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Preview of Spring 2021
Our complete catalog of courses for the Spring semester will be available on December 2. In the meantime, here's a preview of what we're planning.
C Session: February/March
| Course Title | Day and Time | Dates | Instructor |
| C1. 2120 South Michigan Avenue - The Story of Chess Records | Mon 10:00 am | Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar 1 | Karl Hakkarainen |
| C2. Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (10 Week Course) | Mon 1:00 pm | Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar 1, and Mar 22, 29, Apr 5, 12, 19 | Lillian Corti |
| C3. Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religious Life in the Pandemic | Mon 3:00 pm | Feb 1, 8, 15, 22 Mar 1 | Rabbi Aviva Fellman , Mona Ives and Fr. Dave Woessner |
| C4. World Expositions in the 19th Century - How We Learned What’s New in the World | Tue 10:00 am | Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 Mar 2 | Martha Chiarchiaro |
| C5. Imposters, Con Artists and Their Webs of Deception (Repeat) | Tue 1:00 pm | Feb 2, 9, 16, 23, Mar 2 | Margaret Watson |
| C6. WWII in the Pacific: Island Hopping 1942-1944 | Tue 3:00 pm | Feb 2, 9, 16, 23, Mar 2 | Dr. John Ferriss |
| C7. World Economic History since the Fall of the Berlin Wall | Tue 5:00 pm | Feb 2, 9, 16, 23, Mar 2 | William O’Brien |
| C8. Getting Old (10 Week Course) | Wed 10:00 am | Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, and Mar 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21 | Richard Schmitt |
| C9. Racism and Antiracism in American History | Wed 1:00 pm | Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3 | Benjamin Railton |
| C10. The Incomparable Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Her Life and Legacy | Wed 3:00 pm | Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3 | Marcia Tannenbaum |
| C11. The Divine Comedy | Thu 10:00 am | Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar 4 | Richard Bonanno* |
| C12. “Shall We Laugh?” Two Dramatic Comedies | Thu 1:00 pm | Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar 4 | Helen Whall* |
| C13. Religion and the Constitution | Thu 3:00 pm | Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar 4 | John S. Ross, III* |
| C14. Introduction to Bird Watching | Fri 10:00 am | Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5 | Sheryl Pereira |
| C15. How to Read the Bible | Fri 1:00 pm | Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5 | Rev. Dr. Gary Shahinian |
| C16. Coming-of-Age Films | Fri 3:00 pm | Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5 | Jeff Long |
Session D – March-April |
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| D1. The Endless Civil War: Debunking the Myth of “The Lost Cause” | Mon 10:00 am | Mar 22, 29, Apr 5, 12, 19 | Dr. Jed Watters |
| D3. Great Movie Music | Mon 3:00 pm | Mar 22, 29, Apr 5, 12, 19 | Joe Corn |
| D4. Habitats of Massachusetts | Tue 10:00 am | Mar 23, 30 Apr 6, 13, 20 | Martha Gach |
| D5. An Introduction to the Human Immune System | Tue 1:00 pm | Mar 23, 30, Apr 6, 13, 20 | Clare O’Connor |
| D6. Marshall McLuhan - Prophet of Zoom | Tue 3:00 pm | Mar 23, 30 Apr 6, 13, 20 | Karl Hakkarainen |
| D8. The 1913 Armory Show - Modern Art Comes to America | Wed 1:00 pm | Mar 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21 | Martha Chiarchiaro |
| D9. Suburbia in Postwar America | Wed 3:00 pm | Mar 24, 31 Apr 7, 14, 21 | David Nevard |
| D10. Worlds of Travel | Thu 10:00 am | Mar 25, Apr 8, 15, 22, 29 | Rosemary McCarthy |
| D11. Shakespeare and the Sonnet | Thu 1:00 pm | Mar 25, Apr 8, 15, 22, 29 | Helen Whall |
| D12. Beyond Heller: Gun Control and the Second Amendment | Thu 3:00 pm | Mar 25, Apr 8, 15, 22, 29 | John S. Ross, III |
| D13. Einstein’s Special and General Relativity - For the Non-Scientist | Fri 10:00 am | Mar 26, Apr 9, 16, 23, 30 | Dr. Lawrence Lifshitz |
| D14. Christianity and Culture | Fri 1:00 pm | Mar 26, Apr 9, 16, 23, 30 | Rev. Dr. Gary Shahinian |
| D15. Winter Botany: Trees | Fri 3:00 pm | Mar 26, Apr 9, 16, 23, 30 | Joe Choiniere |
Our courses are offered via Zoom. There's a pretty good chance that you're already familiar with Zoom. If, however, you'd like some help, please join us for our Zoom Coffee Break, offered every Monday at 9 AM, except for holidays. (The Zoom Coffee Break meetings are restricted to WISE members.)
Zoom links for all WISE classes are available on the Course Zoom Links page. (This page is available for WISE members only.)
In addition, and also for WISE members only, we have recordings of our classes for the last 30 days on Course Recordings page.