OLLI Spring Semester Schedule 2014
Art and the Popes in Renaissance Rome
Instructor: Rosemary Trippe
Folk Art Traditions of Northeast India
Instructor: Bernard Cesarone
Musings on Contemporary Art: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Instructor: Rosalyn Schwartz
The History of Quilting in America
Instructor: Deborah Fell
Engineering and Math
Automobile Racing from A to Z
Instructor: Daniel Metz
The “I Hate Math!” Math Class
Instructor: Douglas Elrick
Ethics and Philosophy
Existentialism
Instructor: Richard Schacht
Evil in Western Thought
Instructor: Robert Alun Jones
Mondays 10:00 – 11:30; January 27 through March 17 (8 weeks)
A Rabbi’s Perspective on Medical Ethics
Instructor: Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel
Film Studies
Clint Eastwood’s America: Examining Gender Roles, Violence, Redemption, and Perception in the Filmmaker’s Work
Instructor: Chuck Koplinski
In the Closet: Gay and Lesbian Portrayals in Movies before the 1969 Stonewall Riots
Instructors: Connie Hosier and Scott Badman
History and Culture
Early Illinois, 1778-1848: The End of the Middle Ground
Instructor: Fred Christensen
Prison Education: Issues, Debates, Controversies
Instructor: Rebecca Ginsburg
Touring Cultures: Tourists in the Modern World
Instructor: Helaine Silverman
Law and Government
The 2014 Legislative Agenda at the National and State Levels
Instructor: Robert F. Rich
Champaign and Urbana City Government – Hot Topics and Current Issues
Instructor: Tom Bruno
The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln on the Eighth Judicial Circuit
Instructor: Guy C. Fraker
Rare Books, Crime, and Punishment
Instructor: Travis McDade
Watchdogging Your Government: Using Online Tools to Maintain Checks and Balances
Literature
After the Victorians: The Forsyte Saga and Other Reactions to Victorianism on Film and TV
Instructor: John Frayne
Art Spiegelman’s Maus: A “Must Read” Graphic Novel
Instructors: John Lansingh Bennett and Linda Coleman
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: Literature, Film, and Culture
Instructor: Bao Bui
Music
Backstage at the Symphony: Behind the Footlights
Instructor: Barbara Hedlund
The Choral Works of Johannes Brahms
Instructor: Chester L. Alwes
The History of Cabaret
Instructor: Kent Conrad
Singing: The Craft and the Art
Instructor: Ronald Hedlund
Science and Medicine
Birding 101: Exploring the Beauty, Science, and Natural History of the Avian World
Instructor: Greg Lambeth
Illinois' Glacial Landscapes, Deposits, and History
Instructor: David A. Grimley
One Health and You: News You Can Use
Instructors: Yvette J. Johnson-Walker and John A. Herrmann
Wellness
Tai Chi and Qigong: An Introduction
Mike Reed
Let’s Dance: Traditional Dance Revivals in the 20th Century
Instructors: Jonathan Sivier and Judy Reynolds
The Written/Spoken Word
Clean Comedy: Humor from Different Faith Perspectives
Instructor: Tom Neufer Emswiler
Reading and Writing Poetry in Form
Instructor: Gale Walden
Storytelling: The Art of the Spoken Word
Instructors: Dan Keding and Kathe Brinkmann
Writing from Life
Instructor: Amy Hassinger