Odyssey
At Johns Hopkins University, we believe learning never ends. For more than 20 years, our non-credit liberal arts program, Odyssey has been the region’s lifelong learning partner. Whether it is a passion you want to pursue, a hobby you wish to cultivate or a job skill you would like to master, Odyssey has a wide selection of courses, workshops and lecture series delivered by top-notch JHU faculty and community experts. Odyssey doesn’t have grades or exams-just learning for the sake of learning in a fun, creative environment. These personal enrichment programs are open to anyone with an interest to learn. Take a look at our extensive course listings from science to art, writing to photography. It has never been easier to grow, explore and discover.
Winter/Spring 2013 Highlights
We invite you to peruse this Odyssey Catalog of our Spring 2013 offerings, which has many new and notable offerings, along with tried and true favorites. To begin with, we are proud to feature a special-event benefit concert on April 9 in Shriver Hall by Brian Ganz, performing an evening of Chopin, with commentary. Ganz, widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation, is donating and dedicating this program in honor of the quarter century of Odyssey public programming, and of the 50th Anniversary of the Masters of Liberal Arts program. Other single-session courses cover topics ranging from Chinese Gardens to 18th C. Edinburgh, Cuba’s history and future, Steichen’s “Family of Man,” and various authors lecturing on their recent books. The Perspectives: Special Lecture Series section includes Directors’ Cut: Conversations with Artistic Directors of Area Theaters and Rethinking the Civil War, both involving multiple speakers. Explore exciting Arts and Humanities offerings such as Golden Age cities (Athens, Rome, Florence, and Paris), the fluid concept of the American “West,” contemporary art, genealogy, the short story, modern and postmodern architecture, the Harlem Renaissance, and more. Science and nature courses include Galileo and the birth of modern science, a course on science for artists and poets, and field studies devoted to bird watching and exploring state parks. Our new category of Medicine, Health, and Humanities includes courses on preventive healthcare, herbal medicine, and patient/doctor dialogues. Tap into your creativity and upgrade your job skills with workshops in creative writing and photography, including our new course on iPhone photography, offered both in the classroom and as an online course. Language classes now include courses in Biblical Hebrew and American Sign Language.
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