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HISTORY & CONTEMPORARY ISSUES THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: A HISTORY Brian Bixby | Ph.D. in History, UMass Amherst
AFGHANISTAN—PLAYGROUND OF EMPIRE BUILDERS AND ETERNALLY FAILED STATE, OR VICTIM OF GEOGRAPHY? Anatole Sykley | Local Historian, Independent Scholar
Afghanistan appears daily in the news today and experts and pundits discuss Afghanistan’s fate, The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of Constitutional though few seem to focus on its long and fascinating issues, and its decisions inuence Americans’ daily lives, from history.and Despite its mountainous terrain, Afghanistan has been citizenship to campaign contributions. Yet its structure ancient role in the Federal government is a mystery to most Americans. What gateway between Asia, Europe and India for millennia. A branch does it take to become a Supreme Court justice? How do cases reachof the Silk Route threaded its way directly into China vi fabled Wakan Valley. Ancient Persia, Alexander the Great, and Ghing the Supreme Court? What role do personalities and politics play on Khan all tried to subdue this land. Timur the Great incorporate the Court? How does one read a Supreme Court decision? We’ll country examine the history of the Court from the days of Chief Justice John into his empire where the city of Herat was one of his capi the 19th century, the British & Russian Empires expanding in Marshall, to today’s contentious decisions on a variety ofIn issues. opposite directions confronted each other inside Afghanistan Handouts and a bibliography will be provided. 20th century, world powers sought reasons to intervene - in Afghani COURSE CODE: SUPR stan from World War I to recent times in the name of national and Sec. 01: 6 Wednesdays, 3-5pm. Begins Jan. 12 | $190 world security. What does all this history tell us? Does it inform what lies in wait for Afghanistan and its people? We will explore t important question. Be prepared for many surprises from the dark AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT OR AGE OF chest of Afghanistan’s hidden and unfamiliar history!
INTIMIDATION? RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL SYMBOLISM IN BAROQUE CULTURE Anatole Sykley | Local Historian, Independent Scholar
COURSE CODE: AFGH Sec. 01: 8 Mondays, 3-5pm. Begins Jan. 24 | $250 No class Feb. 21
As the Renaissance era gave way to the Enlighten ment in the 17th and 18th centuries, the EuropeanWHAT YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES world became inundated with riches and discoveries WANTS YOU TO KNOW: PERSPECTIVES gained from the empires overseas. European monarchs, merchants, and nobility expressed their wealth, power and knowledge byFROM building MOTHER AND SON large palaces and country estates. Vast paintings were commissioned Emily Frank | Ed. D., Harvard Graduate School of Education to cover the walls and ceilings of these giant palaces with subjects Frank-Lampon | MSW, University of Pennsylvania and themes to express confidence in mastering the world andRich their
destiny. Artists such as Tiepolo, and Jacques-Louis David, who This workshop will provide participants with a inuenced painters such as John Trumbull and Benjamin West framework for understanding how children with depicted scenes full of classical historical and contemporary political disabilities experience school by examining publis allegory. By looking at a few of these works and understanding the accounts of adults with disabilities. Topics to be addressed in historical events during which they were commissioned, we can then self- determination in children and understanding t promoting decide whether the codes and symbols that can be read from the of “dignity of risk.” This workshop is o‹ered in collaboration with works were used to impress, to enlighten, or to intimidate the viewer! Equity Intersection. C O U R S E C O D E : B AQ U Sec. 01: 8 Tuesdays, 3-5pm. Begins Jan. 18 | $250
C O U R S E C O D E : C DW K Sec. 01: Monday, 6-7:30pm. Jan. 24 | $15
INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FOR INCLUSIVE AND AFFIRMATIVE LANGUAGE OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
BRATTLE STREET: TORY ROW—A VIRTUAL WALKING TOUR Charles Bahne | Boston Historian
Let’s stay warm inside and explore Cambridge’s most celebrated street with a guided virtual tour. From Harv Are you interested in learning more about the Square to Elmwood, we’ll see the elegant mansions and the LGBTQ+ community? Are you unsure of terminology people who have lived in them over the past 250 years; the seven and want the opportunity to learn and grow? Ever estates wondered what each letter in the “alphabet soup” represents? Thenerected by British loyalists, then abandoned by them t as headquarters and hospitals for George Washington’s Army duri join us for an interactive introduction to building a foundation of the American Revolution; and Victorian- era houses that have be knowledge of the LGBTQ community and its rich history. This evening home to writers and inventors, including the creators of bakin is o‹ered in collaboration with Equity Intersection. powder, Fig Newtons, and Polaroids.
Manny Frank-Lampon | Community Organizer
COURSE CODE: IFIA Sec. 01: Tuesday, 6-7:30pm. Jan. 18 | $15
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C O U R S E C O D E : V TO R Sec. 01: Wednesday, 5:30-7:30pm. Jan. 26 | $40
