CSUSM 2023 Summer Osher Catalog

BECOME OUR NEWEST OSHER MEMBER!

Join a community of inquiring and engaging peers age 50+ who thrive on personal fulfillment through education. Whether you are looking for individual classes or a short course series, our programs explore the arts, history, politics, religion, health, social issues and much more. At the same time, you will connect with new friends, discover volunteer opportunities and even find a fresh interest or two!

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Choosing your membership option:

-Pay As You Go (with small membership fee)

- A nnual Membership for unlimited courses (offered every fall)

-Single-Term All-Inclusive Membership

•Access to 100+ courses annually

•Free intersession discussion groups

• Instructors who are highly respected educators and subject-matter experts

•Special events and local excursions

• Free student admission to the CSUSM Arts and Lectures program

And did we mention … no tests and no grades?

MONDAY COURSES

4 Great, Great Musicals

4 The Personal is Political: The Evolution of Spain and its Citizens from Dictatorship to Democracy

4 When Cultures Collide: History of Immigrations and Confrontations in America

4 Out of the Ashes: Rise of Christianity

TUESDAY COURSES

5 Reverse Mortgages: Remodeling Retirement

5 Fasting and the Ketogenic Diet

5 Dead Pool: Colorado River Megadrought Threatens Water Supply for 40 Million People

5 Me dicine in Art

6 Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal

6 Not What I Meant: Mockumentaries

6 Harry Truman: The Buck Stops Here

WEDNESDAY COURSES

6 Russian Cultural Heritage: Literature, Architecture, Music, Visual, Performing and Cinematic Arts

7 Positive Psychology

CSUSM Extended Learning

288 Campus Way, San Marcos, CA 92078

THURSDAY COURSES

7 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Tragedies: An Overview

7 The Arts of the Native Americans of the Plains

7 Baron von Steuben and the Valley Forge Winter

8 The Why of the Holocaust

8 The French Alliance and the Road to Yorktown

FRIDAY COURSES

8 You Write

SPECIAL EVENT

3 Taste of Korea: Korean Cuisine, Full of Wisdom and Nature

Thursday, June 22

FREE LECTURES/EVENTS FOR MEMBERS

8 Gunnar Biggs and Bill Bradbury: M andoBasso Concert Event

Thursday, May 18

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Heroes in the Skies Over the Pacific: WWII Aviators

Wednesday, Aug. 9

KEY FOR LOCATIONS

CSUSM in San Marcos

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Hybrid, offered live in the classroom and via Zoom simultaneously (interactive)

Lake San Marcos

THE OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) is an organization established to improve the quality of life for adults over 50 years of age through higher education and the arts. OLLI at CSUSM was established in 2004 and is one of 125 Lifelong Learning Institutes supported by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Osher provides a wide array of courses taught by university professors and experts in their respective fields. The program aims to keep learners intellectually active and socially engaged with like-minded peers. If you’d like to renew your enthusiasm for learning, explore new interests and make new friends, Osher is for you!

MEMBERSHIP*

An Osher membership is required to participate in our program.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, PAY AS YOU GO

$30 membership fee. Valid 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024. Pay for classes a la carte. We will honor this membership for classes beginning May 22, 2023.

SUMMER TERM ALL-INCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP

$200 all-inclusive summer term. Valid 5/1/2023 - 8/31/2023. Some exclusions may apply.*

ANNUAL ALL-INCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP

This membership will be available July 1, 2023.

*Pop-up lectures, destination learning excursions, special events, entrance fees, art supplies, etc., are not included in membership packages.

When purchasing an all-inclusive package, add it to your cart and proceed to checkout and pay. Then exit the registration portal.

You will automatically receive an email, which contains your member promo code.

·Log back in to your account to select your course offerings.

B e sure to use the promo code prior to checking out to convert your balance to $0.

Use the same promo code when adding additional classes throughout the term of your membership.

PROGRAM LINKS

Memberships and registration fees support the program. Sharing links with spouses and friends is prohibited and serves as a detriment to the longevity of the Osher program.

CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS

Please note that effective January 2021, all Extended Learning credit card transactions will be charged a convenience fee of 2.65%. The convenience fee is subject to change.

OLLI STAFF

Sherie Cambra, Program Director scambra@csusm.edu

760-750-8716

Amy Sprout, Program Coordinator asprout@csusm.edu

760-750-8613

HOW TO REGISTER

BY PHONE

760-750-4020

Note: We can accept eChecks by phone.

ONLINE

csusm.edu/el/olli/howtoregister.html

See step-by-step instructions on our website.

Bernard Osher

WATERGATE SCANDAL THE BUCK STOPS HERE

FRENCH ALLIANCE AND THE ROAD TO YORKTOWN

HOLOCAUST: SKIP 6/15

WHEN

(No discounts for Annual, Term or Lifetime Members)

Taste of Korea: Korean Cuisine, Full of Wisdom and Nature

Instructor will demonstrate how to cook two or three Korean dishes. During the demonstration, you will learn not only how to prepare Korean dishes, but also the underlying wisdom and knowledge of Korean culinary tradition. KSCPP (Korean Spirit Culture Promotion Project): will also show a short documentary film on Bangjja, traditional Korean bronzeware. A shopping list will be provided for

those who wish to cook along. A free book will also be mailed to each registrant.

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Online via Zoom

$15 per household

Yon Han

MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

CSUSM Osher instructors are leading educators and subject-matter experts in many fascinating fields of study. For a full list of our instructors and their areas of expertise, please visit csusm.edu/el/osher-instructors

ALEJANDRO CASTAÑEDA, PhD, holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in communications, the latter from Università Internazionale Dell’arte and Università Statale di Firenze in Florence, Italy. As a consultant, professional corporate trainer and keynote speaker, Castañeda has taught at the University of San Diego, SDSU, Cal State San Marcos, the Universidad Anáhuac and Universidad Iberoamericana.

DAVID MEIR-LEVI, MA, is an Americanborn Israeli currently living in Palo Alto, California. He holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Near Eastern Studies from Brandeis University. He taught archaeology and Near Eastern history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and at the University of Tel Aviv in the 60s and 70s, during which time he completed his service in the Israeli military. Most recently, he lectured on the Middle East and Israel in the Department of History at San Jose State University and on Biblical studies and archaeology at Santa Clara University.

Great, Great Musicals

Join us to view and reflect on six topics that explore the greatest in American musicals. We promise you will leave our course with your toes tapping and a song in your heart.

1. Great Moments from Non-Musicals

2. Great Oscar-Winning Musicals

3. Great Jukebox Musicals

4. Great Animated Musicals

5. Great Dance Numbers from Musicals

6. Great Musical Flops

MONDAYS, MAY 22 - JUNE 12 (SKIP 5/29)

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Online via Zoom

3 weeks $45

Sam and Candy Caponegro

The Personal is Political: The Evolution of Spain and its Citizens from Dictatorship to Democracy

impact that authoritarianism has in every aspect of a person’s life, and the decades-long shadow it casts.

MONDAY, JUNE 19

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Online via Zoom

1 day $15

Isidra Mencos

When Cultures Collide: History of Immigrations and Confrontations in America

America is a nation of many cultures. Entire peoples have visited and occupied this land since very remote times. According to some experts, no person from any country in the Americas—from Canada to Tierra del Fuego—is truly native. They all came from somewhere. America is like no other—apart from a country of immigrants—it is a nation of nomads in constant movement.

MONDAY, JUNE 26

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Online via Zoom

1 day $15

Alejandro Castañeda, PhD

Out of the Ashes: Rise of Christianity

PROGRAM LINKS

We appreciate all of our members! Memberships and registration fees support our program. As we continue online access, please keep our program links private. Sharing links with family and friends is a detriment to the longevity of our Osher program.

When a country is sick, the population shows the symptoms. In this presentation, Isidra Mencos examines the intersection between politics and private lives at a pivotal time in the history of Spain. Mencos grew up under the Franco dictatorship. She was 17 when Franco died in 1975. The transition to democracy took some years, but the cultural and sexual revolution happened fast. It was a time of hope, but also of political and social conflict. With democracy under threat around the world, Mencos reflects on the

We will survey the emergence of Christianity from the fall of the First Temple (586 BCE) to the conversion of Constantine, drawing upon archaeology and literary sources, Jewish scriptures, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Nag Hamadi papyri, Intertestamental literature, and the earliest Christian scriptures, to reconstruct the religious crisis of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, and how that crisis laid the foundation for the evolution of Christianity from a Jewish Messianic sect to the Early Church.

MONDAYS, MAY 22 - JUNE 26

(SKIP 5/29)

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Online via Zoom

5 weeks $75

David Meir-Levi, MA

TUESDAY COURSES

Reverse Mortgages: Remodeling Retirement

In this study, we will read and review two nationally recognized reverse mortgage authors and have training provided by the official education partner of the Financial Planning Association. Subjects to be covered: how a reverse mortgage works, review of eligibility, costs, misconceptions, safeguards and several case studies. How to manage long-term care costs, delay Social Security, and address the bad reputation. Books will be provided. Scott Burks has over 25 years of financial and banking experience.

TUESDAY, MAY 23

9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1 day Free for the Public Scott Burks

Dead Pool: Colorado River Megadrought Threatens Water Supply for 40 Million People

The Colorado River provides water to seven states—including California— and Mexico. Despite this year’s wet winter, the river remains in a historic megadrought. The two largest reservoirs it feeds are less than onethird full, leaving them in danger of reaching dead pool, a condition that prevents water deliveries to customers. This class will focus on the history of the river, how we arrived in this situation, why the river is so important to San Diego County and potential solutions to this serious dilemma.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1 day $15

Mark Stadler, MPA

Medicine in Art

PHILIP GOSCIENSKI, MD, retired from the Navy with the rank of captain and was head of the Infectious Diseases Branch in the Department of Pediatrics at the Naval Regional Medical Center in San Diego. A former clinical professor of pediatrics at the UCSD School of Medicine, Goscienski invests his expertise today in writing newspaper and magazine articles.

Fasting and the Ketogenic Diet

Control of the obesity epidemic has spawned two approaches to its control: fasting and the ketogenic diet. Both have long historical roots and both are effective if properly applied. This presentation describes the best candidates for each, offers guidelines for their safe implementation and discusses the easily avoided pitfalls and complications that so many people needlessly endure.

TUESDAY, MAY 30

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1 day $15

Philip Goscienski, MD

This richly illustrated presentation traces the portrayal of disease from 30,000 years ago, through ancient civilizations, the glory of the Renaissance and the realities of the modern age. Second only to observation at the bedside, art served as education for physicians until the age of technology. It still provides instruction, inspiration, comfort and a sense of beauty to the practitioner as well as to the afflicted. Each of these qualities will be highlighted in the presentation.

TUESDAY, JUNE 13

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1 day $15

Philip Goscienski, MD

MARK STADLER, MPA, retired in September 2021 after 32 years at the San Diego County Water Authority, where he served in several capacities, including manager of the San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) program. Prior to that, he worked as a writer and editor for several local newspapers. Stadler has lived in San Diego since 1962. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCSD and a master’s degree in public administration from SDSU.

*Hybrid courses are offered live in the classroom and via Zoom simultaneously (interactive).

FRANK TURNER, MA, received both his BA in history and MA in digital history from CSUSM. He is an instructor at Palomar College and San Diego Miramar College, where he teaches United States and Ancient World History. Turner is the vice chairman and historian for the Oceanside Historical Preservation Advisory Commission.

BLAINE DAVIES, MA, has a master’s degree in history and a bachelor’s degree in business. He taught U.S. history at Boise State University for 14 years. Prior to that, he spent 20 years as a product marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard. He enjoys researching and preparing history lectures.

ELENA ROMINE, PhD, received her PhD from Moscow State University and her Diploma in Education from Moscow Linguistic University. She is a published author, fluent in three languages and was a senior lecturer for the Institute of Advanced Training in Publishing in Moscow.

Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal

The resignation of Richard Nixon’s presidency is a shameful moment in American history. What were the events that led to this event? This class will explore the details behind what became known as the Watergate scandal.

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1 day $15

Frank Turner, MA

Not What I Meant: Mockumentaries

Because the movies originated as documentaries, mockumentaries such as This Is Spinal Tap and Best of Show have appealed to some audiences because they critique cinema’s core idea that seeing is believing; other audiences like mockumentaries because they like to laugh. Using Orson Welles’ theory that realism is the most seductive style of moviemaking, we’ll watch F for Fake, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, True Stories, Bob Roberts and What We Do in the Shadows, applying the theory that the parody of reality can be hilarious.

TUESDAYS, MAY 23 - JUNE 13

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Harry Truman: The Buck Stops Here

Harry Truman departed the presidency with the lowest approval rating in history, yet today most historians regard Truman as one of our best presidents. However, his controversial decisions to seize American steel mills and fire Douglas MacArthur combined with his failure to end the Korean War cost Truman the support of most Americans.

Blaine Davies examines the life of the “accidental president” who, upon learning of the death of Franklin Roosevelt, lamented that he “felt as though the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.”

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

1 day $15

Blaine Davies, MA

| WEDNESDAY COURSES

Russian Cultural Heritage: Literature, Architecture, Music, Visual, Performing and Cinematic Arts

This class will present a broad overview of Russian cultural heritage through the centuries up to the present days. It will analyze the historic roots of various art forms and show their transformation within the context of different historic, political and ideological systems. The class will focus on the works of world-famous writers, poets, painters, composers and performers such as Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shalyapin, Ulanova and many others. The content of the class will include a vast panorama of Russian life in general.

WEDNESDAYS, MAY 24 - JUNE 21

PROGRAM LINKS

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4 weeks $60

Brandon Cesmat, MA

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

5 weeks $75

Elena Romine PhD

Positive Psychology

Positive psychology is a branch of psychology that focuses on the study of positive experiences, emotions and traits. It aims to understand what makes people happy, fulfilled and thriving, and how to promote these qualities in individuals and communities. This course will discuss key areas in positive psychology including happiness, resilience, optimism, gratitude, mindfulness and character strengths. We will also review current research on positive psychologybased interventions, such as gratitude journaling, mindfulness meditation and strengths-based coaching.

WEDNESDAYS, MAY 24 - JUNE 21

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

5 weeks $75

Karen Eso, MA

THURSDAY COURSES

Shakespeare’s Comedies and Tragedies: An Overview

Shakespeare wrote Comedies, Histories and Tragedies according to the table of contents in the Complete Works in 1623, commonly called the First Folio. Othello and the comedy Much Ado About Nothing actually share a lot of the same plot elements. What makes one a comedy and one a tragedy? We’ll examine the sources of the plays, the basic themes and what genre expectations the audiences had at the time.

THURSDAYS, MAY 25 - JUNE 1

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

2 weeks $30

Kim Keeline, PhD

The Arts of the Native Americans of the Plains

Painted tipis, bison hide shields, ghost dance shirts, beadwork, carved sacred pipes and ledger art—the arts of the Plains Indians are deservedly fascinating to modern-day art lovers. These two lectures on Plains Indian arts cover all this and more, showing how the spirituality of the Plains

Nations expressed itself in things of amazing beauty. Please join art historian Douglas Barker for a look at the mystic warriors of the Plains.

THURSDAYS, MAY 25 - JUNE 1

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

CSUSM ELB 470: Hybrid*

2 weeks $30

Douglas Barker, MA

KAREN ESO, MA, has been a professor at Cal State San Marcos since 2004. Her undergraduate studies were in biology and chemistry and she studied clinical neuropsychology as a graduate student at the University of Victoria. Eso’s area of specialty is traumatic brain injury

Baron von Steuben and the Valley Forge Winter

The hard winter of 1777, when the Continental Army was camped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was a turning point in the American Revolution, the moment when new drills and regimental regulations finally turned a ragtag collection of ill-supplied and often embittered enlistees into a more disciplined and professional fighting force capable of winning a war. This program tells this important story from the perspective of Baron Friedrich von Steuben, the Prussian immigrant with the unusual home life whom Washington tasked with achieving that critical transformation.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8

9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Online via Zoom

1 day $15

Richard Bell, PhD

DOUGLAS R. BARKER, MA, is an art historian, a professional metaphysical worker and an avid world traveler. He holds a master’s degree in art history from the University of Chicago. During 14 years in England, Germany and Switzerland, he studied Rudolf Steiner’s system of alternative education and worked as an art tour guide. Barker has traveled extensively in nearly 40 countries, and much of his expertise derives from spiritual experiences in sacred sites around the globe. Barker also holds a diploma in astrological counseling from the Astrological Psychology Institute in Switzerland.

*Hybrid courses are offered live in the classroom and via Zoom simultaneously (interactive).

JASON HENSLEY, PhD, teaches religious studies at a private school in Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the Michael LaPrade Holocaust Education Institute of the Anti-Defamation League, a member of Civic Spirit’s teacher education cohort, and the award-winning author of 10 books. His work has been featured in The Huffington Post as well as the BBC, and he has served as the historical advisor for a recent Holocaust documentary.

RICHARD BELL, PhD, is a professor of history at the University of Maryland. He is the author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home, a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize and the 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize. Bell is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

The Why of the Holocaust

For years, the Holocaust was portrayed as an act of unspeakable violence by humans who acted like animals. Yet this portrayal led to seeing the Holocaust as a historical aberration, and impossible to understand. Instead, history is complex and multifaceted. The Holocaust is incredibly difficult to understand, but it is possible to see what factors contributed to it. This lecture will thus examine why and how the Nazis were able to influence and enable almost an entire continent to murder its Jewish communities.

THURSDAYS, JUNE 8 - 15

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Online via Zoom

2 weeks $30

Jason Hensley, PhD

FRIDAY COURSES

You Write

A workshop to inspire participants who are writing and willing to share their stories with others. Participants will sharpen skills and techniques that will enhance creativity in a supportive, fun environment.

FRIDAYS, MAY 26 - JUNE 23

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Online via Zoom

5 weeks $75

Laurie Richards

FREE EVENT FOR MEMBERS

Become an Osher member today and attend this lecture for free!

Gunnar Biggs and Bill Bradbury: MandoBasso

Concert Event

PROGRAM LINKS

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The French Alliance and the Road to Yorktown

The Siege of Yorktown in October 1781 was a decisive win for George Washington’s Continental Army. Yet it was also a triumph for the unlikely wartime alliance forged between patriot revolutionaries and the French King Louis XVI. University of Maryland historian Dr. Richard Bell explores the story of this essential alliance as it evolved from small-scale privateering and gun-running into a military partnership that achieved a stunning joint victory at Yorktown, the climactic battle of the American Revolution.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Online via Zoom

1 day $15

Richard Bell, PhD

MandoBasso is a duo featuring Gunnar Biggs on bass and CSUSM professor emeritus Bill Bradbury on mandolin. Biggs and Bradbury first came together as colleagues working on projects at both Palomar College and Cal State San Marcos. Biggs comes from a strong background in jazz and classical performance, Bradbury from a composition and computer music background. Their mutual love of Irish and traditional American music brought them together in this unusual pairing of mandolin and bass. MandoBasso performances include mainly new compositions, along with arrangements of traditional music, classical music, jazz and ragtime.

THURSDAY, MAY 18

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Doors open at 3:30 p.m.

Lake San Marcos, Fairway Room

Free for Members

$30 for Nonmembers

Registration Required

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Please consider giving to Osher so we can continue providing an outstanding, easily accessible and reasonably priced program. There are many ways to give and your donations are tax-deductible, secure and private. Your support will help ensure the continued success of our program!

IDEAS FOR GIVING BACK TO YOUR OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE:

•Donate in honor or memory of a friend or loved one

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Thank you in advance for your support.

To make your gift today, please call 760-750-4400 or visit csusm.edu/giving .

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Each year, Osher members support our program on Giving Day with generous donations that offset rising program costs and help keep member fees affordable. In 2020, 2021 and 2022, matching gifts were provided by the Martin J. Gannon Matching Fund for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CSUSM!

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2020,

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Help us sustain this vibrant community of learners now and in the future.

2021 AND 2022 MATCHING DONOR

FREE LECTURE FOR OSHER MEMBERS

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Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | CSUSM ELB 470*

Heroes in the Skies Over the Pacific: WWII Aviators

War does not create heroes; it simply creates situations where those with the grit and a spark of gallantry can remain in the fight, running toward the danger to become leaders of men and the defenders of freedom. Now, almost 80 years later, we can thank the men of VC-4, the USS White Plains and the 90th Bomb Group for having the grit and the spark that helped win the war and preserve our nation. Join author Russell Low for an unforgettable event. Registration is required to receive a parking permit at $5 per day. *Hybrid: Offered live in the classroom and via Zoom simultaneously (interactive).

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