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Learning programs for adults age 50 and better
at the University of Pittsburgh
Fall 2021 In-person + Online
Course Catalog
It’s Time for You!
REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 • PHONE REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY, JULY 23, 2021
Fall 2021 Term
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of Pittsburgh
TABLE OF CONTENTS DATES AND DEADLINES
Welcome 3 August 27 University audit courses begin
Membership and August 30 OLLI Session 1 begins
Registration 4
September 6 Labor Day, no classes
Scholarships 5
September 7 Rosh Hashanah, no classes
Schedule at-a-glance 6, 7
September 10 Last day to add/drop audit courses
Courses by topic 8, 9
OLLI Session 1 Courses 10 September 16 Yom Kippur, no classes
OLLI Session 2 Courses 18 October 7 OLLI Session 1 ends
Lectures, Special Events 25, 26 October 18 OLLI Session 2 begins
How to Audit Undergraduate November 20 OLLI Session 2 ends
Courses 27
November 25, 26 Thanksgiving holiday, University closed
General Information/Policies 28
December 23– University closes for winter break
Instructor Biographies 29 January 1
About OLLI
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is a program in the College of General Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh. Established in 2005, it is supported by the Bernard Osher Foundation
and is one of 123 OLLIs located on college campuses throughout the United States. The National
Resource Center for Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, located at the Northwestern University,
provides technical assistance to the OLLI programs across the country.
Mission/Purpose
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute aspires to create a dedicated intellectual environment for
older adult students, nurturing a lifelong passion for learning. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
fosters lifelong learning through courses and programs that engage the learner, provide social
interaction, and enrich lives. OLLI’s faculty, which includes University of Pittsburgh professors and
retired faculty, challenge participants to understand the cultural forces of today, to interact socially
and intellectually with one another, and to live empowered lives.
WELCOME
to OLLI at Pitt!
If you are age 50 or better and have
a curious mind, join us!
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the
University of Pittsburgh offers learning opportunities
designed specifically for older adult learners.
Reasonable membership fees and generous financial
assistance make OLLI membership possible for anyone
who would like to join us. Upon becoming a member,
you have immediate access to courses, special classes,
lectures, and events.
In the Fall 2021 term we will be carefully adjusting
back to having some in-person courses and events, as
well as continuing to have online courses. Our excellent
teachers are from the University and also from the
diverse and talent-filled Pittsburgh area and beyond.
OLLI at Pitt members want you to know that they
are a welcoming and friendly group. No previous
affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh and no
college experience is needed to become a member.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
It’s Time for YOU!
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Membership and Registration
An active OLLI membership is required to register for courses
How to Register
Choose your membership Due to current circumstances, members and
Annual Membership – $225 interested individuals should register online at:
(Covers Fall 2021, Spring 2022 and https://www.campusce.net/ollipitt/
Summer 2022 Terms)
1. SIGN IN to the OLLI Registration website using your
Term Membership – $125 username and password— OR—create an account if you
(Covers Fall 2021 Term) do not already have one. Click on the Sign In link in the
upper right-hand side of the page. (After putting in your
2nd Installment Membership – $100 username and password, you will know you are signed in
(for those who purchased a term membership if “Welcome, ” appears after logging in
in Summer 2021, this option adds two additional at the upper left corner of the page under the OLLI logo.)
terms to your membership—Fall 2021 and 2. If you have been a member, go to “My Account” and
Spring 2022.) then “My Membership”. Review your memberships to
see if there is a membership that will not expire until
Once courses begin on August 30, 2021, there during or after the Fall 2021 term. An expiration date
will be no refunds issued for membership payments after Sept. 1, 2021 means you do not need to renew yet.
unless OLLI cancels the term.
3. Proceed to Home Page and the Renew/Become a
Membership includes access to unlimited in Member area. ADD a membership to your cart if you
person and online OLLI courses, lectures, special need to purchase a membership.
events and groups. Waiting lists for courses may 4. Next, proceed to review courses of interest (From
apply depending on popularity, subject matter, Homepage click on OLLI Session #1, Session #2 or OLLI
or, if the course is in person, the physical size of Courses by Topic. Locate a desired course and click on
the classroom assigned. Additionally, membership “ADD TO CART.” (Note: you can review courses by day
includes two preapproved undergraduate of week and/or topic on the registration website.) If you
courses for auditing. The University’s Fall 2021 do NOT see the blue ADD TO CART button, you are
term undergraduate courses are planned to be either not signed into your account, or need to add a
in person. membership type to your cart prior to selecting courses
or registration has not yet begun.
5. If more courses are desired after you add a course to
your shopping cart, click: “CONTINUE SHOPPING” to
locate additional courses and add to your shopping cart.
6. After all courses have been selected, go to your
shopping cart to complete the check-out process and
pay for your membership, if necessary. Be sure to click
through ALL Screens until completion of the process and
the payment page, if necessary.
NOTE: If you do not see an “Add to Cart” button under
In the Fall 2021 term a course, there are three possible reasons. 1) Registration
we will be carefully adjusting has not begun yet. 2) You are a paid, current member and
have not signed in. (Check for “Welcome YourFirstName”
back to having some in-person in the top left-hand corner of the screen) 3) You are not a
current member or your membership is expired and you
courses and events, as well have not added a membership selection to your cart FIRST,
as continuing to have before adding a course.
online courses. Difficulties?
If there are any difficulties with registrations, please leave
a message on our main phone line: 412-624-7308 or
REGISTER AT: WWW.CAMPUSCE.NET/OLLIPITT/ email us at osher@pitt.edu. Please know that our office is
working remotely and will have to return your phone call.
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Covid-19 Policy
While OLLI is set to resume some Choose your favorite courses based
in person activities for fall term, on the topics, days, and times that
University guidelines are in place to
prevent the spread of Covid-19 and interest you!
create a safe and healthy environment
Courses are offered for your exploration,
for everyone. Additionally, other
enjoyment, or academic interests.
facilities where OLLI courses are held
may have their own Covid-19 policies. Academic – these courses are like
All in-person courses are offered with undergraduate college courses with the
the understanding that they may be instructor lecturing most of the time.
transitioned to an online course at any Exploration – more “hands on” oriented
time due to the status of coronavirus. courses: OR may be an academic topic primarily
If this should occur, we will prepare to taught through interactive group discussion and practice.
move the course online. There will be Enjoyment – most of class is spent with the students discussing the
no refunds if this occurs as members topic, practicing a skill, or the primary purpose is for group sharing
can continue a course online if the and discussion.
need presents. All OLLI members who
attend any OLLI course or event, on
or off campus, or are on campus for
any reason must follow the University’s
or other facilities’ Covid-19 policies.
Those who chose not to follow
policies will be removed from the
course and possibly suspended from
the program.
Add Us to Your List
of Email Contacts
Make sure you add osher@pitt.edu Scholarships Awards: Scholarship awards
range from $50 - $100 per term.
and osher@olli.pitt.edu to your list of Everyone should have the Notification of your award and the
email contacts! By adding our email opportunity to enjoy and amount of the award will be sent
addresses to your list of contacts, participate in stimulating lifelong within two weeks of receipt of your
you will ensure that you receive the learning. Scholarships for the application. Please contact the office
weekly, member exclusive, OLLI at Pitt Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to receive a scholarship application
(OLLI) are based on financial need and for more information by
Updates eNewsletter in your inbox. If
and are awarded to people age emailing osher@pitt.edu.
you don’t, our newsletter and possibly
50 and older who are interested
your online course access emails may in attending our program. The
land in your junk/spam emails. NEW:
scholarships partially offset the
Email is the primary way we have cost of OLLI membership. All OLLI The Baldwin Project
of informing you of special events members pay something toward a A generous donor has
and courses that come up after the membership, but our awards can provided funds specifically to
catalog has been published. It is also make OLLI possible for those who provide scholarships to reduce
might not otherwise be able to join. membership fees for black men
the way you receive course access that may need assistance and
information for online courses. Every Financial assistance is for one term who are underrepresented in
email provider has a different way of and must be applied for each term. OLLI’s membership. The donor
adding contacts. A simple application form is used requested the fund be named
and must be entirely completed “The Baldwin Project”. To join
Remember to contact the OLLI office to receive consideration. All OLLI using this fund, please
if you have a change in your email scholarship applications for Fall contact us at osher@pitt.edu or
address. term 2021 must be received by call us at 412-624-7308.
Wednesday August 25, 2021.
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OLLI Session 1 • Monday, August 30–Thursday, October 7
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE FALL 2021 (• INDICATES IN-PERSON COURSE)
morning
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
9–10 a.m. 10–11 a.m. 9–10 a.m. 10–11:30 a.m. 10–11:30 a.m.
Better Balance! Steady Dance and Be Fit • Gentle Yoga Drawing: The First Step Earthquakes, Volcanoes
and Strong Roland Ford Jill Clary Melissa Tai and Plate Tectonics
Diane Markovitz 10–11:30 a.m. 9:30–11:30 a.m. Frederick Douglass: Stephen Lindberg
10–11:30 a.m. Art Critique The Art of the Print: Bondage and Freedom The History of Food 2
American Sign Language 2 Melissa Tai History and Practice Clifford Johnson Julia Hudson-Richards
Sharon Serbin Beginning Level French: Ann Rosenthal The Law and Social Change The Twilight of Empires:
Exploring the Hebrew Bible Communication Strategies 10–11:30 a.m. David DeFazio Europe Before World War 1
Jason Von Ehrenkrook Cathleen Sendek-Sapp Influential First Ladies The Life and Works of Jared Day
Fun Fall Gardening Japanese Culture and John Burt J.R.R. Tolkien The World Changes:
Doug Oster Civilization: Part 1 Order and Chaos Alan Irvine Science Out of Darkness
Introductory Creative Yuko Eguchi Wright Orin James Memoir with a Twist Abby Mendelson
Writing: Prose Racism in Britain and Laurie McMillan
Ann Hultberg Western Europe 10–11:50 a.m. 10–11:50 a.m.
The Development of Young Intermediate French Exploration:
10–11:50 a.m. Ralph Bangs CANCELED
Orphanage Children: Issues Speaking in the Present Tense •
Paul and the First Christians • They Died with Their Boots On: in Practice & Policy • Cathleen Sendek-Sapp
Rebecca Denova Custer, the Battle of Little Big
CANCELED
Horn, and Hollywood
Christina Groark and Robert
McCall
Plato and the Sophists •
Gregory Strom L. Jon Grogan
Unmasking Our Emotions • SATURDAY
10–11:50 a.m. Sam Lonich 9–10 a.m.
Hiking for Wild Edibles • Zumba Gold
Melissa Sokulski 10:15–11:15 a.m. Lisa Sobek
Chakra Yoga All Levels
Jill Clary 10–11:50 a.m.
Photo Shoot and Walk •
Germaine Watkins
afternoon
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:30 p.m.
Beginner Spanish Advanced Intermediate Advanced Beginner Spanish Advanced Conversational
Karen Goldman French Exploration: Maria Franco de Gomez Spanish
Julius Caesar: The Play Miscellaneous Topics The Network Society Maria Franco de Gomez
for Power Cathleen Sendek-Sapp Javier Vázquez-D’Elía Demystifying Common
Alan Stanford Understanding Scottish Medical Conditions:
Muslims in the Neighborhood History 1–2:50 p.m. A Layperson’s Guide
Saima Sitwat Peter Gilmore Brief Tour of Asian Thought • Dolores Gonthier
Women Writers of the First Joseph Givvin Why Tutankhamen?
Watercolors with Six Tubes:
Series 1 World War Tim Ziaukas
Bridget Keown 1:30–3:20 p.m.
Elaine Bergstrom Boosting Your Immune System: Women in Early America
3–4:30 p.m. What’s the Research Say? • Joan Gundersen
1–2:50 p.m. Tullia Bruno
The Final Years and Collapse How Drugs and Vaccines
of the Soviet Union • are Developed
Daniel Normolle 3–4:30 p.m.
Chuck Hier Louis Armstrong: The King
American Poverty Policies, The Right to Freedom of Jazz
Portrayals and Protest • of Movement Robert Joyce
James Kelly Rachel Travis
Myth and Science, Part 1:
CANCELED
Myth •
George Borg
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OLLI Session 2 • Monday, October 18–Friday, November 19
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE FALL 2021 (• INDICATES IN-PERSON COURSE)
morning
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
10–11:30 a.m. 10 –11 a.m. 9–10 a.m. 10–11:30 a.m. 10–11:30 a.m.
American Sign Language 2 Dance and Be Fit • Gentle Yoga (continued) Drawing: The First Step Influential Secretaries
(continued) (continued) (continued) of State
Beyond Church: Sects and 9:30–11:30 a.m. Cuba: From 1492 to Today John Burt
Cults in America 10–11:30 a.m. The Art of the Print History and José Juves Junkie: Literature of Addiction
Sandra Collins Art Critique Practice (continued) Abby Mendelson
(continued) James Baldwin: Living in Fire
Race, Class, and Education in 10–11:30 a.m. Ken Boas Poetry Book Club–Bending
Pittsburgh Beginning Level French: the Genre
Communication Strategies Demystifying Digital Marketing: Surviving an Infodemic:
Richard Wertheimer Protecting Yourself as an Online Finding and Evaluating Jen Ashburn
(continued )
Consumer Health Information Online
10–11:50 a.m. A History of Modern France
CANCELED Melinda Burdette Rebekah Miller and 10–11:50 a.m.
Classical Myth in Art • Louise Mayo Rachel Suppok Intermediate French
David Brumble From Cause to Effect: The Exploration: Speaking in
Japanese Culture and Philosophy of Causation
Understanding the Immune Civilization: Part 2 the Present Tense •
Annika Froese (continued)
System and How It Relates to Yuko Eguchi Wright
Your Health • World War I and the Shaping
Study Group on a Community of the 20th Century
Bruce Rabin History of African Americans Jared Day SATURDAY
Ralph Bangs
10–11:50 a.m. 9–10 a.m.
10–11:50 a.m. Best American Short Zumba Gold
Fall Birding • Stories 2021 •
CANCELED (continued)
Chris Kubiak Adam Reger
Hiking and Observing the Pittsburgh’s East End:
Fall Season • An Architectural History •
Melissa Sokulski Robert Jucha
10:15–11:15 a.m.
Chakra Yoga All Levels
(continued)
afternoon
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:30 p.m.
Beginner Spanish (continued) Advanced Intermediate French Advanced Beginner Spanish Advanced Conversational
An Exploration of Local Exploration: Miscellaneous (continued) Spanish (continued)
Government and Political Topics (continued) Three Novellas by The Nun and the Poet:
Subdivisions in Pennsylvania Hear All About It Katherine Anne Porter Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Jason Davidek Len Barcousky David Walton and Octavio Paz on
Geology of the Solar System: The Evolution of Green Colonial Mexico
The Planets and Moons Buildings 1–2:50 p.m. Camila Pulgar Machado
Stephen Lindberg Leslie Montgomery Left and Right of the Women as Patrons of Art and
Contemporary Western World • Architecture, 1400–1750
Leibniz’s Metaphysics Zentangle in Three Javier Vázquez-D’Elía
Gregory Strom Dimensions Saskia Beranek
Sue Schneider 1:10–3:50 p.m.
1–2:50 p.m. 3–4:30 p.m.
Five Consecutive Alfred Human Origins and
The Continuing Story of 1–2:50 p.m. Hitchcock Thrillers •
Pittsburgh’s Forests • TED Talks • Evolution
Ed Blank Adam Davis
Mike “Carya” Cornell Kathy Callahan
Railroads and the 19th Century 6–7:30 p.m. Single-novel Study: Stieg
Transformation of American Law • 1:30–3:20 p.m. Female Composers Larsson, “The Girl with the
Lawrence Frolik Getting There is All the Fun: through History Dragon Tattoo”
The Musical Journey • Ian Evans Guthrie Nicholas Coles
“World of Our Mothers”: Michael Hammer
Yiddish Women Writers Tell Singer-Songwriters of Rock
Their Stories • Red Wines from Around Robert Joyce
Lois Rubin the World •
Deb Mortillaro
3– 4:30 p.m.
All About Electric
Transmission Systems
Thomas Burgess
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Courses by Topic • Fall 2021
Clicking on each course title will take you to its course description in the catalog.
Art History and Architecture History, Classics & Philosophy
Classical Myth in Art 18 CANCELED
A History of Modern France 20
The Evolution of Green Buildings 20 Brief Tour of Asian Thought 15
Pittsburgh’s East End: An Architectural History 22 Cuba: From 1492 to Today 23
Women as Patrons of Art and Architecture, 1400 -1750 24 The Final Years and Collapse of the Soviet Union 11
From Cause to Effect: The Philosophy of Causation 20
Film, Music & Theater
Hear All About It 21
Female Composers through History 23
The History of Food 2 17
Five Consecutive Alfred Hitchcock Thrillers 22
Influential First Ladies 14
Getting There is All the Fun: The Musical Journey 21
Influential Secretaries of State 24
Louis Armstrong: The King of Jazz 15
Leibniz’s Metaphysics 19
Singer Songwriters of Rock 23
CANCELED
Myth and Science, Part 1: Myth 12
Fitness, Health & Self-Interests Plato and the Sophists 11
Better Balance! Steady and Strong 10 Railroads and the 19th Century Transformation
of American Law 19
Chakra Yoga All Levels 14
They Died with Their Boots On: Custer, the Battle
Dance and Be Fit 12 CANCELED
of Little Big Horn, and Hollywood 12
Demystifying Digital Marketing: Protecting Yourself The Twilight of Empires: Europe Before World War One 17
as an Online Consumer 21
Understanding Scottish History 13
Fall Birding 20
Why Tutankhamen? 16
Fun Fall Gardening 10
Women in Early America 16
Gentle Yoga 13
World War I and the Shaping of the 20th Century 22
Hiking and Observing the Fall Season 20
Hiking for Wild Edibles 13 Language Studies
Photo Shoot and Walk 17 Advanced Beginner Spanish 15
Red Wines from Around the World 21 Advanced Conversational Spanish 16
The Continuing Story of Pittsburgh’s Forests 19 Advanced Intermediate French Exploration:
Miscellaneous Topics 13
Zumba Gold 17
American Sign Language 2 10
Beginner Spanish 11
Beginning Level French: Communication Strategies 12
Intermediate French Exploration: Speaking in the
Present Tense 17
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Courses by Topic • Fall 2021 (continued)
Clicking on each course title will take you to its course description in the catalog.
Literature & Creative Writing Race, Class, and Education in Pittsburgh 18
“World of Our Mothers”: Yiddish Women Writers Racism in Britain and Western Europe 12
Tell Their Stories 19
The Right to Freedom of Movement 13
CANCELED
Best American Short Stories 2021 22
Study Group on a Community History of
Frederick Douglass: Bondage and Freedom 15 African Americans 20
Introductory Creative Writing: Prose 10
Religious Studies
James Baldwin: Living in Fire 23
Beyond Church: Sects and Cults in America 18
“Julius Caesar”: The Play for Power 11
Exploring the Hebrew Bible 10
Junkie: Literature of Addiction 24
Paul and the First Christians 10
The Life and Works of J.R.R. Tolkien 16
Memoir with a Twist 16 Science, Technology & Medicine
The Nun and the Poet: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and All About Electric Transmission Systems 19
Octavio Paz on Colonial Mexico 23
Boosting Your Immune System: What’s the
Poetry Book Club: Bending the Genre 24 Research Say? 15
Single-novel Study: Stieg Larsson, “The Girl with Demystifying Common Medical Conditions:
the Dragon Tattoo” 24 A Layperson’s Guide 16
Three Novellas by Katherine Anne Porter 22 Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics 17
Women Writers of the First World War 18 Geology of the Solar System: The Planets and Moons 19
The World Changes: Science Out of Darkness 17 How Drugs and Vaccines are Developed 13
Human Origins and Evolution 24
Political, Social Sciences & Society
Surviving an Infodemic: Finding and Evaluating
American Poverty Policies, Portrayals and Protest 11 Health Information Online 23
An Exploration of Local Government and Political Understanding the Immune System and How It
Subdivisions in Pennsylvania 18 Relates to Your Health 18
The Development of Young Orphanage Children: Unmasking Our Emotions 14
CANCELED
Issues in Practice & Policy 14
Japanese Culture and Civilization: Part 1 12 Visual & Performing Arts
Japanese Culture and Civilization: Part 2 20 Art Critique 12
The Law and Social Change 16 The Art of the Print: History and Practice 14
Left and Right of the Contemporary Western World 22 Drawing: The First Step 15
Muslims in the Neighborhood 11 Watercolors with Six Tubes: Series 1 11
The Network Society 15 Zentangle in Three Dimensions 21
Order and Chaos 14
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OLLI Course Descriptions
Session 1: Monday, August 30 –Thursday, October 7, 2021
will be explored. We will focus more Introductory Creative
MONDAY on conversation, not just vocabulary. Writing: Prose*
Creative drama games will give fun
Students will learn the elements of
9–10 a.m. opportunities to put ASL knowledge
effective prose to create vivid and
and vocabulary into practice for
engaging short stories or essays.
Better Balance! Steady interactive conversation. (Note: This
In the course, we will engage in
and Strong course is not for beginners).
weekly writing practice and will gain
Are you looking for an exercise Exploration • Sharon Serbin confidence in the pursuit of their
program designed to improve your own creative process. Students will
everyday life? This course, led by Exploring the Hebrew Bible respond to two writing prompts
a physical therapist, will focus on The Hebrew Bible (a.k.a. the Christian each week. By the end of the course,
balance and core strengthening Old Testament) stands as one of the participants will have written the start
exercises. Come join the fun and most important and influential literary to ten stories/essays.
learn a program designed to improve productions in human history. Indeed, Exploration • Ann Hultberg
your posture and daily function while even a cursory glance at the modern
also decreasing your risk of falls American landscape underscores its 10–11:50 a.m.
and injury. No special equipment importance—presidential candidates
needed, and most of the exercises cite it to shore up votes; children Paul and the First Christians
are completed standing. No part of memorize it in Sabbath/Sunday IN-PERSON COURSE
the program involves getting up and schools; Hollywood producers weave
down from the floor. This program is its varied themes into their plotlines; What did it mean to be a “follower
suitable for beginners yet appropriate etc. This course introduces corpus of the Christ” in the Roman Empire
for those with more exercise of writings, with particular attention in the first century? This course
experience as it can be adapted to fit to select readings from each of the undertakes a close reading of the
individual needs. major divisions of the text: Torah, letters of Paul the Apostle (as our
the Prophets, and the Writings. In primary evidence), drawing upon
Enjoyment • Diane Markovitz
the process, we will pay particular critical methods of analysis in modern
New Testament and historical
10–11:30 a.m. attention to the way in which the
themes of creation, covenant, and interpretation. Paul is often described
as the true “founder” of the religion
American Sign Language 2* kingdom are interwoven in this
material. of Christianity, and we will explore
American Sign Language (ASL) is a the way in which his writings came
beautiful, expressive language with its Academic • Jason Von Ehrenkrook
to influence the later Church. We
own grammatical order, syntax, and also survey the cultural context of his
culture. To understand any culture, Fun Fall Gardening communities and the ways in which
you must understand and experience Next to spring, fall is, by far, the this culture may have contributed to
its language. ASL incorporates hand most important gardening season. Paul’s thinking, specifically in relation
shapes, orientation, movement, It’s the best time to plant shrubs, to “salvation,” women, and the role
body shifts, facial expressions, and trees, bulbs, garlic, perennials and of the early Christians as citizens of
body movement, simultaneously, for more. This course will include how to the Empire.
communication. In the 10-week ASL plant bulbs, proper tree and shrub
Academic • Rebecca Denova
2, we will expand on the foundation planting, as well as choosing and
students learned in ASL 1. In addition planting perennials which come
to new ASL vocabulary, classifiers back every season. Also discussed
will be fall vegetable planting,
extending the season and the
correct way to grow garlic.
Enjoyment • Doug Oster
10 | OLLI.PITT.EDU * LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLEPlato and the Sophists by Shakespeare’s audience, living 1–2:50 p.m.
IN-PERSON COURSE
as they did in the late Tudor
period, where political and judicial The Final Years and Collapse
Philosophy became personal for assassination was a regular event. We of the Soviet Union
Plato in a unique way when the city of will examine the text to discover the IN-PERSON COURSE
Athens condemned his hero Socrates process of conspiracy which will lead,
to death. From then on, Plato took not only to the death of the victim In this course we will discuss:
it as one of his basic missions to but also of the perpetrators. the devastation of WWII and
articulate what philosophy is to the difficulties of recovery; the
Academic • Alan Stanford
explain why it is worth living and—if competition after Stalin’s death for the
necessary—dying for. Whatever leadership of the Soviet Communist
one thinks of his more controversial
Muslims in the Neighborhood Party; the origins of the Cold War
philosophical views, Plato made All good neighbors take the and its consequences for the Soviet
no contribution more important or opportunity to learn about those new Union; the tenures of Khrushchev,
compelling than the works in which to the community; neighbors that Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and
he accomplished this mission by may look or act differently, practice Gorbachev; and finally the economic,
showing how philosophers differ from different faiths, etc. In this course political, and nationalistic problems
their ancient rivals—the sophists. we will learn about our Muslim which Gorbachev couldn’t solve that
In this course we will study the neighbors. There will be a review led to the dissolution of the Soviet
confrontation between philosophy of Islamic principles and how they Union in 1991.
and sophistry put on display in some impact societies and the lives of their
Academic • Chuck Hier
of Plato’s greatest dialogues to practitioners. We will investigate
appreciate the nature of philosophy questions by reading passages
American Poverty: Policies,
and its mortal enemy, sophistry. from The Quran; exploring Muslims
Portrayals and Protest
around the world; and meeting and
Academic • Gregory Strom IN-PERSON COURSE
learning from some Pittsburgh-area
Muslims. Our goal will be increased This course explores how social
1–2:30 p.m.
understanding and appreciation problems caused by poverty and
of this aspect of diversity in our injustice have inspired a rich body
Beginner Spanish*
neighborhoods and communities. of work in American literature, film,
Members may take only one level of and music. We will examine the
Exploration • Saima Sitwat
Spanish per term. complex nature of social problems
This 10-week course is for Watercolors with Six Tubes: and how artistic/literary depictions
beginners and focuses on Spanish Series 1 of social justice issues both reflected
pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, public policy and helped shape
In this 10-week course, learn a variety
and useful expressions for travel. it. Our exploration will cut a wide
of watercolor techniques by using
Participants can expect classroom swath: from literary portrayals and
only six colors that will give you any
practice to include speaking, reading, antecedent approaches to poverty
color you choose. Explore glazing
and listening comprehension. in England (“Oliver Twist”) to the
vs. mixing the colors and develop
Exploration • Karen Goldman Industrial Revolution in America
your wet on wet style or realistic
(“Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”),
application with different brush
“Julius Caesar”: The Play through the Progressive Era (“The
strokes. All levels welcomed. Begin
for Power Jungle”) and the Great Depression
where you are or refresh what you
(“The Grapes of Wrath”), to Post-
“Julius Caesar” is one of the may have forgotten.
WWII segregation (“Raisin in the
most remarkable plays in the Enjoyment • Elaine Bergstrom Sun”) and the Civil Rights Movement
Shakespearean canon. Written shortly
(“We Shall Overcome”). The inherent
after “Hamlet,” it is not simply an
hope is that consideration of
interpretation of the historic fact
portrayals and policies from America’s
of Caesar’s assassination, but also
past might inform our present and
an examination of the process of
inspire our future.
conspiracy and its results. It is an
extremely political play, the theme Academic • James Kelly
of which would be easily recognized
* LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE OLLI.PITT.EDU | 11Myth and Science, 10–11:30 a.m. lecture, suggested readings, and a
Part 1: Myth virtual hands-on tea ceremony.
IN-PERSON COURSE Art Critique Academic • Yuko Eguchi Wright
Some of the oldest written texts This 10-week course is open to
reveal that humans have always told individuals practicing any visual art Racism in Britain and
stories to explain the world around mediums. Students will share work Western Europe
them. When thoseL
E ED are ancient,
stories via an online album. A positive and Racism has been common in Great
C
AN
we call them myths; when they are encouraging environment will be Britain for centuries. Britain has also
Cwe
recent, call them science. This maintained as work is reviewed in had some of the best antiracism
course will examine primary source class. The instructor will offer ideas policies in Europe. The instructor’s
texts from ancient Assyrian and for improvement, constructive lecture will summarize the history
Babylonian civilizations through the criticism, and suggestions for next of British racism, the nature of
Greeks and Romans to about the steps. Discussion and possible Britain’s racism today, white denial
1st century BC. Texts studied will demonstrations will be driven by that perpetuates the racism, and
include Near Eastern and Greek student submissions and questions. antiracism programs and policies.
myths, and the writings of the Pre- The class will cover universal art The issues of possible racism in the
Socratics, Plato, the Epicureans, and concepts and will not be about monarchy and royal family, Brexit,
the Hippocratic school of medicine. any specific medium. Students are environmental policy, racial capitalism,
Key questions addressed: How have welcome to do art during class the media, and criminal justice will be
concepts of the cosmos, nature, however the focus of the class will addressed. Students will have time for
and human pathology changed be discussion. Q&A. This course is most appropriate
through the period studied? What Enjoyment • Melissa Tai for those who wish to understand race
is the difference between myth and relations in Britain, the country closest
science? What is the place of divinity Beginning Level French: to America in heritage and culture.
in past and present thinking? What Communication Strategies* Academic • Ralph Bangs
roles do history and politics play in In this 10-week course designed
conceptions of the natural world? for students with little or no prior They Died with Their
Academic • George Borg knowledge of French, our focus will Boots On: Custer, the
be on mastering phrases and set Battle of Little Big Horn,
structures useful for communicating and Hollywood
across a variety of situations. Students Military history is replete with heroic
TUESDAY will be encouraged to develop last stands that conjure up images of
strategies to try to make themselves extreme courage, honor, and sacrifice;
10–11 a.m. understood in instances where some have been immortalized on film.
language proficiency may be lacking. Arguably, the most famous last stand
Dance and Be Fit* Exploration • Cathleen Sendek-Sapp
LED
in American history occurred in June
E
C
CAN
IN-PERSON COURSE 1876 near the Little Bighorn River.
This 10-week course engages all age Japanese Culture and The battle, “Custer’s Last Stand”,
groups and all ability levels with fun Civilization: Part 1 has been dramatized in no fewer
than two dozen films. Hollywood’s
and easy dance and fitness routines. This course introduces you to
interpretation of the battle has
Learning basic dance and fitness fundamental characteristics of the
evolved over time reflecting changes
moves will help participants take early culture and civilization of
in attitudes toward Native Americans,
more steps toward a healthier lifestyle Japan, covering historical figures,
westward expansion, and the legends
and get you moving. No experience architectures, religions, wars, political
of its participants. This course will
or special skills are needed. Great and social changes, literature, and
examine how, over time, Hollywood
for beginners as well as veteran arts. No previous knowledge of Japan
has presented the battle and how
dancers, the course can be adapted is required. The course will cover
these presentations mirrored changes
to anyone’s unique needs. geography of Japan; early Japan
in the public’s perception and the
Enjoyment • Roland Ford and its religious foundations & Nara
writing of American history. Particular
period; Heian Court culture & famous
attention will be paid to Hollywood’s
battles; Kamakura era & Kitayama
treatment of the battle’s most famous
culture; Zen Buddhism & the tea
combatant: George Armstrong Custer.
ceremony. The course will include
Academic • L. Jon Grogan
12 | OLLI.PITT.EDU * LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE10–11:50 a.m. the streets. Throughout, we keep to The Right to Freedom
the fore awareness that Scots haven of Movement
Hiking for Wild Edibles* spoken in various tongues and that
International immigration may seem
their culture has been variegated and
IN-PERSON COURSE like a trending political topic, but the
multifaceted—from the Highlands and
In this outdoor class, we’ll explore movement of people across borders
Island to the cities and towns.
the abundance of wild edible plant has been a constant for centuries.
Academic • Peter Gilmore Through this course, participants will
life in Schenley Park this time of year.
We’ll identify wild edible plants; explore how we conceptualize the
discuss how to identify them; how
Women Writers of the First right to freedom of movement in
to sustainably harvest them; and
World War the context of modern immigration,
how they are used currently and Even as centennial commemorations and what it looks like in the practice
historically as food and medicine. This of the First World War fade into of policy. Participants will gain an
course will meet rain or shine (except memory, the war itself occupies understanding of what the right
unsafe conditions such as lightening/ an important place in our public to movement is, and how the
thunderstorms) and involves walking conscious and memory. But do we movement of people impacts certain
and hiking on possibly uneven natural know the whole story? This course will populations both around the world
paths and surfaces, up to one mile or explore the gendered experience of and in their own countries. The course
so each week. The course will meet in the First World War by considering encourages participants to challenge
Schenley Park with more information memoirs, poems, and novels written their own conception of mobility and
to exact location shared later. by British and American women who consider how freedom of movement
participated in it in various roles plays a role in their own lives.
Enjoyment • Melissa Sokulski
on the battlefield and the home Academic • Rachel Travis
front. In our reading, we will seek
1–2:30 p.m.
to explore how a focus on women
changes what we know about the First
Advanced Intermediate
French Exploration: World War and the postwar world. WEDNESDAY
We will consider how women’s war
Miscellaneous Topics
experiences affected them. This will 9–10 a.m.
This 10-week course is designed include discussions of war-related
for those who have taken several trauma and how gendered assumption Gentle Yoga
French courses and are interested of service and suffering excluded
in strengthening their speaking This 10-week course is geared for
women during their lifetime, as well as
abilities and comprehension. Each those new to yoga or those who are
how women fought for their rights as
week’s lesson centers on a selected interested in a gentle practice. It
veterans once the war ended.
topic with the goal of building and includes a combination of meditation,
Academic • Bridget Keown breath work, and flowing movement
recalling useful vocabulary. The class
is conducted for the most part in intended for all abilities. This class
French. No text is required.
3–4:30 p.m. offers nurturing, kindness, and
compassion for the body, regardless
Exploration • Cathleen Sendek-Sapp How Drugs and Vaccines of a student’s physical abilities, age,
are Developed or experience. You will experiment
Understanding Scottish with balance, strength, flexibility, and
Since the late 1800s, the way drugs
History stillness while practicing mindfulness
and vaccines are invented, produced,
What is Scotland’s story? It is the story and marketed has evolved due to and meditation techniques.
of the various peoples at different both scientific and legal changes. The Enjoyment • Jill Clary
times who have lived and worked in success of Operation Warp Speed
the northern reaches of the isle of surprised lots of observers both inside
Britain. Taking a long view, this course and outside the pharmaceutical
will try to tell the stories of Scotland’s industry. How did that work? How was
people as their nation developed. The it different from the way development
focus will be less on kings and queens usually works? What are the
and famous personalities (they will implications to future development?
be there, of course), and more on the
Academic • Daniel Normolle
developments that shaped the lives
of women and men on farms and in
* LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE OLLI.PITT.EDU | 139:30–11:30 a.m. Order and Chaos Unmasking Our Emotions
This course examines and samples IN-PERSON COURSE
The Art of the Print: History various ways in which humans attempt Different types of emotions appear
and Practice* to find order in the, sometimes, to rule our daily lives. We make
In this 10-week course, we fill focus on chaotic array of sensations that decisions based on whether we
the art of printmaking. From ancient surround us: How does the world are happy, angry, sad, bored, or
to contemporary times, printmaking is work? Why do people behave the frustrated. We choose hobbies
an artistic process in which images are way they do? We will study the based on the emotions they incite.
transferred from a matrix onto another interplay of order and chaos within Understanding our emotions can
surface, such as paper or fabric. The three interrelated quests: the quest help us navigate life with greater
process allows multiple images to to understand how the world works ease and stability. This course takes a
be reproduced--a revelation in the by exploring ideas about nature; the practical approach to understanding
15th century when books could finally quest to understand individual human our emotions. It explores what causes
be made available for the masses. behavior by exploring ideas about emotions, what factors control how
In parallel, artists quickly adopted justice, spirituality, gender, free will, emotions are expressed and what
the methods of printmaking, from love, the economy and motivation; purpose emotions serve.
woodcut to engraving, lithography and the quest to understand
human social behavior by exploring Academic • Sam Lonich
to screen printing, as a means of
expression and to produce multiples ideas about social and political
that they could sell. We will explore organizations. 10:15–11:15 a.m.
this rich history and try our hand at Exploration • Orin James
some of the processes, all of which
Chakra Yoga All Levels
can be explored with some basic tools 10–11:50 a.m. This 10-week course moves through
and supplies at home. In addition, traditional yoga poses (or asanas)
guest artists will share their studios The Development of Young that align each individual chakra,
and techniques with us. Orphanage Children: Issues in moving up the spine from the root
Practice & Policy chakra to the crown chakra. Chakras
Enjoyment • Ann Rosenthal
are energy centers located across
IN-PERSON COURSE
different points on our spinal column.
10–11:30 a.m.
This course is designed to provide When energy becomes blocked
factual, although sometimes alarming, in a chakra, it triggers physical,
Influential First Ladies
C E LED around
details of life in orphanages mental, or emotional imbalances that
CAN and most vulnerable
In U.S. history, to date, women who the world. It is focused on some of manifest in symptoms such as anxiety,
are the spouse or companion of a the youngest lethargy, or poor digestion. This class
male elected President are given the residents, infants and young children is for the student who likes a fluid,
informal title of “First Lady”. Although without permanent parents. We mindful practice that links alignment,
there are no official duties, traditionally, will specifically target Russia, movement and breath. Participants
the First Lady oversees ceremonial China, Latin America, Kazakhstan, should wear comfortable, loose fitting
events at the White House. However, and some examples from Africa. clothing and have a yoga mat.
over the years a number of these Typical orphanages and their young Enjoyment • Jill Clary
women have changed expectations residents will be described in
and became very influential. This terms of the physical, behavioral,
course will consider ten influential First and emotional care provided, the
Ladies, some well-known, some not; surrounding environment in which
reviewing their lives before and after they live, and the long and short-term
their time as First Lady. consequences to their development.
Academic • John Burt Finally, researched and documented
successful interventions and practices
will be provided that help establish
hope for the future.
Academic • Christina Groark and
Robert McCall
14 | OLLI.PITT.EDU * LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE1–2:30 p.m. 1–2:50 p.m. love of music! Along the way, we will
investigate his musical friendships
Advanced Beginner Spanish* Brief Tour of Asian Thought with Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington,
and others. An exciting course full of
Members may take only one level of IN-PERSON COURSE
video clips, audio samples and stories
Spanish per term. We all ask ourselves the big questions about one of the greatest figures
This 10-week course is for students of life. What is morally right? What of the 20th Century. Discover how
who have advanced beyond a is our ultimate purpose in life? What Louis Armstrong changed American
beginning knowledge of Spanish is a good society? This course will popular music forever!
and wish to further refine speaking, introduce you to the answers given
Academic • Robert Joyce
listening, and reading comprehension in Indian, Chinese, and Japanese
skills. Classroom practice focuses on thought. This course emphasizes the
the use of complex grammar, syntax, role of these philosophies/religions
and vocabulary. in the social-political life and on the THURSDAY
Exploration • Maria Franco de Gomez artistic expressions (from calligraphy
to film) of the peoples of Asia and
how these philosophies/religions
10–11:30 a.m.
The Network Society
influence our world today.
The changes experienced by Drawing: The First Step
contemporary societies in the Academic • Joseph Givvin
In this 10-week course students will
last three decades are so diverse, learn the value of drawing as its own
accelerated, and deep, that making 1:30–3:20 p.m.
art form and how to use drawing as
sense of the forest has become a starting point for other art projects.
increasingly difficult. Although it is Boosting Your Immune System:
We will learn about universal art
too soon to assess transformations What’s the Research Say?
concepts such as value, composition,
brought by COVID, we can anticipate IN-PERSON COURSE
perspective and what makes a strong
more and more complex problems. The immune system is paramount to work of art.
The concept of “network society” protecting our bodies from outside Enjoyment • Melissa Tai
was elaborated in the early 1990s harm such as viruses and bacteria.
to synthesize and explain the Further, its balance is very important
economic, social, political, and
Frederick Douglass: Bondage
for combatting diseases such as and Freedom
cultural transformations associated cancer and autoimmunity. Can we
with the expansion of an economy Born a slave on the Eastern Shore
improve our immune response with
structured around information of Maryland, Douglass’s thundering
diet and exercise? This course will
and communication technologies. denunciations remind us of an Old
discuss the impact of aging on our
This course offers an introduction Testament prophet. Along with
immune systems and importantly,
to that approach, based on the Franklin’s, his autobiography is the
will review the research on boosting
application of its central ideas, to most famous in American literature.
immune system fitness, putting it all
describe and explore some of the We will note his use of scene, his
into “lay” terms, to understand what
most significant changes currently thumbnail characterizations, his
typical adults can do to strengthen
affecting experiences as diverse as similarity to other “bootstrap”
their immune response.
family life, intimacy, work, education, narrators, his rhythms, perorations,
governance, and cultural diversity. Academic • Tullia Bruno and Biblical cadences. What
distinguishes his narratives from
Academic • Javier Vázquez-D’Elía 3–4:30 p.m. propaganda? How does he become
a created character in his own tale?
Louis Armstrong: The King As with Roman Polanski and Mel
of Jazz Gibson, can we separate the art
Louis Armstrong rose to international from the artist, given Douglass’s
fame in the 1920’s and became abusive treatment of his wife Anna
one of America’s most beloved and of Ottilie Assing? We will spend
entertainers. Learn how the man a bit of time in each class exploring
they called “Pops” conquered New Douglass’s life, but the main emphasis
Orleans, Chicago and New York of the course will be on the literature.
with his trumpet, voice, and genuine Academic • Clifford Johnson
* LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE OLLI.PITT.EDU | 15The Law and Social Change published memoirs and discuss Why Tutankhamen?
what these authors did successfully
This course focuses on the On Nov. 3, 2022, the world will
and apply that to our own work. We
interrelationships between change in mark the 100th anniversary of the
will practice fun in-class writing as
society and change in legal rules. In greatest archaeological find of all
well as sharing work from home in a
this course, legal change is studied time: Howard Carter’s discovery
supportive workshop. No experience
as an outcome of social change, and of the nearly undisturbed tomb of
necessary, just curiosity in finding
directed social change, due to legal Tutankhamen, the 13th pharaoh of
untold resonate stories that you want
change through social engineering, is Egypt’s celebrated 18th dynasty
to give voice to and write.
also examined. The mutual ongoing (1550-1295 BCE). While this four-
interactions between legal and social Exploration • Laurie McMillan week course contextualizes both
change are investigated. Classical Tutankhamen and Carter in their
and contemporary theories related to 1–2:30 p.m. respective times, we will focus on
these areas will be introduced in the how, over the past century, this
first two weeks and new, emerging Advanced Conversational once-obscure king, who died a
issues will be examined during the Spanish* physically disabled teenager in the
remaining weeks. Members may take only one level of shadow of a notorious father, has
Academic • David DeFazio Spanish per term. become the greatest celebrity of the
ancient world, outpacing kings and
The main goal of this 10-week course
The Life and Works of queens, generals and courtiers who
is Spanish reading and conversation.
J.R.R. Tolkien had greater influence on Egyptian
Group discussions based on short
or world history. In short: Why
Once looked upon as simply a writer stories written by Hispanic writers will
Tutankhamen?
of fantastical adventures, J.R.R. be the methodology for the class.
Tolkien is increasingly acknowledged Weekly reading assignments will Academic • Tim Ziaukas
as one of the 20th century’s most provide the content of the course.
important literary figures, one Class discussions will be conducted Women in Early America
who used the genre of fantasy to in Spanish; so, participants are We will trace the experiences
examine important issues of religion expected to have a significant of women of all races in British
and morality. In this course, we will knowledge of Spanish. American colonies before the
examine Tolkien’s key works: “The Exploration • Maria Franco de Gomez War for Independence. The
Hobbit”, “The Lord of the Rings”, experience of women depended
and the “Silmarilion”, as well as his Demystifying Common greatly on class and race, but all
other writings and his influence of Medical Conditions: raised families, contributed to the
fantasy and popular culture. The class A Layperson’s Guide economy, and sometimes caused
is ideal for long time fans of Tolkien trouble. Outnumbered by men
Have you ever wanted to understand
who want to explore his works in throughout much of the first 200
how diseases affect the body but
more depth, as well as those who years of American history, women
thought you needed a medical
have never read him and wonder were nonetheless crucial to the
degree to do so? Not anymore!
what all the fuss is about. development of the colonies. The
This course will explain the science
Academic • Alan Irvine course will explore ways women
of common medical conditions in
influenced life and the economy in
an easy-to-understand format. The
Memoir with a Twist* the colonies, exercised leadership,
discussions will include how diseases
interacted with the law, and their
We are all fascinating in our alter the normal function of the body;
spiritual, family, and intellectual lives.
uniqueness. Memoir gives us an how the disease is diagnosed and
opportunity to write about it. This treated; and complications of the Academic • Joan Gundersen
course will offer participants a range disease. This course is geared to
of exciting prompts and methods to the person with little or no medical
enliven and jump-start the memoir experience or knowledge.
writing process. We will explore Academic • Dolores Gonthier
examples of vibrant writing from
16 | OLLI.PITT.EDU * LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLEcontest for geo-political power and
FRIDAY prestige. At the same time, each was SATURDAY
wrestling with vexing historical demons
10–11:30 a.m. that at any time threatened to pull all 9–10 a.m.
of Europe into a bloody conflagration.
Earthquakes, Volcanoes and An era often viewed as an economic, Zumba Gold
Plate Tectonics social, and cultural “golden age”, it The Zumba Gold® fitness program is
We live on a geologically active and was still fraught with the most ominous a 10-week course designed to meet
ever-changing planet. Powered by the of indicators of profound trouble the anatomical, physiological, and
enormous internal heat engine within to come. No previous courses are psychological needs of adults 50
Earth’s interior, the lithosphere (crust) required to take this course. and better. Like the traditional Latin
of the Earth is subject to constant Academic • Jared Day inspired Zumba workout, the Zumba
alteration. The Earth’s tectonic Gold® workout incorporates many
plates shift, separate and grind past The World Changes: Science of the dance and fitness routines set
each other at a rate which produces Out of Darkness to Latin and international rhythms
astonishing change over great periods It is amazing what human beings can but is performed at a lower intensity.
of geologic time. Earthquakes and do when they put their minds to it. Participants have a good time while
volcanic activity reflect this geologic In this course we will examine this increasing their physical fitness.
change. This course will provide an theme in the context of the following Enjoyment • Lisa Sobek
understanding of how the modern literature: Dava Sobel, “Longitude”;
concept of plate tectonics relates to Paul de Kruif, “Microbe Hunters”; 10–11:50 a.m.
earthquakes and volcanoes and their Oliver Sacks, “An Anthropologist on
impact on our planet. Mars”; David George Haskell, “The Photo Shoot and Walk*
Academic • Stephen Lindberg Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in IN-PERSON COURSE
Nature”; and Rebecca Skloot, “The
The History of Food 2 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”. Learn about digital photography
while exploring your world! Refresh
In this course we will dive into a Exploration • Abby Mendelson your photographic terminology, then
selection of topics in food studies: cut loose to explore your city. We will
food and innovation, the history of 10–11:50 a.m. officially meet on Zoom for the first
nutrition, food in the 20th century; week. Then, we’ll decide as a group
men, women, food, and taste; and Intermediate French where to meet up for photographic
food trends: where do we go from Exploration: Speaking in the adventures, bringing your single-
here. Lectures, discussions, and media Present Tense* lens reflex cameras, the following
will focus on diverse interpretations of IN-PERSON COURSE weeks. The final week will be a class
the role that food plays in the global exhibition! Bring your camera and
economy as well as in a variety of In this 10-week course, French
grammar is given a spin. Participants walking shoes to every class!
global cultures, and the connections
between food and identity in the will study groups of regular and Exploration • Germaine Watkins
modern world. Note: students do not irregular present tense verbs and
have to have taken History of Food I then be encouraged to use them in
to enroll and benefit from this course. classroom activities. Class time also
includes working with passages from a
Academic • Julia Hudson-Richards selected reader. This course is geared
to students who have difficulty in
The Twilight of Empires: comfortably delivering simple sentences
Europe Before World War 1 in French. Some prior knowledge of
This set of lectures examines the French is expected. Advanced speaking
faltering but still powerful empires skills are not required.
of Europe between 1870 and 1914. Exploration • Cathleen Sendek-Sapp
Special attention will be given to
Germany, Belgium Austria, Russia, and
France as each engaged in a global
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