Summer 2016

WEDNESDAYS

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9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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August 3 - August 24, 2016

The Bolshevik Revolution and the Soviet Union played defining roles in the twentieth century, yet are poorly understood. To help us to better grasp their history, this course will integrate the best scholarship and currently available evidence to provide a broad picture of Soviet history that makes the most sense today. We will begin with […]

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9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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August 2 - August 30, 2016

This seminar will focus on the ideal political state as it is represented in More’s Utopia (1516) and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726). There are no incontrovertibly valid answers to the question of what constitutes the ideal state and how it may be realized, and neither Utopia nor Gulliver Travels pretends to advance them. The works […]

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2016 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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July 7 - July 28

In this course Professor David Soren presents four of his most significant accomplishments from his fifty-year career in archaeology (Oxford University has cited his work as among the fifty greatest archaeological discoveries of all time). First, he will discuss his excavations at Kourion, Cyprus, where he uncovered a Greco-Roman city buried by the devastating earthquake […]

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2016 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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June 29 - July 27

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes has undoubtedly profoundly influenced the techniques, form, and meaning of modern art. From his innovations that revolutionized making etchings to the form and content of his historical and allegorical painting, Goya’s influence on artistic creation is immense. This course will study that influence and examine how Goya’s view of the […]

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9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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June 7 - June 28, 2016

Sherlock Holmes never actually said “Elementary, my dear Watson!” There have been more than 60 Holmes films, including one in which he is portrayed by a mouse, one by a dog, and at least one as a woman. Arthur Conan Doyle, the original author, was a medical doctor, a freemason, and a believer in spiritualism […]

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9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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June 1- June 22, 2016

What were the key technologies and major technical achievements of classical Greek antiquity? This course examines two crucial and interconnected industries: ceramics and bronze-working. The two crafts are often discussed separately, but in this course we will focus on their deeply rooted connections. We will examine the qualities of the raw materials used, the technological […]

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10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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May 5 - May 26, 2016

The Civil War was not only pivotal moment in American history, it was a key moment in the development of American music. Even as the war was ripping the country in half, the military was bringing together soldiers from differing ethnic and musical backgrounds. The resulting comingling of instruments, songs, and styles has been called […]

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9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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May 3- May 31, 2016

While many people living in Tucson and its surroundings are experienced outdoor aficionados, many lack an understanding of our near neighbors–those plants and animals that live close to us in our urban environment. Certainly we can choose to ignore the flora and fauna of our desert community and function reasonably well. Our lives are enriched, […]