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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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The Reach of History, back . . .
Democratic Creation ~ 5 Sessions This series examines what our nation considers to be a democracy. Do we still today accept the same definition of democracy as our nation’s founders? How do we view our Constitution today? Edmund S. Morgan, The Birth of the Republic Forest McDonald, Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers Adrienne Koch, Jefferson and Madison: The Great Collaboration Page Smith, The Constitution: A Documentary and Narrative History
Futures: Utopia and Apocalypse ~ 6 Sessions In this series, participants explore 19th and 20th century visions – utopian to apocalyptic – of the future. Themes include repression, community, socialism, capitalism, feminism, creativity, ethics, and evolution. William Morris, News from Nowhere Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward Lois Lowry, The Giver Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time Kurt Vonnegut, Galapagos
The Never-Setting Sun: The Heyday of the British Colonial Empire ~ 4 Sessions At one point, the United Kingdom’s reach extended all the way around the globe. Discover the complexities of colonialism in these works set in India and Africa. E. M. Forster, A Passage to India and George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Wole Soyinka, Ake: The Years of Childhood Ama Ata Aidoo, Our Sister Killjoy: Or, Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint
(Re)Introducing Classical Greece ~ 5 Sessions There is hardly an area of aspiration known to people today on which the Greek mind of antiquity had not also exercised itself. This will be an opportunity for readers to refresh their previous knowledge of everyday Greek references, and for some people, a chance to be introduced for the first time to the main thinkers of the Classical Greek period. The series covers the period from 489 BC to 323 BC. H.D.F. Kitto, The Greeks
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