SUMMER 2014 

FALL 2014 STUDY GROUPS (Click here for all Syllabi)

MONDAY MORNING	TUESDAY MORNING	WEDNESDAY MORNING	THURSDAY MORNING	FRIDAY MORNING 11:00AM – 12:30PM
VICHY FRANCE	TELLING OUR STORY	CHEKHOV	MIDDLEMARCH	EXPLORING CREATIVITY
R. Oreskovic	C.Mason L.Mostovoy	S.Kalinsky C.Swoope	P.Lemay/G.Plesent	C.Sampton M.Marcovitz
NY STORIES II	EUGENE O’NEILL	STORIES IN OUR LIVES	CONTEMP IRISH DRAMA II	MAGIC OF NARRATIVE
B. Salant	P. Lemay	J.Adler/H.Menikoff D.Marcus	CANCELED	C.McDonald S.Reichstein
LATIN POETRY	GENETICS EPIGENETICS	FRENCH NEW WAVE FILMS	GREAT CONVERSATIONS	CONTEMPORARY US  RELIGION
N. Alexiou	N. Grossman	R.Gerace/A.Bourbon	A.LeShack J.Zaborowski	J. Fleishman
M.L.K – CANCELLED	SPINNING ELECTIONS	NIXON	WORDS OF WISDOM-CANCELLED	PHOTOGRAPHY: HIST. & AESTHETICS
T. Auerbach	C.Godek R.Silverman	S. Otey/M. Marsh	H. Seeman	L. Schwartz
MONDAY AFTERNOON	TUESDAY AFTERNOON	WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON	THURSDAY AFTERNOON	FRIDAY AFTERNOON
EVOLUTION OF EMOTIONS	THE BOOK OF JOB	EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES	BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONIES
J. Smith	C.Binder/M.Perelmuter	H. Shear	J. Smith
WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS	EUROPEAN SOCIALISM	TRANSGRESSIVE MEMOIRS	AMERICANS & THE ENVIRONMENT
D. Walker	M. Hill	E. Goode	M.Houts/C.Cheney N. Grossman
CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA (STENDHAL)	CIVIL LIBERTIES	DIVORCE IN FICTION AND FILM	ART OF WRITING
R. Wehrmann	J.Gaines/J.Zuckerman	S.Balcoff/M.Harris	E.Brener/C.Troob L.Porter/E.Weisburg
BRITISH FILM	IMMIGRANT LENS	NY REVIEW OF BOOKS	FINNEGANS WAKE
M.Duffy/M.Nelson	A. Sanders	J.C.Einbender	T.Gannon/H.Levy

 Spring 2015

Monday Morning

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
SCIENCE & LITERATURE
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

Monday Aft.

NY REVIEW OF BOOKS
IBSEN
TRUMAN REVISITED
CULTURE EVOLVES

Tuesday Morning

MORAL DILEMMAS
AMERICANS IN PARIS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TELLING OUR STORY

Tuesday Aft.

SILENT CINEMA
ART OF WRITING
JAPANESE LITERATURE
WORD PLAYS

Wed. Morning

HITCHCOCK
FAULKNER
PINTER PLAYS
MODERN LOVE POETRY

Wed. Aft.

MEMOIRS AND QUASI-MEMOIRS
SCIENCE FICTION
MOZART OPERAS
FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS

Thurs. Morning

SHORT STORY MASTERS
THE “OTHER” BASEBALL
TROLLOPE REDUX
A BROKEN HEART

Thurs. Aft.

FINNEGANS WAKE
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
SOCRATIC CONVERSATIONS
ALICE MUNRO

Friday

AMERICAN HUMOR
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
HOLLYWOOD HUSTLERS
DIASPORAN EXCHANGE

 

	TUESDAY	THURSDAY
10:00-11:30 AM	UNDERSTANDING PAINTING P. Houts	NY’s EVOLVING NEIGHBORHOODS M. Evans/F. Taber
	MILTON, WITHOUT PARADISE C. Schoen	FOREIGN AFFAIRS S. Kalinsky/A. LeSchack
12:15 -1:45 PM	PERSPECTIVES ON DRESS S. Petitt	FOOD MEMOIR I. Sax
	W. H. AUDEN T. Gannon/I. Geller

 

FALL 2015

Monday 9:55-11:25 AM	Tuesday 9:55-11:25 AM	Wednesday 9:55-11:25 AM	Thursday 9:55-11:25 AM	Friday 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
TO APPOMATTOX J.Becker/J.Fleishman	CATASTROPHICEUROPE K.Hall	MODERN GREEK POETS N.Alexiou	EZRA POUND M.Fischweicher/ C.Schoen	DOCUMENTARY FILM R.Forlenza/M.Connelly/ M.Lawrence/R.Sholiton
ECONOMICINEQUALITY M.Hill	CHANGING AM. ECONOMY D.Kossoff/K.Witty	CZECH FILMS R.Gerace/E.Vogel	GREATCONVERSATIONS A.LeSchack/ J.Zaborowski	EXPLORINGCREATIVITY C.Samton/M.Marcovitz
WORKING WOMEN IN FILM S.O’Connell	TELLING OUR STORY C.Mason/ L.Mostovoy	MILITARYSTRATEGY J.Gould	IMPERIAL RUSSIA M.Marsh/ J.Zuckerman	AM. ART BETWEENTHE WARS C.Millsom
EMOTIONALINTELLIGENCE H.Seeman	MODERN POETRY A.Piccolo	GEMS OF RUSSIAN LIT. S.Kalinsky/ G.Swoope	WAR STORIES G.Plesent/ S.Freeman	CABARET D.Rosenthal/ D.Wallace
12:10-1:40 PM	12:10-1:40 PM	12:10-1:40 PM	12:10-1:40 PM
FREEDOM OFRELIGION B.Cooper/M.Scher	LUCK J.Adler/ L.Schmelter-Davis	ESSAYS OFMONTAIGNE T.Auerbach	FINNEGANSWAKE T.Gannon/H.Levy
DECADENTDECADES J.Glick/L.Wollin	PROUST:SWANN’S WAY S.Girard	CONTROVERSIALANTHROPOLOGISTS S.Balcoff	VOICES OFDIASPORA M.Perez
NEW YORK STORIES B.Salant	LIFE: A MOLECULARPERSPECTIVE N.Grossman/ J.Sobel	NY REVIEW OF BOOKS J.C.Einbender	EXHIBITIONS:BEHIND THESCENES J.Rosenbaum/ A.Highton
SYMPHONY AFTERBEETHOVEN J.Smith	LIFE’S LASTCHAPTER W.Thies	SPANISH CIVIL WAR D.Reynolds	GAME THEORY J.Smith

Spring 2016

Monday 9:55 – 11:25 AM	Tuesday 9:55 –11:25 AM	Wednesday 9:55 –11:25 AM	Thursday 9:55 – 11:25 AM	Friday 11:00 – 12:30 PM
MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS AND MEMORY M.Dichter	FORGOTTEN WOMEN S.Babush/ H.Schmelter-Davis	ASTRONOMY J.Gillespie	STEVE JOBS T.Ashley	EARLY JAPANESE LITERATURE S.Goldman
A BROKEN HEART L.Taichman/R.Braff	GREENWICH VILLAGEPROTEST WRITERS R.Gerace	SAM CLEMENS & MARK TWAIN T.Grant	GUIDEDAUTOBIOGRAPHY D.Grogan	FILMS OF ELIA KAZAN H.Menikoff
	MEMOIRS C.Mason/ L.Mostovoy	SAUL BELLOW S.Kalinsky	HISTORIOGRAPHY M.Sullivan/J.Goldman	ACRYLIC PAINTING C.Winer
	JFK REVISITED M.Shapiro	EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE H.Seeman	STORIES OF HOPE &DESPAIR G.Plesent
12:10 – 1:40 PM	12:10 –1:40 PM	12:10 –1:40 PM	12:10 -1:40 PM
CONSTANTINE’S SWORD: THE CHURCH AND THE JEWS – A HISTORY F. Carden/A.Spiller	BLINDNESS J.Adler	ORWELL J.Becker	EZRA POUND’S CANTOS M.Fischweicher/C.Schoen
THINKING PROBABILITY D.Ray	JEWELS OF THEVICTORIAN AGE S.Balcoff	WORD PLAYS II M.Hearst	BYZANTIUM R. Oreskovic
HOW THE BRAIN CREATES LANGUAGE & THOUGHT J.Smith	NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS J.C.Einbender	SEX & VIOLINS OPERA’S BATTLE OF THE SEXES J.Smith	NARRATIVE NONFICTION R.Sholiton/B.Collins
WRITING GYM C.Troob/E.Brener/ L.Porter/E.Weisberg	VICHY FRANCE R.Oreskovic		AN ACTOR PREPARES B.Smith

SUMMER SESSION 2016   

TUESDAY MORNING 10 – 11.30	THURSDAY MORNING 10 – 11.30
BODY ART, M. Evans/S. Petitt	SHORT FICTION, J. Becker & E. Kolegar
	CURRENT ISSUES IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, S. Kalinsky & A. Le Schack
TUESDAY AFTERNOON 12.15 – 1.45	THURSDAY AFTERNOON 12.15 – 1.45
WORDSWORTH, COLERIDGE & THE BIRTH OF ROMANTICISM, I Geller & T. Gannon	THE NATURE OF NATURE WRITING, M. Houts
BEHAVIOR THERAPIES, P. Houts	THE MARTYR: SECRET JEWS IN COLONIAL MEXICO, F. De Lott

Fall 2016 Study Groups

Mon. 9:55 – 11:25 AM	Tues.  9:55 –11:25 AM	Wed.  9:55 – 11:25 AM	Thurs.  9:55 – 11:25 AM	Fri. 11:00 –12:30 PM
OVID N. Alexiou	FAMOUS AMERICAN TRIALS B.Cooper	LEGACY OF JIM CROW L.Cooney	FERRANTE FEVER L.Anstendig & E.Taichman	SNAPSHOTS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH  J. Fleishman
SPINNING ELECTIONS M.Connelly & R. Silverman	WHAT’S NEXT? J.Cooney & J.Vogel	FIRST AMENDMENT: FREE SPEECH J.Gaines & M.Switzer	MONEY B.Belkin	ART IN THE MET  C. Grossner
READING THE SONNETS I.Sax & M.Smith	ANIMATION IN FILM S.Forlenza, R.Forlenza,H.Menikoff & S.O’Connell	RUSSIA FROM LENIN TO PUTIN M.Marsh & J.Zuckerman	GREAT CONVERSATIONS FROM GREAT BOOKS A.LeSchack & J.Zaborowski	BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS  M.Lamin & D.Walker
JEWISH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES G.Seliger	MEMOIRS C.Mason/ L.Mostovoy	THE NEW PLAGUES: EMERGING DISEASES H.Shear	MAKING THE IRISH AMERICAN: HISTORY, FILM, SONG E.Sullivan	STAGES OF LIFE IN FILM  M. Marcovitz & R. Solomon
12:10 – 1:40 PM	12:10 –1:40 PM	12:10 –1:40 PM	12:10 -1:40 PM
“1492” S. Balcoff	NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS J.C.Einbender	JAMES BALDWIN: SEARCH FOR IDENTITY T.Auerbach	BREAKING AWAY: LEAVING CLOSED COMMUNITIES J Adler
CHINESE & JAPANESE FILM M.Duffy	MILESTONES IN BIOLOGY N.Grossman	CLASS IN AMERICA A.Brodsky & S.Kalinsky	THOSE DAMES! MURDER MOST FOUL A.Highton
BACH J.Smith	HOW AND WHY SOCIETIES COLLAPSE OR SUCCEED M.Hill & E.Roper	PROUST II: WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE S.Girard	CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL NOVELS E. Kolegar
WRITING WORKSHOP C.Troob, E.Brener, L.Porter & S.Weisberg	SIX EXTRAORDINARY NOVELS A.Sanders	FORECASTING THE FUTURE K.WITTY	NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE J. Smith

Spring 2017 Study Groups

Mon. 9:55 – 11:25 AM	Tues.  9:55 –11:25 AM	Wed.  9:55 – 11:25 AM	Thurs.  9:55 – 11:25 AM	Fri. 11:00 –12:30 PM
GUIDED AUTOBIOGRAPHY D. GROGAN	NEW ORLEANS E. BRENER/L. CRISTAL	HISTORY’S PATTERNS J. GOULD	CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES W. THIES	FILMS OF BILLY WILDER H. MENIKOFF
REPORTING ON THE BRINK OF CHANGE B. KOBRIN	DEBATE ON THE CONSTITUTION S.COLE	BREAKING AWAY: LEAVING CLOSED COMMUNITIES J. ADLER	JEWISH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES G. SELIGER	“MAKING ITALIANS”: THE NEW NATION 1870-1920 D. RAY
MAUPASSANT R. ORESKOVIC	SCIENCE & LITERATURE J. GILLESPIE	WHAT’S IN A SONG? G. MCCASLIN/H. SEEMAN	ART IN THE MET C. GROSSNER	WRITING THE GREAT WAR T. GRANT
	WRITING MEMOIRS C.MASON/L.MOSTOVOY	PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP P. HOUTS/S. RAUCH/J. VOGEL	LITERARY CRITICISM M. ROWAN
12:10 – 1:40 PM	12:10 –1:40 PM	12:10 –1:40 PM	12:10 -1:40 PM
RECENT POETS LAUREATE M. FISCHWEICHER C. SCHOEN	SHOOTING STARS S. O’CONNELL	WRITING WORKSHOP C. TROOB/L.S. PORTER/E. WEISBURG	14TH AMENDMENT TJ. BECKER/J. ZUCKERMAN
EVOLUTION IS EVERYWHERE J. SMITH	PROUST III: THE GUERMANTES WAY S. GIRARD	CLASSIC NOVELLAS S. BALCOFF	BEETHOVEN QUARTETS J. SMITH
HUAC: AN AMERICAN INJUSTICE B. SALANT	GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN M. PEREZ	PILGRIMAGES: SACRED & SECULAR F. CARDEN/A. SPILLER	THE PLEASURES OF REREADING G. PLESENT
MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS & MEMORY M. DICHTER	GREAT DECISIONS S. KALINSKY/A. LESCHACK	NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS J. C. EINBENDER	TRAILBLAZING WOMEN S. BABUSH /H. SCHMELTER-DAVIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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