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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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Saturday, June 27 | 2-3:30 p.m.
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75 seats
Join Yair Nitzani, renowned Israeli performer, for this remote learning opportunity with a look into Jewish and Israeli humor. Drawing on his experiences as an Israeli rock star, songwriter, and TV host, Nitzani uses satire and comedy to present his distinctive take on life.
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Wednesday, July 8 | 12:30 p.m.
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200 seats
The Long Walk of the Navajo and the Trail of Tears of the Cherokee are among many
examples of the way the native tribes of the nascent United States were treated.
Additionally, Ohio has its own Trail of Tears as native tribes were pushed into a corner of
the state and then removed to the West. This course will use PowerPoint presentations
as a basis for discussion of these tragic events and our response to them. The
documents will be emailed to participants as preparatory reading material.
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Wednesdays, June 24-July 15| 10-11:30 a.m.
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20 seats
The course will focus on significant texts and Jewish thinkers in times of crises. What principles guided their thinking? From Moses, to the Rabbis of the Talmud, to Theodore Herzl to Henrietta Szold, the course will focus on a study of primary texts and the core principles of four thinkers as they confronted major crises.
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Tuesdays, June 16 - July 7 | 10-11:30 a.m.
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30 seats
This course will focus on selected plays written by Aeschylus, the earliest tragedies to survive in European literature. Aeschylus preferred to write plays that were thematically connected, such as The Oresteia, which deals with the homecoming of Agamemnon from the Trojan War. He also wrote Persians, a history play which deals with the Persian Wars, in which Aeschylus himself fought as a general; and he wrote plays such as the Seven Against Thebes and Prometheus that explore the complex families of Greek heroes and the relationship between gods and humans. Most fascinating is the way in which Aeschylus frames his plays from a perspective that acknowledges the heroic-mythic past while at the same time anticipating the possibilities inherent in the new progressive democracy at Athens. Books: We will read the translations of Aeschylus published by the University of Chicago: Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound, and Aeschylus II: Oresteia, both volumes edited and translated by David Grene, Richmond Lattimore, Mark Griffith, and Glenn W. Most.
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Tuesdays, July 7-28 | 9:30-11:30 a.m.
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20 seats
Why are the Jews so funny? What is unique about Jewish humor? Why are so many comedians, satirical novelists, and film directors Jewish? In this short course, we will seek to answer these questions by tracing the history of Jewish humor from the nineteenth century to the present, following the migration of Jewish humor across the European continent to America (and Israel), where the Jewish funnyman and funnywoman have transformed the cultural landscape. We will also look at how the Jews have used laughter as both a coping mechanism and an instrument of self-defense against pogroms, forced migrations, and even the Holocaust.
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Tuesdays, June 30-July 21 | 10-11:30 a.m.
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50 seats
In the final years of the suffrage struggle, Ohio women’s efforts to gain the vote took place within a national movement that accepted the regional disenfranchisement of African Americans as part of a bargain to overcome Southern resistance. Yet in Ohio, the opposition from organized liquor interests brought black and white suffragists together. The story of these complex relationships helps us think about how race, region, and special interests shape alliances and access to the vote.
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Wednesday, July 29 | 7 p.m.
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200 seats
This two-part series will study the mythologies of the world contrasting their differences and also the commonalities that all societies share. The text by Roy Willis and Robert Walker divides the mythologies of the world into regions and zones, providing a background for the discussion. We will examine how these beliefs and stories have come down to us through the ages. In World Mythology 1, we focus on the major themes of mythology. We will study Ancient Egypt, Middle East, India, Asia, Greece and Rome.
Required Text: Roy Willis and Robert Walker, World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide (ISBN-13: 978-0195307528) (Optional Supplemental Texts: Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (ISBN978-0-385-41886-7); A Short History of Mythology by Karen Armstrong)
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Thursdays, June 25-July 16 | 10-11:30 a.m.
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22 open seats left
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25 seats
This two-part series will study the mythologies of the world contrasting their differences and also the commonalities that all societies share. The text by Roy Willis and Robert Walker divides the mythologies of the world into regions and zones, providing a background for the discussion. We will examine how these beliefs and stories have come down to us through the ages. In World Mythology 2, we focus on the major themes in Greek, Roman, and Celtic, plus Nordic & European, American, African, Oceanic and Australasian mythologies.
Required Text: Roy Willis and Robert Walker, World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide (ISBN-13: 978-0195307528) (Optional Supplemental Texts: Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (ISBN978-0-385-41886-7); A Short History of Mythology by Karen Armstrong)
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Thursdays, July 23-August 13 | 10-11:30 a.m.
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24 open seats left
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25 seats
Course Overview:
• Learn where Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies can be applied for design or economic advantage
• Understand lightweighting AM technologies, trends and applications in transportation industries
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills in lightweighting through analysis of case studies
• Learn the fundamentals of materials science and how to improve properties such as strength, stiffness and ductility in a wide array of lightweight material options
• Understand the use of advanced materials databases (e.g., Granta) and the impact of key market drivers on the selection criteria for critical applications in the transportation industry.
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Course is scheduled for Monday, October 19, 2020
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50 seats
Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle. This class will help you develop writing habits that will boost your confidence, help you find your "voice," and keep your writing process in motion. We’ll investigate ways to playfully expand the imagination and increase creative output as well as work with prompts that will help inspire specific writing projects, and most importantly generate new work. Participants will leave with a tool kit to keep the writing flowing.
This course is offered in partnership with Literary Cleveland.
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Wednesdays, August 5-26 | 10 a.m.-noon
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Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens, nestled in Rockefeller Park, are a community treasure. This Cleveland gem is inextricably linked to the history of immigration and migration to the city, and to the changing landscape of the Doan Brook Valley and University Circle. We will examine the wider historical, geographic, and social landscapes that have shaped the Cultural Gardens over the past century.
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Friday, July 17 Noon - 1 p.m.
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70 seats
Steven Litt, Art and Architecture Critic of the Plain Dealer since 1991, will discuss the history, theory, and practice of visual arts criticism, and the role of a critic at a metropolitan daily newspaper. In addition, Litt will share some favorite stories from the trenches, reporting on local, national and global visual arts.
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Friday, June 19 | Noon - 1:00 p.m.
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200 seats
In the age of Photoshop and other photo editing software, people viewing professional and fine art often question the authenticity of photographs. Is that photo manipulated? How do they do that? Photographer Michael Weil will examine the impact of photo editing on the field of photography.
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Friday, August 21 Noon - 1 p.m.
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70 seats
This presentation will employ archaeological, textual and art historical sources to discuss the practicalities of making and using light sources in ancient Egypt and the significance of providing illumination in the afterlife.
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Wednesday, August 19 | 6-7:30 p.m.
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35 seats
This lecture will explore the influence and effects of chronic (aka toxic) stressors on adolescents and young adults. These stressors present unique challenges and obstacles youth must overcome on the journey to adulthood. These stressors’ contribution to negative outcomes in factors such as health and education will be highlighted as well as strategies to attenuate or possibly eliminate their sources.
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Wednesday, July 15 | 6-7:30 p.m.
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Michelangelo Buonarotti was a sculptor, a painter, an architect, and a poet, often considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time. This lecture is an introduction to Michelangelo—the man and the artist —through some of his works.
Geauga County Conversations
Join us for this monthly luncheon series. Led by local university faculty and laypeople, this program provides participants an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversation on contemporary topics.
Fees include lunch
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Wednesday, July 1 | noon-1:30 p.m.
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200 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 its 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.
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Wednesday, August 5 Noon - 1 p.m.
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This lecture will explore how to ask the right questions while watching, reading or listening to the news; how to become a better consumer of news in an age of unfettered media; and how media literacy is now a crucial skill in maintaining or recovering our democracy.
Geauga County Conversations
Join us for this monthly luncheon series. Led by local university faculty and laypeople, this program provides participants an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversation on contemporary topics.
Fees include lunch
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Wednesday, June 3 | noon-1:30 p.m.
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When it arrived on Broadway in 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical was an instant success, selling out months in advance. With a national tour to follow, the show quickly captured the imaginations of history buffs and theater aficionados across the country. Even so, Hamilton has faced criticism for the liberties it takes with history. The musical follows the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, but with its diverse cast and hip hop inspired songs, Miranda has described Hamilton as “a story about America then, told by America now.” With a film version of the musical set for release in July 2020 that will make the musical more accessible than ever, this course offers participants a chance to explore Hamilton’s success and the questions it has raised about America’s past, present, and future.
Required Texts: Hamilton: An American Musical Original Cast Recording (available for purchase on CD, free through YouTube, or with a subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music) Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America’s Past, ed. Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter, Rutgers University Press, 2018 (ISBN 978-0813590295 available in paperback or as Kindle edition for $15-25) More
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Mondays, July 6-27 | 1-3 p.m.
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