The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program
SENIOR SCHOLARS -2013
Senior Scholars meets at the College Club
2348 Overlook Rd, Cleveland Hts, OH 44106
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Senior Scholars Annual MeetingSENIOR SCHOLARS 2013 ANNUAL MEETING
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Cleveland Skating Club 2500 Kemper Road Cleveland (Free Parking) Luncheon: $30 (Guests Welcome) Program: Election of 2013-2014 Senior Scholars Council members Introduction of current and Fall 2013 Instructors Remarks by Lynn Singer Reservations Required – Deadline Wed., April 24, 2013 Please make checks payable to CWRU Mail to: Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, CWRU, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7116 |
WEDENSDAYS
May 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th (4 Sessions) 1:30p.m.- 3:30p.m.
Shakespeare: Galvanizer of Music
No writer comes close to Shakespeare as the inspiration for musical settings. The Bard’s plays and sonnets have served as the foundation for more than 200 operas, thousands of songs, a bounty of orchestral, choral, ballet and film scores, and a healthy number of Broadway musicals. In this class, we’ll go back to the sources and trace the ways in which composers and colleagues through the centuries have interpreted and adapted Shakespeare’s verses, plots and characters. The transformations range from Purcell’s “The Faerie Queen,” three Verdi operas (Macbeth,” Otello,” Falstaff”) and versions of Romeo and Juliet” by Bellini, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Prokofiev and Bernstein to songs by Stravinsky, a recent opera by Thomas Adès and a musical that teaches us how to sing for our supper.
May 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th (4 Sessions) 1:30p.m.- 3:30p.m.
Shakespeare: Galvanizer of Music
No writer comes close to Shakespeare as the inspiration for musical settings. The Bard’s plays and sonnets have served as the foundation for more than 200 operas, thousands of songs, a bounty of orchestral, choral, ballet and film scores, and a healthy number of Broadway musicals. In this class, we’ll go back to the sources and trace the ways in which composers and colleagues through the centuries have interpreted and adapted Shakespeare’s verses, plots and characters. The transformations range from Purcell’s “The Faerie Queen,” three Verdi operas (Macbeth,” Otello,” Falstaff”) and versions of Romeo and Juliet” by Bellini, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Prokofiev and Bernstein to songs by Stravinsky, a recent opera by Thomas Adès and a musical that teaches us how to sing for our supper.
TUESDAYS: Part 2: BRAZIL TODAY
March 19th - April 16th (5 sessions) 1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
This course will explore the impact of geography, post-WWII economic transformations, post-1930 political development, the issue of race, and the evolution of a cultally mixed society.
INSTRUCTOR: Don Ramos
Emeritus Professor of History, Cleveland State University
March 19th - April 16th (5 sessions) 1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
This course will explore the impact of geography, post-WWII economic transformations, post-1930 political development, the issue of race, and the evolution of a cultally mixed society.
INSTRUCTOR: Don Ramos
Emeritus Professor of History, Cleveland State University
Wednesdays Part 2: WOMEN’S WORK: MYTH AND REALITIES
March 20th - April 17th (5 sessions) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This class will the history of women’s work, paid and unpaid, in the U.S. up to the present time. The class will analyze the cultural, social and economic forces that shape what we consider proper and normal” behavior and expectations. The influence of popular culture as well as race, class and ethnic comparisons will be examined.
INSTRUCTOR: Dorothy MillerClinical Associate Professor, MSASS, Case Western Reserve University, Director, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women.
March 20th - April 17th (5 sessions) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This class will the history of women’s work, paid and unpaid, in the U.S. up to the present time. The class will analyze the cultural, social and economic forces that shape what we consider proper and normal” behavior and expectations. The influence of popular culture as well as race, class and ethnic comparisons will be examined.
INSTRUCTOR: Dorothy MillerClinical Associate Professor, MSASS, Case Western Reserve University, Director, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women.
| dorothy_miller_-_womens_work_syllabus.pdf |
Thursdays: AMERICAN PULP FICTION
February 7th-April 18th (11 sessions) 1:30 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
A survey of the best American“hard-boiled” novels between 1920 and 1960, along with three films made from them. While most of the novels follow a detective, and a couple follow a criminal. In the time between the first novel and the last, American pulp fiction develops into ‘literature,” develops sophisticated internal conventions, and achieves worldwide recognition.
Today these works are so iconic that they seem a timeless part of American culture, but the course will show they are fortuitous and deeply rooted products of their time.
INSTRUCTOR: Bill Marling
Professor of English, Case Western Reserve University
February 7th-April 18th (11 sessions) 1:30 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
A survey of the best American“hard-boiled” novels between 1920 and 1960, along with three films made from them. While most of the novels follow a detective, and a couple follow a criminal. In the time between the first novel and the last, American pulp fiction develops into ‘literature,” develops sophisticated internal conventions, and achieves worldwide recognition.
Today these works are so iconic that they seem a timeless part of American culture, but the course will show they are fortuitous and deeply rooted products of their time.
INSTRUCTOR: Bill Marling
Professor of English, Case Western Reserve University
| marling_syllabus.pdf |
$175 Spring semester (all three days)
$75 Tuesdays only
$75 Wednesdays only
$75 Thursdays only
$75 Tuesdays only
$75 Wednesdays only
$75 Thursdays only
