Course Schedule – Fall 2024 / Old Courses / FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

Coordinators: Sandy Kessler, Andrea Irvine

How should we regard Thomas Jefferson today? Should we consider him a great American founder, or someone who, in the words of one scholar, should be “knocked off his pedestal?”

In this course, we shall consider these questions by studying Jefferson’s complicated relationship with the institution of slavery. We shall also review his views on democracy, popular enlightenment, religious freedom and public education, along with his many contributions to American life.

A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Other Classes:

• THE TWILIGHT ZONE
• HEALTH AND MEDICINE
• IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, CAN IT?
• PORTRAIT OF A LADY
• STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A BRAVE NEW WORLD?
• WOMEN SPIES
• DAISY MILLER & WASHINGTON SQUARE
• BEETHOVEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS
• ALL THE KINGS MEN
• JAZZ AT NOON
• WORLD OF THEATRE
• THE SCARLET LETTER
• THE GREAT GATSBY
• TOCQUEVILLES DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
• MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
• HISTORY OF MEDICINE
• HARLEM RENAISSANCE
• CONSTRUCTION: BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR
• ACTING WORKSHOP I
• THEATER TALKBACK
• BOOK CHATS
• ADVENTURES IN DINING
• FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
• TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
• INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
• SIXTIES
• ELIZABETH GASKELL
• WEEK IN PARIS
• CLASSICAL MUSIC
• CREATIVE WORKSHOP
• MUSIC OF THE HEART
• EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
• SYMPOSIUM
• RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
• WATER
• FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK
• CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
• AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
• HUCKLEBERRY FINN
• AGING
• FASCINATING ISLANDS
• BLACK WOMENS VOICES
• THE NOBEL PRIZES
• READING EDITH WHARTON
• WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
• THE NEAR EAST
• HISTORY OF GERMANY
• A PASSAGE TO INDIA
• INDIE FILMS
• SLAVERYS ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
• RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
• READING THE RABBIS
• RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
• MYTHOLOGY
• LITERARY HEROINES
• HOWARDS END
• HOUSE OF MIRTH
• FABULOUS FIFTIES
• COMEDY CENTRAL
• READING BLACK LIVES
• BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
• MOZARTS WOMEN
• ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
• AFRICAN CONTINENT
• PRESENTERS SHOWCASE
• INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
• ACTING CLASS
• ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS
• LAW & ORDER
• POINT OF VIEW
• MODERN OPERA
• MOVERS & SHAKERS
• SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
• FASCINATING NONFICTION
• GREAT CONVERSATIONS
• ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
• SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE

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