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Past Courses
Often cited as one of the most celebrated defenses of free speech ever written, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty makes its case on the basis of utility rather than natural rights. But is Mill’s argument...
Nonfiction is often referred to as “the fourth genre,” but can memoir and personal essays and scientific journalism all really be classified as the same genre? When is considering the traditional...
This interactive, non-credit course at the Graham School offers adult learners an opportunity to explore work's evolving role in society with futurist Elatia Abate. We will consider the futures of...
This course is a discussion of films known as “gangster” films. Most of us are familiar with this genre (e.g. Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather, American Gangster), and, as I have discovered researching...
Glenn Gould defies convention. His interpretations of piano works by the great composers are often as strikingly unconventional as they are insightful. We'll explore several examples of Gould's...
The Western tradition has been defined as a 2500 year long dialogue on the great ideas that are the bases for human flourishing. In this discussion class we will be examining central political ideas...
Why does the same piece of music sound so different when played by different performers? Why and how do Toscanini and Karajan, or Rubinstein and Horowitz project such different worlds of emotion and...
This course is a survey of some of the great and notorious pianists of both before and after the invention of recording technologies. The course will feature simultaneous simulations of historical...
Homer’s Iliad, chronicling the ten year siege of Troy, and Odyssey, chronicling one man’s ten year attempt to return home after Troy, have been considered by most authors to be the foundation stones...
Beethoven's middle period works (the heroic Beethoven) comprise the single most influential repertory in the history of Western music. The "Eroica" symphony, the mighty Fifth, the "Emperor" piano...