Osher at JHU Spring 2025 Course Schedule
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Monday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| The Bible: A Divine Revolution – 25SB530 11 weeks (2/17 to 5/5, no class 4/21) |
Culinary Medicine – 25SB631 6 weeks (2/17 to 3/24) |
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Ingleside at King Farm |
| Maryland: A Revolutionary Time –25SB505 6 weeks (3/31 to 5/5, no class 4/21) |
Glorious Rome: Its Art and Architecture – 25SING118 12 weeks (2/17 to 5/5) |
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| Interviews With Local Fiction Writers – 25SZ201 6 weeks (2/17 to 3/24) |
Clint Eastwood: From Horseback to Director’s Chair – 25SZ145 6 weeks (3/31 to 5/5) |
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| A Look Inside the Orchestra – 25SZ119 6 weeks (2/17 to 3/24) |
The Intimate Beauty of Chamber Music – 25SZS145 6 weeks (3/31 to 5/5) |
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Monday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| The Gilded Age – 25SB527 11 weeks (2/17 to 5/5, no class 4/21) |
*The Yanomamo People – *Note: this course has been canceled. A replacement will appear here shortly. |
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Ingleside at King Farm |
| The Beatles Career: Music, Culture, Innovation, Impact – 25SB132 5 weeks (3/31 to 5/5, no class 4/21) |
Guitar Music From Medieval Times to the Beatles – 25SING109 6 weeks (2/16 to 3/24) |
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| Origins of Jazz – 25SING110 6 weeks (3/31 to 5/5) |
This England! An Exploration of Renaissance to 20th Century Music From the British Isles – 25SZ103 12 weeks (2/17 to 5/5) |
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| Great Books – 25SZ215 12 weeks (2/17 to 5/5) |
Ethical Capitalism: A Critical Introduction – 25SZ432 6 weeks (2/17 to 3/24) |
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| Film Noir: Fritz Lang and the Origin of Film Noir: M and Scarlet Street – 25SZ143 6 weeks (3/31 to 5/5) |
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Tuesday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Residences at Vantage Point | Residences at Vantage Point |
| A History of World War II – 25SOVP615 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/25) |
Vertigo at the Movies – 25SOVP103 6 weeks (4/1 to 5/6) |
| The Carnegie | The Carnegie |
| The Bible: A Divine Revolution – 25SFM112 12 weeks (2/18 to 5/6) |
The Birth of Broadway – 25SMF129 12 weeks (2/18 to 5/6) |
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| The Ratings Game – 25SZ302 12 weeks (2/18 to 5/6) |
Splendors of the Inca Civilization – 25SZ679 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/25) |
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| (More) Listening to the Movies – 25SZ679 6 weeks (4/1 to 5/6) |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Residence at Vantage Point | Residence at Vantage Point |
| The Power of Choreographic Storytelling – 25SOVP109 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/25) |
Iconic Photographs: 1940–1970 – 25SOVP108 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/25) |
| The Carnegie | The Carnegie |
| Spy Fiction After the Cold War: Rebalancing Good and Evil – 25SMF152 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/25) |
Plato’s Republic – 25SMF235 6 weeks (4/1 to 5/6) |
| The Carnegie | Zoom |
| 1940s America: Pearl Harbor, War, Baby Boomers, Bebop, Jazz, and a Cold War – 25SMF516 12 weeks (2/18 to 5/6) |
The Second-Best Year in American Movie History – 25SZ108 12 weeks (2/18 to 5/6) |
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| Artists of the Cote d’Azur – 25SZ109 12 weeks (2/18 to 5/6) |
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Tuesday Evening (7 – 8:30 p.m.)
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| Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Understanding the Evolution of Cryptology – 25SZ613 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/25) |
Learn Spanish – 25SZ546 6 weeks (4/1 to 5/6) |
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Wednesday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| Scorsese and De Niro: The Great Collaboration – 25SB110 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
A History of Israel and Gaza – 25SB637 6 weeks (2/19 to 3/26) |
| Columbia | The Carnegie |
| Modernity: A Survey – 25SB538 6 weeks (4/2 to 5/7) |
The History of Book Banning – 25SMF516 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
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| The Second-Best Year in American Movie History – 25SMF108 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
International Relations – 25SZ402 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
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| From van Eyck to Bruegel: Part 2 – 25SZ112 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
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Wednesday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Columbia | Columbia |
| French Connections – 25SB118 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
The Crusades – 25SB113 6 weeks (2/19 to 3/26) |
| Columbia | The Carnegie |
| Seeing History Through Artists’ Eyes – 25SB113 6 weeks (4/2 to 5/7) |
A History of the Digital Revolution – 25SMF631 6 weeks (2/19 to 3/26) |
| The Carnegie | The Carnegie |
| Geniuses of Musical Theater – 25SMF130 6 weeks (4/2 to 5/5) |
The History of Maryland: Everything You Should Know – 25SMF517 6 weeks (2/18 to 3/26) |
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| The World of Viruses – 25SMF607 6 weeks (4/2 to 5/7) |
New Beginning – 25SZ420 12 weeks (2/19 to 5/7) |
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| Music, Media, and the Counterculture 1950–1980 – 25SZ163 6 weeks (2/19 to 3/26) |
Dancing Gender: A History of Ballet – 25SZ102 6 weeks (4/2 to 5/7) |
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Thursday Morning (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
| Baltimore | Baltimore |
| The Quest for a Theory of Life: An Introduction to the Scientific Theories and Philosophical Debates – 25SB606 6 weeks (2/20 to 3/27) |
Six Symphonies in Six Weeks – 25SB103 6 weeks (4/3 to 5/8) |
| The Carnegie |
The Carnegie |
| New Beginning – 25SMF420 12 weeks (2/20 to 5/8) |
Declutter Your Home and Free Your Life – 25SMF304 6 weeks (2/20 to 3/27) |
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| The French Revolution 1789–99 – 25SMF522 6 weeks (4/3 to 5/8) |
April Is the Cruelest Month: The Poetry of T. S. Eliot – 25SZ206 12 weeks (2/20 to 5/8) |
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| Foreign Service Speaker Series – 25SZ906 6 weeks (2/20 to 3/27) |
House Calls: Doctors as Authors – 25SZ607 6 weeks (4/3 to 5/8) |
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Thursday Afternoon (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
| Baltimore | Baltimore |
| JHU Faculty Academy Lecture Series – 25SB910 6 weeks (2/20 to 3/27) |
Byzantine Art: From Constantine to the Fall of Constantinople – 25SB106 6 weeks (4/3 to 5/8) |
| The Carnegie | The Carnegie |
| Tempered by War: How Union Veterans Used the Gift of Survival to Carry on the “Unfinished Work” – 25SMF510 12 weeks (2/20 to 5/8) |
Contemporary Issues in Criminal Law – 25SMF511 6 weeks (2/20 to 3/27) |
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| The Human Immune System: Gateway to Health – 25SMF617 6 weeks (4/3 to 5/8) |
Probable Impossibilities: The American Experiment! – 25SZ571 12 weeks (2/20 to 5/12) |
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| The Memoir Seminar: Setting in the Memoir – 25SZ301 12 weeks (2/20 to 5/8) |
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Thursday Evening (7 – 8:30 p.m.)
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| Decoding Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Experience – 25SZ113 6 weeks (2/20 to 3/27) |
Transcendence & Emotional Mastery – 25SZ687 6 weeks (4/3 to 5/8) |
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