicine, we tend to assume they were a constant presence in history as well, but the hospital has been a much more fluid entity over time. For example, if a train wreck in the 1800s resulted in multiple cases of injury, only some of the victims might be taken to a hospital, and they would not necessarily be the most seriously injured. Find out why in this session where we’ll explore who went to the hospital in the past and what happened there.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 28
Dates: 10/14/2024 - 10/14/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Nan McMurry
Building: River's Crossing
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Thurmond invites guests to immerse themselves in dialogue along with questions and answers. He encourages exploration into James Oglethorpe's transformation, sparking reflections on the intricate dynamics of history and human evolution. By delving into Oglethorpe's journey from privilege to advocacy, Thurmond ignites discussions on the complexities of societal change and the power of individual enlightenment. Through Thurmond's meticulous research and compelling storytelling, guests are invited to dissect Georgia's historical intricacies, while celebrating Oglethorpe's role in the fledgling abolitionist movement. The luncheon becomes a platform for shared insights, fostering a deeper understanding of the past and its implications for the present.
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Fee: $33.00
Capacity Remaining: 37
Dates: 11/19/2024 - 11/19/2024
Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Tu
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Instructor: Michael Thurmond
Building: Trumps Catering
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The session will focus on events leading to U.S. involvement in Vietnam culminating in an avoidable war with more than two million casualties, including 58,000 Americans. There will be a discussion of the French colonial era, the rise of Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh, South Vietnamese politics, and U.S. policy decisions. There will also be a detailed examination of the conduct of the war, with an emphasis on tactical decisions leading to heavy casualties among Americans and their communist opponents. This will be an interactive session soliciting questions and comments.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 94
Dates: 11/12/2024 - 11/12/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Tu
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Instructor: Ed Linz
Building: Online via Zoom
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The presentation and its accompanying outline review the main medical problems and diseases encountered by the U.S. Army Medical Department during the Vietnam War (1965-1972), and reviews the treatment of them. It also addresses the heroin epidemic and its management and the consequences thereof. The block of instruction is based on the experience of the examiner himself.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 35
Dates: 11/8/2024 - 11/8/2024
Times: 12:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Thomas Kias
Building: River's Crossing
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For several years Linda has been assisting with research for the Historic Atlas of Oglethorpe County. She was amazed to learn how important its contributions were to the early state of Georgia. The last Royal Governor of Georgia, James Wright, negotiated a treaty with the Cherokee and the Creek to give up land in exchange for forgiveness of their debts. This treaty, known as the Augusta Treaty of 1773, encompassed part of what is now Oglethorpe County. Oglethorpe's importance continued until the fall of "King Cotton."
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 30
Dates: 8/21/2024 - 8/21/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Linda Bishop
Building: River's Crossing
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In preparation for a day trip to the Freedom Rider National Monument in Anniston, Alabama, in February, this two-session class includes the viewing of the PBS documentary, Freedom Riders, and a subsequent presentation on the controversial struggle to commemorate the attack on the Riders that took place at the Anniston bus station in May 1961. The community had refused to acknowledge the attack and bus burning which resulted in national and international headlines even though 50 years later the bus station and surrounding area looked exactly as it did that day in 1961.
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Fee: $21.00
Capacity Remaining: 34
Dates: 12/10/2024 - 12/12/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Days: Tu Th
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Instructor: Betsy Bean
Building: River's Crossing
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In October 2022, a U.S. government commission created by Congress in 2021 submitted three reports on the naming of items belonging to the Department of Defense that commemorated or honored either the Confederate States of America or anyone who voluntarily served the CSA. This course provides the historical context of how those southern bases acquired such names in the early twentieth century. This class will consist of three monthly 1-hour lectures: 1) Base Names in the WW1 Era 2) A Black Soldier's Best Chance 3) Base names in the WW2 Era
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Fee: $30.00
Capacity Remaining: 98
Dates: 10/18/2024 - 12/13/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sessions: 3
Days: F
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Instructor: Kate Dahlstrand
Building: Online via Zoom
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Everyone knows that the Classic City is the birthplace of several prominent bands including the B-52s, REM, and Widespread Panic, to name a few. But what was it like before that? Take a trip down memory lane and see what the local music scene was like in the 1950s and 1960s. The presentation will include rare newspaper advertisements, posters, and stories about the early bands that emerged from Athens and traveled the Southeast. And participants will hear little-known stories of the role the University's social organizations played in social and political change on campus and beyond
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 33
Dates: 11/12/2024 - 11/12/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Tu
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Instructor: Chris Jones
Building: UGA Campus at Gwinnett
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Rome was not built in a day, and the Roman Republic did not fall in a day, but was the decline due to one person or was it a longer continuation of events? This class will cover the people and events that shaped the changes that led to the fall of the Roman Republic and the formation of the Roman Empire
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Fee: $30.00
Capacity Remaining: 27
Dates: 11/8/2024 - 11/22/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 3
Days: F
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Instructor: Timothy Meehan
Building: River's Crossing
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Rome was not built in a day, and the Roman Republic did not fall in a day, but was the decline due to one person or was it a longer continuation of events? This class will cover the people and events that shaped the changes that led to the fall of the Roman Republic and the formation of the Roman Empire
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Fee: $30.00
Capacity Remaining: 97
Dates: 11/8/2024 - 11/22/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 3
Days: F
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Instructor: Timothy Meehan
Building: Online via Zoom
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The French Revolution, 1789-1798, wasn't just one revolution; it was four or five of them, stacked on top of one another in a single decade. From Marie Antoinette to Robespierre to Napoleon, the fascinating characters abound. Adding to the impact, the drama took place mostly in Paris, then the intellectual and cultural capital of the western world. The French Revolution not only gave the word “revolution” its modern meaning, our use of “left” and “right” to denote political categories also comes directly from it, as does that most hazardous of all political ideologies – modern Nationalism. This discussion should be fun!
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Fee: $21.00
Capacity Remaining: 9
Dates: 12/9/2024 - 12/11/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 2
Days: M W
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Instructor: Tom Keene
Building: River's Crossing
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In just over one hundred and fifty years - 1543 to 1704 - a series of great minds transformed the way we think about nature - and, in doing so, laid the intellectual foundation for modern society. Happily for us, the key figures in the Scientific Revolution - Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, etc. – were also wonderfully eccentric individuals! This course will explore their "distinctive" personalities as well as relishing the beauty and excitement of their transformative ideas.
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Fee: $21.00
Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 9/11/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Days: M W
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Instructor: Tom Keene
Building: River's Crossing
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