Osher at JHU Fall 2024 Class Schedule
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Monday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| The End of Days: Eschatology, Apocalypse, Resurrection, and Afterlife – 24FB529 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Gideon Amir – watch video preview |
The Power of Choreographic Story Telling – 24FB131 6 weeks – 9/16 to 10/21 Lisa Yanguas – watch video preview |
| Columbia | Ingleside at King Farm |
| The Effectiveness of American Prisons – 24FB518 6 weeks – 10/28 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Andrea Cantora – watch video preview |
Women of the Arts – 24FING118 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Roger Brunyate – watch video preview |
| Zoom |
Zoom |
| The Nuclear Age – 24FZ634 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Guillaume de Syon – watch video preview |
Business and Economic Policy in a Global Economy – 24FZ401 6 weeks – 9/16 to 10/21 Ting Zhang – watch video preview |
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| Hamilton’s Economics: Do We Need Them Today? – 24FZ545 6 weeks – 10/28 to 12/6 (no class 11/25) Nancy Spannaus – watch video preview |
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Monday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| The History of Asia: An Overview – 24FB527 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) David Hatch – watch video preview |
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – 24FB605 6 weeks – 9/16 to 10/21 Peter Silverglate – watch video preview |
| Columbia | Ingleside at King Farm |
| The Ju/’hoansi of the Kalahari Desert – 24FB627 6 weeks – 10/28 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Tanya Icaza – watch video preview |
1950-1975: Dynamic Years of Change in America – 24FING409 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Don Stanton – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| J.S. Bach… The Best Thing to Come From East Germany! – 24FZ103 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Jonathan Palevsky – watch video preview |
Great Books– 24FZ215 12 weeks – 9/16 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Mark Weinstein – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Media Literacy – 24FZ632 6 weeks – 9/16 to 10/21 Steve Herman – watch video preview |
Medieval Science: Exploring Insights and Discoveries – 24FZ543 6 weeks – 10/28 to 12/9 (no class 11/25) Ilya Dines – watch video preview |
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Tuesday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Residences at Vantage Point |
Residences at Vantage Point |
| The Civil War: A Political and Military History – 24FOVP539 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Eric Gartman – watch video preview |
Japanese Women from Prehistoric Through Sengoku Japan: A HERstory – 24FOVP524 6 weeks – 10/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Lida Kato – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Montgomery |
| Raphael: “Mortal God” of the High Renaissance – 24FMF112 12 weeks – 9/17 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Nora Hamerman – watch video preview |
The End of Days: Eschatology, Apocalypse, Resurrection, and Afterlife – 24FMF112 12 weeks – 9/17 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Gideon Amir – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Listening to the Movies – 24FZ154 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Dan Sherman – watch video preview |
Interviews with Authors: Nonfiction Writers on Their Subjects and Their Craft – 24FZ302 6 weeks – 10/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Claudia Kalb – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Palliative and Hospice Care: Professional Processes and Personal Perspectives – 24FZ679 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Rebecca Wright – watch video preview |
Astronomy 101: From the Big Dipper to the Big Bang – 24FZ607 6 weeks – 10/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Jim O’Leary – watch video preview |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Residences at Vantage Point | Residences at Vantage Point |
| Crossover Composers – 24FOVP108 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Seth Kibel – watch video preview |
Six Infectious Diseases – 24FOVP615 6 weeks – 10/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Kris Obom – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Montgomery |
| The New Musical Theater Golden Age Since 2000 – 24FMF152 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Steve Friedman – watch video preview |
Historical Crime Fiction: Creating the Illusion of Reality– 24FMF235 6 weeks – 9/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Melinda Kramer – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Zoom |
| America: Hoovervilles to a New Deal – 24FMF216 12 weeks – 9/17 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Joan Adams – watch video preview |
Superstar: The Career of Barbra Streisand – 24FZ108 12 weeks – 9/17 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Stan Levin – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Paul Gauguin: His Art and Life (1848-1903) – 24FZ109 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Joseph Cassar – watch video preview |
The Ancient Art of Mesoamerica – 24FZ166 6 weeks – 10/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Hugh Leeman – watch video preview |
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Tuesday Evening (7 – 8:30 p.m.)
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Decoding Taylor Swift: Unveiling the Layers of Her Lyrics and Music – 24FZ115 6 weeks – 9/17 to 10/22 Megan Prikhodko – watch video preview |
Basic Spanish – 24FZ546 6 weeks – 10/29 to 12/10 (no class 11/26) Lidia Almidon – watch video preview |
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Wednesday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| The World According to Woody Allen – 24FB110 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) William Florman – watch video preview |
Everyone Knows Somebody: Domestic Violence – 24FB552 6 weeks – 9/18 to 10/23 Nicole Romeiser – watch video preview |
| Columbia | Montgomery |
| A Photo Tour of Birds and Bird Behavior – 24FB637 6 weeks – 10/30 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Calvin Schnure – watch video preview |
The Spies in Oppenheimer’s World: The Rosenbergs and More – 24FMF520 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Naomi Daremblum – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Zoom |
| Superstar: The Career of Barbara Streisand – 24FMF108 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Stan Levin – watch video preview |
International Relations – 24FZ402 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Melvin Goodman – watch video preview |
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| From Van Eyck to Bruegel: The Northern Renaissance, Part 1 – 24FZ112 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Nora Hamerman – watch video preview |
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Wednesday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| Music on Stage – 24FB118 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Roger Brunyate – watch video preview |
Explorations of Architectural History – 24FB113 6 weeks – 9/18 to 10/23 Judy Feldman – watch video preview |
| Columbia | Montgomery |
| The History of American Comedy – 24FB156 6 weeks – 10/30 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Jenny McClendon – watch video preview |
A Study of the Roberts Court – 24FMF431 6 weeks – 9/18 to 10/23 Stephen Wermiel – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Montgomery |
| 1776 – 24FMF530 6 weeks – 10/30 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Dorothea Wolfson – watch video preview |
Stories of Bernard Malamud – 24FMF217 6 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Bob Barshay – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Zoom |
| Guitar Music: America’s Mixtape – 24FMF107 6 weeks – 10/30 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Vladimir Fridman – watch video preview |
Game On: Harris vs. Trump – 24FZ420 12 weeks – 9/18 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) Eleanor Clift |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Introduction to the Fashion Industry – 24FZ163 6 weeks – 9/18 to 10/23 Caroline Gordon – watch video preview |
Ancient Civilization of the Andes – 24FZ102 6 weeks – 10/30 to 12/11 (no class 11/27) George Scheper – watch video preview |
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Thursday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Baltimore | Montgomery |
| This England! An Exploration of Renaissance to 20th Century Music From the British Isles – 24FB103 11 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) Jonathan Palevsky – watch video preview |
Game On: Harris vs. Trump – 24FMF420 11 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) Eleanor Clift |
| Montgomery | Montgomery |
| The Time is Now – 24FMF304 5 weeks – 9/19 to 10/24 (no class 10/3) Chris Stevenson – watch video preview |
Your Brain, Your World – 24FMF690 6 weeks – 10/31 to 12/12 (no class 11/28) Andrea Baruchin – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| The Violent Bear It Away: Flannery O’Connor’s Savage Vision of Grace – 24FZ206 11 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) Robert Jacobs – watch video preview |
The Most Inventive Composer of Them All – 24FZ106 11 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) Saul Lilienstein – watch video preview |
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Thursday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Baltimore | Montgomery |
| Climate Change: Solutions – 24FB606 11 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) Ron Edelstein – watch video preview |
Insights Into Medicine: In Coordination with Johns Hopkins Medicine, A Woman’s Journey – 24FMF636 5 weeks – 9/19 to 10/24 (no class 10/3) Kelly Ripkin – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Montgomery |
| Contemporary Issues in Criminal Law – 24FMF510 6 weeks – 10/31 to 12/12 (no class 11/28) John McCarthy – watch video preview |
Dispute Resolution Techniques– 24FMF517 5 weeks – 9/19 to 10/24 (no class 10/3) George Cohen – watch video preview |
| Montgomery | Zoom |
| Medical Pluralism in 19th Century America – 24FMF643 6 weeks – 10/31 to 12/12 (no class 11/28) Krystyna Gurstelle – watch video preview |
Osher at JHU Lecture Series – 24FZ900 10 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) William Lewis – watch video preview |
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| The Memoir Seminar: Action and Conflict – 24FZ301 11 weeks – 9/19 to 12/12 (no class 10/3 & 11/28) Diane Scharper – watch video preview |
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Thursday Evening (7 – 8:30 p.m.)
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Culinary Medicine: An Overview (Why Life Can Be Both Long and Sweet) – 24FZ671 2 weeks – 9/19 to 9/26 Mark Mills – watch video preview |
Hacking Democracy: How Digital Disinformation Targets and Influences Voters – 24FZ624 3 weeks – 10/10 to 10/24 Joycelyn Tate – watch video preview |
| Zoom | Zoom |
| Baseball: The First Black Players for Each Original Team – 24FZ513 3 weeks – 10/31 to 11/14 Stephen Klatsky – watch video preview |
Pirates, Politics, and Rum Punch – 24FZ587 3 weeks – 11/21 to 12/12 (no class 11/28) Jamie Goodall – watch video preview |
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