Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
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Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
Instructor: Eileen Conway (in-person course) Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Eileen Conway, a retired Anglican clergywoman, taught English at the University of Alberta for almost twenty years, chiefly to freshmen. This task happily often involved “Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books.” Quite often, happily, she succeeded. ...
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Are Freedom and Equality Complementary or Contradictory?
Are Freedom and Equality Complementary or Contradictory?
Instructor: David Wangler (in-person course)Fee: Members $54 | Non-Members $74 Lecture 1: What is equality and is it complementary or contradictory to whatever freedom is? Lecture 2: Are liberal democratic states, all or most of which have some form of capitalism as their economic systems, often the most unequal societies? Lecture 3: Is inequality largely ...
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Beethoven: The Giant who stood astride the Century Change
Beethoven: The Giant who stood astride the Century Change
Instructor: Dr. Michael Roeder (in-person course) Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Beethoven was a child of late 18th-century Classicism in music, but he transformed the style of Haydn and Mozart into something more urgent, more striving, more powerful, and even more peaceful. These Romantic qualities emerged as he created one expressive masterpiece after the other. ...
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The Surprising Portrayals of Women of Traditional Jewish Texts
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The Surprising Portrayals of Women of Traditional Jewish Texts
Instructor: Rabbi David Kunin (via Zoom course)Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Jewish history and tradition has been focused primarily on men, leaving out the essential contributions of women over the ages. In this class we discover amazing Jewish women (some well known and some who have largely been lost): from Hulda the Prophetess, donna ...
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