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This monthly informal session is intended as an information sharing opportunity for new members to find out more about how OLLI-UO works. Hear directly from longtime OLLI members about how they participate in our program and receive tips for shaping your own OLLI-UO experience. Though this is intended as a peer-to-peer session, staff will also be present to answer administrative questions. We’ll cover everything from “how do I find the classrooms?” to “how are class options decided?” to “where do I park?”. No question or topic is too big or small. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions (and a lunch!)!<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Canada Room, UO Baker Downtown Center, Eugene<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9:30\u201310:00 a.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n Join OLLI-UO Program Assistant Bill McNamee at this information session and social meetup before our courses on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Have a question about OLLI? Want to know how it works? Or maybe you have an idea for a class or field trip? Interested in meeting OLLI-UO in Northwest Oregon members? Then these sessions are for you! Grab a cup of coffee and a pastry at the on-site Kiss on Campus coffee shop and stop by before class. Though, no purchase is required to attend\u2014just bring yourself!\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n Atrium, near Kiss on Campus coffee shop, Library and Learning Center, UO Portland Campus<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n First and Third Mondays, January 5\u2013July 6, 1:30\u20134:00 p.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n The OLLI-UO Film Series Committee invites you to the movies on first and third Mondays this winter and spring! As always, members of the Committee will introduce the day’s film and share interesting facts, gossip, and insights about the movie. After the movie, your host will lead a discussion where you can share your thoughts and reactions. Committee members will present the following films on the big screen in the Alaska-Mexico Room of the UO Baker Downtown Center:<\/p>\r\n\r\n January 5: <\/strong>High Noon <\/em>(1952); cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Thomas Mitchell, Harry Morgan, Lee Van Cleef, Sheb Wooley<\/p>\r\n A well-respected town Marshal discovers just how little he can rely on the support of the townspeople around him when he must face an outlaw he "sent up" years ago and who is arriving with a gang of deadly killers on the noon train.\u00a0 An iconic performance by Gary Cooper exemplifies the image of the lone \u2013 and lonely \u2013 hero who, however reluctantly, cannot walk away from what he sees as his duty and his honor.<\/p>\r\n January 19: <\/strong>No film; Martin Luther King Day Observed<\/p>\r\n February 2: <\/strong>American Graffiti <\/em>(1973); cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Paul LeMat, Wolfman Jack<\/p>\r\n As summer comes to an end, teenage friends spend one last night cruising the streets of their Central Valley town before embarking on life as young adults. This coming-of-age story helped to define the genre by effectively blending popular music and culture into a nostalgic rendering of life in small-town America in the early 1960s.\u00a0 The film was nominated for five Oscars, including for Best Picture and Best Director, and its success advanced the careers of Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, and Harrison Ford.<\/p>\r\n February 16: <\/strong>O Brother Where Art Thou <\/em>(2000); cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning<\/p>\r\n Based on Homer’s The Odyssey \u2013 complete with Cyclops and Sirens \u2013 this film is a great wild comic ride, a treat for eye and ear alike. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), a Depression-era Odysseus from Mississippi, begins his journey to wife, family and home by escaping from a chain gang with two comic sidekicks, Pete and Delmar. Wily Ulysses, with his razor-sharp mustache and hair carefully set and perfumed with Dapper Dan pomades, speaks in paragraphs, like a man who makes Roget’s Thesaurus his bedside reading. The Coen brothers take careful satiric aim at rural Southern stereotypes, but place them in a world of racism, corruption, lynch mobs and dispiriting poverty. It’s Faulkner with humor.<\/p>\r\n March 2: <\/strong>Red River <\/em>(1948); cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Harry Carey Sr., John Ireland, Coleen Gray, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr.<\/p>\r\n In this towering Western from director Howard Hawks, a Texas cattle baron and his son drive a large herd from the Rio Grande to Abilene\u2014supposedly the first on the Chisholm Trail.\u00a0 This archetypal American story pits a son against his father, cowboys against Indians, and everyone against the harsh American West.\u00a0 After seeing this film, even John Ford admitted that John Wayne actually could act.\u00a0 Worth watching just for the lush cinematography.<\/p>\r\n March 16: <\/strong>Yankee Doodle Dandy <\/em>(1942); cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Irene Manning, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, Frances Langford, Walter Catlett, Eddie Foy Jr.<\/p>\r\n Red, white and blue through and through, “Yankee Doodle Dandy” uses the life of George M. Cohan, portrayed by James Cagney, to stir patriotic vibes from WWI into early WWII. Cagney sings and dances his vaudevillian way through a medley of memorable tunes, winning the picture 3 Academy Awards and inclusion in the U.S. National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”<\/p>\r\n April 6: <\/strong>Nightcrawler <\/em>(2014); cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Papajohn, Marco Rodriquez, Bill Paxton, Renee Russo, Sharon Tay<\/p>\r\n Set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles, Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work, discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren’s wail may be a windfall and victims are measured in dollars and cents. Along the way, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.<\/p>\r\n April 20: <\/strong>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington <\/em>(1939); cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Claude Rains, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey Sr.<\/p>\r\n Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed by his state’s spineless governor to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate, where Smith meets his state's senior senator and presidential hopeful \u2013 and Smith’s childhood hero \u2013 Senator Joseph Paine. But he soon discovers the shortcomings of the political process when his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor, who first tries to corrupt Smith, and then later attempts to destroy Smith through a scandal. The film has been celebrated for its powerful critique of political corruption and the inspiring portrayal of its idealistic protagonist.<\/p>\r\n May 4: <\/strong>On the Waterfront <\/em>(1954); cast: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Martin Balsam <\/p>\r\n Marlon Brando delivers an Oscar-winning performance as longshoreman Terry Malloy, who was a promising boxer until a mob boss persuaded him to lose a fight. After the murder of a fellow dockworker who was prepared to testify to the corruption and crimes on the Hoboken waterfront, Terry joins forces with the dead man’s sister and a savvy priest to combat the corrupt union bosses and their enablers. The film explores themes of corruption, morality, and redemption and includes Leonard Bernstein’s only film score.\u00a0 <\/p>\r\n May 18:<\/strong> To Kill a Mockingbird <\/em>(1962); cast: Gregory Peck, Rosemary Murphy, Brock Peters, Frank Overton, Paul Fix, Estelle Evans, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham<\/p>\r\n Adapted from Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning novel, this legal drama follows lawyer and widower Atticus Finch in Depression-era Alabama as he educates his children, six-year old Scout and her older brother Jem, against prejudice while defending a black man who is falsely charged with the rape of a white woman. The trial and tangential events expose the children to the darkness of racism and stereotyping, including their own prejudices about a reclusive neighbor. Gregory Peck as Atticus won the Oscar for Best Actor.<\/p>\r\n June 1: <\/strong>The Asphalt Jungle <\/em>(1950); cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe<\/p>\r\n This post-WWII film set the standard for the heist genre for decades to come and offers a different view of America: nondescript cities of trash-strewn streets, corrupt officials, lust and greed everywhere, and little opportunity for heroism.\u00a0 John Huston’s direction is moody and ironic and masterful.\u00a0 Somehow, beauty and idealism survive.\u00a0 Marilyn Monroe’s first film appearance is memorable, too.<\/p>\r\n June 15: <\/strong>The Last of the Mohicans <\/em>(1992); cast: Daniel Day Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Dennis Banks, Steven Waddington<\/p>\r\n Based on James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 classic historical novel about the French and Indian War, “The Last of the Mohicans” stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, Cooper’s frontiersman protagonist, with leading Native American actors Russell Means and Wes Studi. The rugged forests and mountains of the Northeast are a spectacular, awe-inspiring backdrop to this action-packed, epic historical drama, and the musical soundtrack is propelling and haunting throughout.<\/p>\r\n July 6: <\/strong>Barbie <\/em>(2023); cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gossling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon<\/p>\r\n In this highly metaphor-driven film, Barbie the Doll lives in bliss in the matriarchal society of Barbieland along with the various iterations of Barbies over the years, while Ken is unnoticed except in relation to Barbie. When Barbie’s blissful existence is disturbed, she reluctantly heads to the Real World, a male-dominated society, to try to fix the cause of the disturbance. Ken tags along with her and finds a newfound control which he wants to bring back to Barbieland. On top of all this, executives at Mattel, primarily white men, discover that a "real life" Barbie and Ken doll have infiltrated the real world, and they set out to capture the pair, but especially Barbie, and put them back in their place, namely in a manufacturer's sealed box.<\/p>\r\n Alaska-Mexico Room, UO Baker Downtown Center <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Select Thursdays, February to May, 5:30 p.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n The Great Decisions program is a national, grassroots foreign policy discussion program started by President Eisenhower for the general public to discuss foreign policy issues. Hundreds of these groups across the country are participating in this activity each year. Participants are not required to have a background in foreign policy, but curiosity and a willingness to read and engage with others.<\/p>\r\n Participants will purchase and read eight Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions articles for 2026. For 8 weeks spanning mid-February to early-May, participants will gather at Judy Hurlburt's home over a light potluck meal to discuss the articles.<\/p>\r\n Contact Judy Hulburt (contact information behind the OLLI member portal) to sign up and receive instructions on ordering the articles. The cost is approximately $38 plus shipping. Group size is limited to 16 individuals and a waitlist will be started if the group reaches capacity.<\/p>\r\n February 12<\/strong>: America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy <\/p>\r\n March 12:<\/strong> Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy<\/p>\r\n April 2:<\/strong> U.S.\u2013China Relations<\/p>\r\n April 9:<\/strong> Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation <\/p>\r\n April 16:<\/strong> Ukraine and the Future of European Security<\/p>\r\n April 23:<\/strong> Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World Order <\/p>\r\n April 30:<\/strong> U.S. Engagement of Africa<\/p>\r\n May 7:<\/strong> The Future of Human Rights and International Law<\/p>\r\n Judy Hurlburt<\/p>\r\n Central Oregon<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Select Thursdays, March 5\u2013June 25, 1:00\u20133:00 p.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n Explore the world of underwater archaeology, where researchers uncover sunken cities, legendary shipwrecks, and lost human landscapes beneath oceans and waterways around the globe. In twelve engaging lectures from Great Courses<\/em>, Professor Ashley Lemke, a working underwater archaeologist, highlights extraordinary discoveries\u2013from submerged cities like Egypt’s Antirhodos and Jamaica’s Port Royal to famous shipwrecks such as the Bronze Age Uluburun, Sweden’s Vasa<\/em>, and the Endurance<\/em> in the Antarctic, the intact lost ship of the 1914 Shackleton expedition. Visit prehistoric villages preserved underwater, follow dramatic discoveries in icy and deep waters, and examine modern era finds including the Titanic<\/em> and World War II wrecks, revealing a remarkable new frontier in understanding our shared human past.<\/p>\r\n After each episode the facilitator leads a discussion, where you can share your thoughts, reactions, and insights. <\/p>\r\n Ashley Lemke is an archaeologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee, with a PhD from the University of Michigan. An expert on submerged ancient sites in the Americas, she has received grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She is the author of Anthropological Archaeology Underwater<\/em> and The Architecture of Hunting<\/em>, and an award-winning teacher who previously taught at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Outstanding Teaching Award for Tenure-Track Faculty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n March 5:<\/strong> How Underwater Archeology Works; Sunken Cities of the Ancient Mediterranean. Facilitator: Daryl Loveland <\/p>\r\n March 19:<\/strong> Submerged Traces of Early Human Migration; Pirates, Plunderers, and Mutineers. Facilitator: VaNee Van Vleck <\/p>\r\n April 2:<\/strong> Viking Ships and Stone Age Danes; Cold Water Archeology. Facilitator: Diane Kirpach<\/p>\r\n April 9:<\/strong> Ritual Sites and Votive Offerings; Shipwrecks and Nautical Archeology. Facilitator: Wendy Chase<\/p>\r\n April 16:<\/strong> Sunken Warships: Treasure Troves of History; Sea Level Rise and Submerged Villages. Facilitator: Jim McDonald<\/p>\r\n April 30:<\/strong> In Search of Ancient Seafarers; The Future of the Underwater Past. Facilitator: Bonnie Campbell<\/p>\r\n Wendy Chase<\/p>\r\n Larkspur Community Center<\/a>, Classroom A, Bend<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Monday, March 30, 2:30\u20133:30 p.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n Join us for our Spring Preview to get a firsthand look at the upcoming term!<\/p>\r\n \r\n This is a casual, drop-in event, so feel free to swing by anytime between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Meet our team of member volunteers and staff, connect with fellow lifelong learners, and find the courses that will spark your next great conversation. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Larkspur Community Center<\/a>, Classroom A, Bend<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Tuesdays, March 31\u2013April 7, 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n This lecture series will discuss first the native plants of the Pacific Northwest and the insects they attract, then how everyone can boost biodiversity in their own gardens with insect-friendly habitats. <\/p>\r\n\r\n Amy Campion <\/strong>has over 16 years of experience in nurseries between Ohio and Oregon. She co-authored Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: The Complete Homeowners Guide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Room 310, Library and Learning Center, UO Portland Campus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Tuesdays, March 31\u2013June 16, 2:00\u20134:00 p.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n “In life, we encounter a wide range of crucial issues\u2013freedom of speech, the death penalty, and the meaning of equality. And the trials that grappled with, or failed to grapple with, these issues are often trials of enduring consequence.”\u2013<\/em>Professor Douglas O. Linder<\/p>\r\n The rule of law lies at the heart of democracy, and great trials show how societies wrestle with justice, power, and rights. In this Great Courses<\/em> series, Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri\u2013Kansas City explores 24 of the most influential trials in world history, from Socrates in ancient Athens to the media-saturated O. J. Simpson case. Along the way, he brings courtroom drama and lasting legal questions to life, exploring debates over free speech, religious liberty, equality, and the death penalty. Clear, lively, and highly rated by viewers, the series offers an accessible way to see how historic trials continue to shape our legal world.<\/p>\r\n After each episode the facilitator leads a discussion, where you can share your thoughts, reactions, and insights. <\/p>\r\n Douglas O. Linder is a graduate of Stanford Law School and is Elmer Powell Peer Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. For more than two decades, he taught a renowned seminar on famous trials. He also curates the Famous Trials<\/em> website, the internet’s most visited and comprehensive collection of original essays, images, and primary documents on historic cases. A prolific scholar and public commentator, he publishes widely on constitutional law and great trials and appears frequently in documentaries and interviews. His work reflects a lifelong focus on the intersection of law, history, and the enduring questions that shape justice systems.<\/p>\r\n March 31<\/strong>: The Trial of Socrates; The Trial of Gaius Verres. Facilitator: Susan Goracke<\/p>\r\n April 7:<\/strong> Three Medieval Trials; The Trial of Sir Thomas More. Facilitator: VaNee Van Vleck <\/p>\r\n April 14:<\/strong> The Trial of Giordano Bruno; The Salem Witchcraft Trials. Facilitator: Jeff German<\/p>\r\n April 21:<\/strong> The Boston Massacre Trials; The Aaron Burr Conspiracy Trial. Facilitator: Julie Gonsalves<\/p>\r\n April 28:<\/strong> The Amistad Trial; The Dakota Conflict Trials. Facilitator: Susan Goracke<\/p>\r\n May 5:<\/strong> The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial; The Trial of Louis Riel. Facilitator: Leigh Leuthold<\/p>\r\n May 12:<\/strong> The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde; The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp. Facilitator: Maggi Machala<\/p>\r\n May 19:<\/strong> The Leopold and Loeb Trial; The Scopes Monkey Trial. Facilitator: VaNee Van Vleck <\/p>\r\n May 26:<\/strong> The Trial of the “Scottsboro Boys”; The Nuremberg Trials. Facilitator: Tom Carroll<\/p>\r\n June 2:<\/strong> The Alger Hiss Trial; The Rivonia (Nelson Mandela) Trial. Facilitator: Judy Hurlburt<\/p>\r\n June 9:<\/strong> The Mississippi Burning Trial; The Trial of the Chicago Eight. Facilitator: Tom Carroll<\/p>\r\n June 16:<\/strong> The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial; The O. J. Simpson Trial. Facilitator: Maggi Machala<\/p>\r\n Susan Goracke<\/p>\r\n Maggi Machala<\/p>\r\n\r\n Larkspur Community Center<\/a>, Multipurpose Room, Bend <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Wednesday, April 1, 10:00\u2013Noon\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n Why do certain artworks become world-famous\u2013and what happens to them after their moment of creation? In this engaging presentation, popular OLLI speaker Roger Aikin explores the many afterlives of art. He looks at how artworks gain fame, how their physical appearance, value, and meaning change over time, and how shifting cultural norms reshape the way we see them. Along the way, we discover that artworks often reveal their most important stories years\u2013or even centuries\u2013after they are made, and that some take on unexpected new lives in other media, including film.\u00a0 This is a classic Roger Aikin talk\u2013lively, insightful, and not to be missed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Roger Aikin received his PhD in art history from Berkeley and taught for most of his career at Creighton University in Omaha, where he was the chair of the Fine Arts Department and the director of the University Gallery. Dr. Aikin has published books and articles on Renaissance art, American art, photography, and film and has also exhibited his own photographs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Faith Holly Hall<\/p>\r\n\r\n Affinity at Bend<\/a>, Theatre, Bend<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Wednesdays, April 1\u2013May 6, 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n This continuation of the Winter term course The Beautiful in Music will focus on an array of well-known composers and their music including Hildegard von Bingen and Gregorian Chant. The presenter will also provide live demonstrations of music and technique on piano.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Dr. Aaron Beck<\/strong> is professor emeritus of music history at Lewis & Clark College.<\/p>\r\n\r\n April 1\u201329<\/strong>\u2014Room 112, Library and Learning Center, UO Portland Campus<\/p>\r\n May 6<\/strong>\u2014Room 212, Campus Center Building, UO Portland Campus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Thursdays, April 2\u201323, 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n This course surveys the art, architecture, and material culture of three Precolumbian civilizations in Mesoamerica \u2013 the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec. Participants will learn about the legacy of kings, interregional trade and war, and the gods that ruled them. We will explore unique expressions for each culture, as well as commonalities that they share. For example, most ancient Mesoamerican cultures developed calendars and writing, practiced astronomy, and played a ballgame akin to soccer. We will see how agriculture, notably maize production, tied these seemingly disparate facets of culture together through art, myth, and ritual.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Cristie Barron <\/strong>(Ph.D, University of Missouri) is an anthropologist who has taught as an adjunct professor at numerous colleges and universities throughout the U.S.<\/p>\r\n\r\n April 2, 9, & 23<\/strong>\u2014Room 310, Library and Learning Center, UO Portland Campus<\/p>\r\n\r\n April 16<\/strong>\u2014Room 311, Library and Learning Center, UO Portland Campus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n \n Thursdays, April 2\u2013May 7, 10:00 a.m.\u2013noon\n \n <\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \"History is an interpretive discipline in which we try to understand not only the past, but also the present by looking into the past.\" \u2013 Professor Mark Stoler, Ph.D.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n Many Americans see history through long-accepted beliefs that shape how we view the world, but those familiar narratives don’t always tell the whole story. When history is clouded by half-truths and misconceptions, it impacts how we understand the present and how we make decisions for the future. Join Professor and award-winning scholar Mark A. Stoler for this series from The Great Courses<\/em> as he challenges often distorted beliefs about U.S. history, encouraging a more nuanced understanding of the nation's past. <\/p>\r\n\r\n By questioning familiar stories, such as the idea that the American Revolution was a unified struggle for independence, or that the Civil War was solely about slavery and racial equality, Professor Stoler provides a fresh perspective on pivotal events and figures in America’s history and demonstrates how each generation reinterprets the past through its own lens.<\/p>\r\n\r\n This course is offered in two parts, across Winter and Spring terms. While the course is presented as a whole, it can also be approached as a series of single, contained lectures, being only mildly cumulative in nature.<\/p>\r\n\r\n After each episode, the facilitator will lead a discussion, where you can share your thoughts, reactions, and insights. Live breakout lectures given by OLLI-UO members will supplement the recorded lectures. See below schedule for topics and breakout weeks. <\/p>\r\n\r\n April 2: <\/strong>Myths about American Isolation and Empire; Early Progressives Were Not Liberals<\/p>\r\n April 9:<\/strong> Woodrow Wilson and the Rating of Presidents; The Roaring Twenties Reconsidered<\/p>\r\n April 16:<\/strong> Hoover and the Great Depression Revisited; What Did Roosevelt's New Deal Really Do?<\/p>\r\n April 23:<\/strong> World War II Misconceptions and Myths; Was the Cold War Inevitable?<\/p>\r\n April 30:<\/strong> The Real Blunders of the Vietnam War; Myths about American Wars<\/p>\r\n May 7:<\/strong>\u00a0 Who Matters in American History?; History Did Not Begin with Us <\/p>\r\n\r\n Deb Sorensen <\/p>\r\n\r\n Alaska-Mexico Room, UO Baker Downtown Center, Eugene and Zoom <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\nGet to Know OLLI-UO<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
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