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- An American Internment NEW!
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Fee: $59.00
Dates: 1/9/2024 - 2/13/2024
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 6
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 106
Instructor: Marleen Ramsey
Through the novel My Mother Told Me Stories, we will study and remember an American people whose story is not often told: the story of how Japanese Americans were treated as enemies of America in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Caught up in a conflict beyond their control, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were required to give up their homes, businesses, and lives without complaint – solely on the basis of their ancestry – and were incarcerated for the duration of the war. In this class, we will explore the historical and cultural impact of the times as well as the themes of "gaman" (enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity), friendship, forgiveness, and the enduring love of family.
Required Texts:
- Ramsey, I.M. My Mother Told Me Stories. Dorrance Publishing Co., 2023. ISBN: 9798888122112.
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- Columbia Plateau Indigenous Art NEW!
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Discover the past through the indigenous art of the Columbia Plateau! Join collector and author Fred Mitchell on a private foray into his vast collection of artifacts, art, and photographs – expanding on the content in his book Plateau Pictorial Beadwork: The Fred L. Mitchell Collection – to tell the compelling story of the native peoples of our region. This exclusive experience offers a unique confluence of history, art, and a collector's insight – an unmissable journey through time and culture.
Suggested Texts:
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Mitchell, Fred. Plateau Pictorial Beadwork: The Fred L. Mitchell Collection. Photographs by Steven L. Grafe, Tim Young, LeRoy Grafe. Dusty Stars Incorporated/Chesnimnus Press, 2021. ISBN: 9780578836102.
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- Essays of Montaigne
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 1/10/2024 - 3/13/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 10
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 106
Instructor: Pat Henry
Over a period of 20 years, Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) wrote a myriad of essays spanning such topics as education, death, dying, torture, friendship, imagination, solitude, skepticism, inconstancy, vanity, witchcraft, love, sex, politics, and more. In this class, we will read and discuss the most important of his essays, seeing which of his ideas remained constant and which evolved over time. By the end, you’ll have discovered how Montaigne epitomizes Renaissance secular thinking and heralds the modern world.
Required texts: de Montaigne, Michel. The Complete Essays of Montaigne. Stanford University Press, 1958. ISBN: 9780804704861).
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- Family History Workshop
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Fee: $99.00
Dates: 1/10/2024 - 3/13/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 9
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Computer Lab 115
Instructor: Donna Cummins
You are invited to join us on a family history journey! Since genealogy is an ever-evolving field of study, this class will have something for seasoned researchers and those new to the field alike. During the course of your studies, you will improve your skills and discover the latest technologies and tools. You will also learn how to use online trees, set research goals, and gain a basic grasp of DNA research. While such research can be a serious pursuit, come prepared for an approach that's not just effective, but also fun!
Required Texts:
- MacEntee, Thomas. The Genealogy Do-Over Workbook. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. ISBN: 9781523266968.
Required Materials: USB/flash drive.
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- Friday Films
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Fee: $99.00
Dates: 1/12/2024 - 3/15/2024
Times: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 10
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Remington
Explore a series of thematically-related films. We'll engage in lively discussions as we analyze the films and our responses to them, while developing a sense of each film's creation, impact, and place in history.
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- Jewish Resistance vs. the Nazis
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Fee: $99.00
Dates: 1/8/2024 - 2/26/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 106
Instructor: Pat Henry
Despite the still-active myth of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust, Jewish people resisted the Nazis in every way possible, violently and nonviolently, in the ghettos, forests, concentration camps, death camps, and all countries occupied by the Germans. We will watch and discuss six films that deal with this resistance: The Pianist, Defiance, The Grey Zone, Korczak, Defiant Requiem, and Resistance: They Fought Back.
Suggested Texts: Henry, Patrick. Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis. The Catholic University of America Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780813225890.
No class held 1/15 or 2/19.
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- Quest Reads!
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Fee: $59.00
Dates: 1/2/2024 - 2/6/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 6
Room: HLTH SCI (E) Classroom 1836
Instructor: Rogers Miles
Join our community of Quest readers! Meet weekly and discuss a book under the guidance of an experienced facilitator. In some years, we'll trade insights with other communities of readers like undergraduates at Whitman College or inmates at Washington State Penitentiary. We'll have friendly debates and reflections where you'll get to learn what others got out of the book, and maybe even walk out with a different perspective.
Required Texts:
- Boyd, Valerie. Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Scribner, 2004. ISBN: 9780743253291.
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- The Roberts Court: What the...? NEW!
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 1/4/2024 - 3/7/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 206
Instructor: Tom Scribner
The Roberts Court has overruled "Roe v Wade;" expanded gun rights; found section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional; ended affirmative action; expanded protection of religious practices; limited Congressional delegation of authority to executive agencies; and allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections. At the same time, the Roberts Court found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage; validated Obamacare; and preserved section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In this class, we will discuss cases dealing with all of the above; the shadow docket; the Chevron Doctrine; and what it means to be a conservative or liberal Supreme Court justice. By the end of the class, you will be better equipped with the tools to assess for yourself the Roberts Court.
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- Florence in the Renaissance
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 9/25/2023 - 12/11/2023
Times: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 10
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 214
Instructor: Claire Valente
Are you ready to immerse yourself in one of the greatest periods in human history? Join us in examining the history and culture of Florence from 1330 to 1550, with special emphasis placed on the writers, artists, and philosophers whose works embodied humanism and helped bring about modernity. Together, we will begin our journey with Dante and Petrarch; face the devastation of the plague; learn of banking and the Medici; follow the Baptistry competition; engage in civic humanism and the teachings of Machiavelli; contemplate Neoplatonism and Botticelli; mourn Savonarola's Bonfire of the Vanities; and admire the greatest of them all, Michelangelo.
Required Texts:
- The Italian Renaissance Reader. Julia Conaway Bondanella (Editor), Mark Musa (Editor). Plume, 1987. ISBN: 9780452010130.
No class held 10/9 & 11/20.
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- Friday Films
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 9/29/2023 - 12/8/2023
Times: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 9
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Remington
Explore a series of thematically-related films. We'll engage in lively discussions as we analyze the films and our responses to them, while developing a sense of each film's creation, impact, and place in history.
No class held 11/10 & 11/24.
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- Liberalism: Hits and Misses
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $59.00
Dates: 11/14/2023 - 12/12/2023
Times: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Jamison
"Liberalism" is a word that is hard not to encounter these days - but for all we hear it thrown around, what does it truly mean, both in theory and in practice? In this class, we will take a historian's view of the gradual rise of liberalism through world history, exploring its links with both creativity and science. We will delve deep into various supporters' modes of thinking about life, problems, economics, religion and ethics. We'll also examine examples of liberalism in history, the opposition it has faced from the right and the left alike, and the relationship between liberalism and conservatism to identify both its greatest successes and its greatest failures.
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