The Alumnae Continuing Education Class Schedule – Spring Quarter 2015
For schedule updates or class cancellations, consult www.nualumnae.org or call 847-604-3569.
Tuesdays: March 31 - June 2, 2015
A. Shakespeare’s Kings, Real and Mythological
Glenn Sucich, Senior Lecturer, English
Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
DATE
LECTURE
NORRIS CENTER
March 31
The Plantagenet Kings and the Wars of the Roses
Louis Room
April 7
Richard II
McCormick Auditorium
April 14
Henry IV, Part I
McCormick Auditorium
April 21
Henry IV, Part II
McCormick Auditorium
April 28
Henry V
Louis Room
May 5
Henry VI
Louis Room
May 12
Richard III
McCormick Auditorium
May 19
The Hollow Crown
McCormick Auditorium
May 26
King Lear
McCormick Auditorium
June 2
Shakespeare’s Kings and A Game of Thrones
McCormick Auditorium
B.
World War II Revisited
Laurence Schiller, former Lecturer, History
DATE
LECTURE
Tuesdays, 12:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
CLASSROOM
NORRIS CENTER
CLASSROOM
March 31
The Seeds of Conflict
Louis Room
April 7
The Rise of Fascism and Communism in the West
McCormick Auditorium
April 14
Fascism on the Brink of Victory in Europe
McCormick Auditorium
April 21
The Rise of Japanese and American Power, East Asia, and the Pacific
McCormick Auditorium
April 28
America Enters the War: “Air Raid, Pearl Harbor, This is No Drill!”
Louis Room
May 5
Blood and Blunder: The Allies Push Back (1942-43)
Louis Room
May 12
The Eastern Front and the Death of the Wehrmacht
McCormick Auditorium
May 19
War in the Pacific and East Asia: America & Britain Triumphant
McCormick Auditorium
May 26
The War Ends in Europe
McCormick Auditorium
June 2
The Japanese Surrender and the Aftermath of War
McCormick Auditorium
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Thursdays: April 2 - June 4, 2015
C. American Education Today: Challenges and Issues
Faculty from the School of Education and Social Policy
DATE
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
LECTURE
April 2
Where Are We Today, and How Did We Get Here?
NORRIS CENTER
CLASSROOM
Louis Room
Professor James P. Spillane
April 9
Testing: Standards and Assessments
McCormick Auditorium
Timothy Dohrer, Director of Master of Science in Education Program
April 16
How Do We Know Our Schools Are Any Good?
McCormick Auditorium
Professor David Figlio
April 23
Why All the Attention on Early Learning?
McCormick Auditorium
Assoc. Professor Diane Schanzenbach
April 30
What is a Good Teacher, and How Do We Know?
Louis Room
Assoc. Professor Kirabo Jackson
May 7
Early vs. Late Intervention: It’s Not Too Late in High School
Louis Room
Assoc. Professor Jonathan Guryan
May 14
Technology and Learning
McCormick Auditorium
Research Professor Kemi Jona
May 21
Educational Inequality: Implications of Cultural Assumptions
McCormick Auditorium
Professor Carol Lee
May 28
Teaching the Gifted and Talented
McCormick Auditorium
Professor Paula Kubilius-Olszewski
June 4
Louis Room
Disparities in Educational Attainment: How Do We Prepare All Students for Success?
Assistant Professor Mesmin Destin
D. The Middle East: Update on Turmoil
Faculty from Various Departments
Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
NORRIS CENTER
DATE
LECTURE
CLASSROOM
April 2
How We Got to Where We Are Today
Hendrik Spruyt, Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations
Louis Room
April 9
From Tunisia to Tehran: The Middle East in Transition
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Associate Professor, Political Science
McCormick Auditorium
April 16
Popular Culture of the Ongoing Egyptian Uprising
Jessica Winegar, Associate Professor, Anthropology
McCormick Auditorium
April 23
Focus on Syria
Wendy Pearlman, Assistant Professor, Political Science
McCormick Auditorium
April 30
A New Orientalism? Arab Narrative Changes with Tahrir Square
Louis Room
Brian Edwards, Assoc. Prof., English; ; Director, Program in Middle East and North African Studies
May 7
The Arabian Peninsula: How Yemen and the Gulf Monarchies are Coping with Regional Turmoil
Henri Lauziere, Assistant Professor, History
Louis Room
May 14
Israel’s Place in the Picture
Jacob Lassner, Professor Emeritus, Jewish Civilization, Religion
McCormick Auditorium
May 21
Iran and the West: Public Diplomacy and Media Images
Hamid Naficy, Professor, Radio, TV, Film
McCormick Auditorium
May 28
The Rise and Fall of Military Influence in Modern Turkey
Ipek Yosmaoglu, Assoc. Prof., History
McCormick Auditorium
June 4
Middle East Turmoil and American Foreign Policy
Nabeel Khoury, Buffett Center Visiting Scholar
Louis Room
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