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This interactive lecture will utilize artifacts and ephemera from the American Women’s Suffrage Movement and the Anti-Suffrage Movement to provide a brief history of women’s suffrage and the memorabilia suffragists created to develop a mainstream market appeal for their movement to the American people.
This series is held in partnership with League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland.
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Thursday, March 26 | 6:30-8 p.m.
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75 seats
The Association for Continuing Education is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing and supporting continuing education programs in cooperation with the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University.
Membership is open to those who love to learn. ACE independently provides the Grazella Shepard Lecture Day, Discussion Day,Acclaimed Authors Luncheon and the Annual Book Sale, trips, a semi-annual newsletter and a summer luncheon series featuring local authors. More
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September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020
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456 open seats left
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700 seats
Freedom of speech is a distinctive aspect of American culture, but the First Amendment has not always protected Americans’ self-expression related to sexuality. Drawing on Joshua Lambert’s award-winning book Unclean Lips, this course explores the history of obscenity in American law, literature, and culture from Anthony Comstock to FCC v. Fox. What kinds of sexual expressions have been censored and who has fought for increased freedom? And what’s ultimately at stake in censoring or permitting people to write about and represent sex?
This week of learning is made possible by the generous support of an anonymous donor.
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Tuesday, May 19; Wednesday, May 20; Thursday, May 21 | 1:30-3:30 p.m.
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110 seats
This lecture will tell the story of Kiryas Joel, NY, an enclave community of Satmar Hasidic Jews that became a legally recognized municipality in suburban New York. How did this come about, and what does it tell us about America? David Myers will share his lively narrative and images, drawn from fifteen years of research he and his wife, Professor Nomi Stolzenberg, have conducted for their forthcoming book American Shtetl.
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Wednesday, June 10 | 7 p.m.
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110 seats
American
Tapestry: The Stories We Still Tell Ourselves Andrew Roth, Scholar in Residence, The Jefferson Educational
Society Wednesdays, February 5-March 4 1:30-3:30 p.m. Is there such a thing as "the American Story" or are there many American stories? If so, what are they? How do they combine to create the American narrative binding us
together as a nation and as a people? More fundamentally, in these fractious
times why is how we answer these questions important? The five-part series
begins with "We Tell Ourselves Stories", proceeds to "Freedom at
Home and Abroad", "Freedom's Faultlines: Stories of Race and
Gender", "Hamiltonian Economics and a Nation of Hustlers" and
concludes with "The Immigrant's Tale.”
This course is replete with images, videos and music essential to
America's many stories. Landmark
Centre – Beachwood Crossing:
A History of the Transatlantic Passage John Grabowski, Associate Professor of Applied History, CWRU Wednesdays, March 18-April 22 1:30-3:30 p.m. Before
the advent of fast, reliable air transport, “the only way to cross” an ocean
was by ship. This course will examine
travel by ship from the seventeenth century to the present. It is a story of immigration, travel
adventures, disaster, design, and of an industry that transformed the
world. Shipping companies ranging from
Cunard to the Hamburg American Line were powerful private enterprises, but also
assets to, and symbols of the nations they represented. This six session course will cover the age
of sailing ships, the rise of steam-powered packet service, the importance of
the immigrant trade, and the era of the great ocean liners ranging from the
Mauritania to the Queen Mary and the Normandie, each of which epitomized an era
of speed and style. We will also focus
on the rise and the history of cruising, an industry that dominates the oceans
of the world today. Landmark Centre – Beachwood More
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Wednesdays, February 5 - April 22 | 1:30-3:30 p.m.
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Closed
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30 seats
In the past decade Richard Freund has pioneered a new form of non-invasive archaeology which allows researchers to glean data about crucial sites without desecrating the burials that may be located below the ground. In this lecture Dr. Freund will show what has been done at the Sobibor Extermination Camp in Poland and in the Ponar Burial Pits in Lithuania to answer key questions about what exactly occurred at these sites during the Holocaust.
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Tuesday, May 5 | 10 a.m.
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94 open seats left
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110 seats
This talk will explore how the local activism of women in various reform causes in Cleveland and elsewhere led to their involvement in the suffrage movement, thus situating the right to vote in a broader activist agenda to advance women’s rights and equality before and after the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
This series is held in partnership with League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland.
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Thursday, February 27 | 7-8:30 p.m.
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110 seats
Origins Science Scholars Spring 2020 During this unique program, community members engage with one another and with leading scholars to investigate rapidly developing areas of origins science. Each event in the series will open with coffee and sign in at 5:30 p.m., followed by a one-hour lecture at 6 p.m. After each talk, attendees will receive dinner (included in the registration fee) with faculty and fellows. Each event will conclude with a Q&A session and dessert.
7:00 - 8:00 ~ Dinner and discussion Singles lectures: Members
Parking is included and registration is required Tuesday, April 14 “Biology and Human-machine Relationships in the Present” Building on 40+ years of neurotechnology success, Tyler’s lab at CWRU explores the fascinating interface between the body and machine guided by a vision that goes beyond prosthetic limbs to interface the human body with technological advances to achieve direct neural connections between machine and human sensorimotor systems to create human-centered, symbiotic relationships between humans and technology. Friends of the Institute for the Science of Origins & Emeritus Faculty are eligible for the member rate for this program. More
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Tuesday, April 14 | 5:30-8:00 p.m.
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75 seats
Explore the bluebird trail, watch busy bobolinks and other migrating birds and be rewarded with an appreciation of an important part of the natural world. In May and June, migrants arrive and some continue their journeys northward. Others, along with permanent residents, establish and actively defend their territories and carry out reproductive activities. Learn to recognize species of birds based on appearance, song, and behavior in the meadows, woodlands, ravines and ponds of Squire Valleevue Farm. Binoculars and field guides are recommended. A continental breakfast will be available in the Pink Pig following each morning’s activities.
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Fridays, May 1-June 5 | 6:30-9 a.m.
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20 seats
Psalms: Among the Bible's most well-known verses, these 150 poems put words to feelings of thanksgiving, joy, and lament. | Eddie Sukol, Rabbi, The Shul
Proverbs: Wit and wisdom in the form of one-line advice to the young and old. | Leonie Jacob, Graduate of Program of Advanced Talmud Study, Yeshiva University Job: A tormented character asks thorny questions about good, evil, and human suffering. | Ezra Blaustein, Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago Divinity School Daniel: A dramatic narrative woven into fantastical visions, together map out the ultimate guide for life in exile. | Jo Bruce, Program Manager, Whole in One at CWRU-Siegal Ezra and Nehemiah: Present the triumphs and challenges of returning home from exile. | Susan Stone, Director of Spiritual Care, Hillcrest Hospital Chronicles: Offers a telescope-view of history all over again, raising the obvious question, Why? | Jonathan Berger, Associate Head of School, Gross Schechter Day School. Book: The Jewish Bible JPS Tanakh or Jerusalem Bible, Koren More
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Mondays, May 4 - June 15 | 10 a.m. - noon (No class 5/25)
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30 seats
Psalms: Among the Bible's most well-known verses, these 150 poems put words to feelings of thanksgiving, joy, and lament. | Eddie Sukol, Rabbi, The Shul
Proverbs: Wit and wisdom in the form of one-line advice to the young and old. | Leonie Jacob, Graduate of Program of Advanced Talmud Study, Yeshiva University Job: A tormented character asks thorny questions about good, evil, and human suffering. | Ezra Blaustein, Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago Divinity School Daniel: A dramatic narrative woven into fantastical visions, together map out the ultimate guide for life in exile. | Jo Bruce, Program Manager, Whole in One at CWRU-Siegal Ezra and Nehemiah: Present the triumphs and challenges of returning home from exile. | Susan Stone, Director of Spiritual Care, Hillcrest Hospital Chronicles: Offers a telescope-view of history all over again, raising the obvious question, Why? | Jonathan Berger, Associate Head of School, Gross Schechter Day School. Book: The Jewish Bible JPS Tanakh or Jerusalem Bible, Koren More
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Mondays, May 4 - June 15 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (No class 5/25)
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Origins Science Scholars Spring 2020 During this unique program, community members engage with one another and with leading scholars to investigate rapidly developing areas of origins science. Each event in the series will open with coffee and sign in at 5:30 p.m., followed by a one-hour lecture at 6 p.m. After each talk, attendees will receive dinner (included in the registration fee) with faculty and fellows. Each event will conclude with a Q&A session and dessert.
7:00 - 8:00 ~ Dinner and discussion Singles lectures: Members $44 Non Members $52 Parking is included and registration is required Tuesday, May 5 “Breastfeeding and Maternal & Child Health”Biological and forensic anthropologist Nicole Burt uses stable isotope analysis to reconstruct dietary patterns in children. Her work has yielded information about breastfeeding and weaning patterns in ancient and modern human populations, studying diet, childhood growth and osteology by analyzing teeth and bone. Isotope ratios reflect what an individual’s dietary makeup was in life. Burt’s unique research methods allow her to reconstruct what a person ate—more corn than wheat, or more fish than pork, for example. In infants, breastfeeding and weaning patterns are preserved in their teeth, which allows Burt to determine when a child was weaned and what he or she ate afterward. She is even able to discern what the child’s mother ate during pregnancy. Burt is now turning her innovative techniques to the present, reaching out to connect with the area’s medical community and organizing a long-term research study examining the effects of maternal choices about breastfeeding and weaning on infant and maternal health. Her goal is to gather data that can be used to engage communities in Cleveland in conversations about ways to optimize maternal and child health. Friends of the Institute for the Science of Origins & Emeritus Faculty are eligible for the member rate for this program. More
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Tuesday, May 5 | 5:30-8:00 p.m.
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75 seats
This series will highlight each of the 6 Nobel Prize winners from 2019. Leading experts in related fields, many of whom have professional ties to the prize winners, will present an overview of the Nobel Laureate, their research, its significance and why they were ultimately awarded a Nobel Prize. Chemistry: New Developments In Lithium-Ion Batteries John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino developed lightweight, rechargeable, powerful lithion-ion batteries now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles. More
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Tuesday, March 31 | 7-8:30 p.m.
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75 seats
Learn how your body works and how new medical breakthroughs may affect you in these Health Education Seminars (formerly known as Mini-Med). This semester will focus on integrative health medicine. Led by physicians from University Hospitals Connor Integrative Health Network, these lectures are in plain English and there are no exams! A light dinner will be served each evening.
6:00 p.m. – Dinner
6:30-8:00 p.m. – Lecture and Q&A
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Monday, March 16 | 6-8 p.m.
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50 seats
Behind the scenes of The Magic Flute
Pre-Concert Lecture IV:
Harry Davidson, conductor
The Sitzprobe: How the musical director, singers, and the orchestra musicians work together to interpret the music.
Please note: Single lecture does not include tickets to the performance.
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Friday, February 21 | 3:30 p.m.
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The Cleveland Institute of Music performs The Magic Flute
Pre-performance reception and concert of The Magic Flute.
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Wednesday, February 26 6:30 p.m.
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Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? Josh Lambert explores these and other questions, drawing from his forthcoming rich anthology (co-edited with Ilan Stavans) on the interplay of Yiddish and American culture.
This week of learning is made possible by the generous support of an anonymous donor.
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Thursday, May 21 | 7 p.m.
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110 seats
The modern-day landscape of Sudan, ancient Nubia, is dotted with temples and pyramids—remnants of great kingdoms that flourished in the 1st millennium BC. One of these, the kingdom of Kush, rose to particular prominence as some of their kings ruled over Ancient Egypt as pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. Largely neglected in the history books, this talk will delve into the stories of early explorers to Nubia and highlight how ongoing fieldwork at Nuri is changing our perception of this part of the ancient world.
Normandy residents pay member cost through the Normandy.
Cost includes lunch and complimentary parking. More
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Friday, May 1 | noon-1:30 p.m.
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35 seats
As a lifelong Clevelander and sometimes sailor, I have been interested in our Great Lake as the source (and recipient) of our water usage. In an era of water stress worldwide, it’s also a pivotal time for the Great Lakes. As the shallowest and most southern of these inland seas, Lake Erie has additional challenges. What we learn and do here in Cleveland to improve and protect Lake Erie’s health can have important impact in the rest of the Great Lakes Basin.
>Normandy residents pay member cost through the Normandy.
Cost includes lunch and complimentary parking. More
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Friday, March 6 | noon-1:30 p.m.
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The Universe is big and getting bigger, cold and getting colder, old and getting older. But, how big? how cold? how old? And how do we know? And is there anything left to learn about the Universe?
Normandy residents pay member cost through the Normandy.
Cost includes lunch and complimentary parking. More
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Friday, April 3 | noon-1:30 p.m.
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