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Winter Courses
Monday
Starts January 22
Mon, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (PT)
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Twilight of American Liberalism
Mick Chantler
Livestreamed + RecordedMon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Contemporary Black Women’s Narratives
Stephanie Wells
In Person (Berkeley)Mon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Fully enrolled; waitlist available
Building a Great Memoir
Louise Nayer
In Person (Berkeley)Mon, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
How Broadway Became Broadway
Peter Davis
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedTuesday
Starts January 16
Tue, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (PT)
The End of Empire? The American Revolution and the British Empire
Richard Bell
Livestreamed + RecordedTue, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (PT)
Hapsburg Capitals: Vienna, Prague, Budapest
Harlow Robinson
Livestreamed + RecordedTue, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Fully enrolled; waitlist available
Personal Essay: Finding Transcendence in the Ordinary
Jane Ganahl
In Person (Berkeley)Tue, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Behind the Scenes for History Lovers
Adam Hochschild
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedStarts January 30
Tue, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
How We Decide
Barry Schwartz
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedWednesday
Starts January 17
Wed, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (PT)
Stockholm: Urban Center of the Nordic Countries
Pierluigi Serraino
Livestreamed + RecordedWed, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
American Folk Music: The Golden Age: 1950–75
Pete Elman
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedWed, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Latinx Literatures of Los Angeles
Karina Palau
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedWed, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Being Humans in the Age of AI
Robert Todd
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedStarts February 14
Wed, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (PT)
Helsinki: An Extraordinary Design Capital
Pierluigi Serraino
Livestreamed + RecordedThursday
Starts January 18
Thu, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PT)
Fully enrolled; waitlist available
iPhoneography
Laura (Yoni) Mayeri
Livestreamed + RecordedStarts January 25
Starts February 15
Thu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Etta James and Ray Charles: Lives, Times, and Music
Pamela Rose
In Person (Lafayette) + RecordedThu, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Opera for Laughs: Great Comic Moments in the World of Opera
Clifford "Kip" Cranna
In Person (Lafayette), Livestreamed, RecordedThu, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PT)
Fully enrolled; waitlist available
Reading as a Writer: Two Modernist Classics
Deborah Lichtman
In Person (Berkeley)inherit
Encore (Pre-Recorded) Courses
Encore
Watch starting first day of term
Waking Up in the Universe
Gibor Basri
EncoreThe History Wars: The 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory
Richard Bell
EncoreThe Hows and Whys of Good Cooking
Linda Carucci
EncoreExperiencing Nature Through Art: The Cultivation of Perception
Bruce Elliott
EncoreWhen Giants Ruled the Sky: The Golden Age of Airship Travel
John Geoghegan
Encoreinherit
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