Germany’s Democracy -> Hitler’s Dictatorship

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Five times a year, the Shared Learning Association of Chapel Hill is pleased to present guest lectures, free and open to the public–now at our new location at 105 Market St., in Southern Village, in the meeting room facilities of the Christ United Methodist Church.

This month, on Thursday, January 24th, at 11:15 a.m. our presenter is Dr. Gerhard Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Emeritus Professor of History at UNC who will speak on “Ending Germany’s Democracy; Establishing Hitler’s Dictatorship.”  We are fortunate to have as our lecturer on this topic a person who not only spent his first ten years living in Germany during the Nazi takeover but has spent a long lifetime as a distinguished scholar studying, teaching and lecturing on the subject of Nazi Germany and World War II.  At a time when many believe that American democracy is in danger, it will be instructive to hear Dr. Weinberg discuss an instance where democracy did disappear into totalitarian dictatorship.

Dr. Weinberg’s lecture will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Rooms 3 & 5 in the 105 Market St. building just across Sumac Rd. from the Christ United Methodist Church.  For those who are accustomed to our public Lindgren Lectures being held on Fridays, please note that at our new location, we will be holding these lectures on the 4th THURSDAYS of the month–this month, on Thursday, January 24th.  Parking is available in numerous places: the lot directly behind the 101-105 Market St. buildings, the Church’s lot on the other side of the Church proper, street parking nearby, and the $2/day Park-and-Ride lot just down Sumac Rd.  Directions and a map are HERE.

Room Assignments for Spring Term

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The chart below, adapted from the catalog schedule page, shows which classes meet in which rooms.  Rooms 1, 3, and 5 are in Building 105.  “Youth Room” is in Building 103.  (Current enrollment as of Dec. 30th is in parentheses.)  For maps of the area and the buildings, click here. [To maintain security, you will need to log in first to view the building layouts.  New members should check their email inbox (or junk folder) for instructions on logging in.]  CLASSES BEGIN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 14th.

9:30 -– 11:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
MONDAY VIEWS ON THE NEWS [Alice Parsons & Gordon Taylor]  YOUTH ROOM (21)
 CONTROVERSIES:   NATIONAL & WORLD   [Hank Becker]  YOUTH ROOM (21)
BASICS OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY – ELEVATING YOUR PICTURE TAKING  [Glenn Wrighton]  ROOM 1 (12)
 SCIENCE CAFE   [Alan Ziegler] ROOM 1 (15)
TRAILS OF EVIDENCE:   HOW SCIENCE WORKS [Rosalinde Milazzo] ROOM 3 (10)
 DUTCH MASTERS ART HISTORY cont. till mid-Feb. [Jane Misch & Sharon Epstein] ROOM 3 (23)
TUESDAY HOW DID GOD BECOME A MAN? [Barry Lentz] YOUTH ROOM (14)
 PLAY READING AND DISCUSSION [Alan Tom & Marsha Back] YOUTH ROOM (12)
THE PHYSICS OF HISTORY [Don Misch] ROOM 3 (19)
 UNDERSTANDING GREEK & ROMAN TECHNOLOGY, FROM CATAPULT TO PANTHEON [Neil Stahl] ROOM 3 (25)
WHICH POETS SPEAK TO US? [Nancy Goudreau]  ROOM 1 (3)
WEDNES-DAY PERSONAL HISTORY   [Bobbie Lubler]  ROOM 5 (19) Room Change
 BEGINNING SPANISH, II [Edwin & Mary Ann Nirdinger]  YOUTH ROOM (14)
SHORT STORIES   [Marcy Sacarakis & Jane Maske]  YOUTH ROOM (17)
 GREAT DECISIONS [Jane Misch]  ROOM 3 and ROOM 5 (40)
ANCIENT MESOAMERICA REVEALED  [David Birnbaum] ROOM 3 (18)
 SYMPHONIES IV, V, & VI OF BEETHOVEN [Pat DeTitta]  ROOM 1 (8)
THURS-DAY AMERICAN VIEWPOINTS:
WHAT SURVEYS TELL US ABOUT OURSELVES [Hank Becker] YOUTH ROOM (17)
 EXPERIENCING HUBBLE:   UNDERSTANDING THE GREATEST IMAGES   [Bisharah Libbus] ROOM 3 (28)
GREAT SCIENTIFIC IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD  [Bisharah Libbus] ROOM 3 (21)
 APPRECIATING VOL. II OF IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME BY MARCEL PROUST   [Nancy Goudreau] ROOM 1 (6)
GREY LINDGREN LECTURES, 4th THURSDAY OF THE MONTH [Meyer Liberman]  ROOM 3
FRIDAY BOOK CLUB, 1st FRIDAY OF THE MONTH   [Abbie Tom & Suzanne Haff] ROOM 1 (12)
SPANISH DISCUSSION GROUP, 2nd FRIDAY OF THE MONTH [Edwin & Mary Nirdlinger] ROOM 1

 

 

Register for Spring Courses Now!

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If you are a Current Member of Shared Learning, Click HERE to go to the Members page.  You may need to log in first.  If you can’t log in, come back here and skip down to the paragraph beginning “Current members”

Our Spring 2019 Course Catalog is now available on the website for viewing and/or downloading.  We are offering 22 courses, in the arts, humanities, history, current events, and science, most meeting weekly during weekday mornings for 90 minutes.  The special Introductory Spring registration fee is $30/person which covers all Spring (January – April) courses that a member enrolls in (except occasional charges for a book or materials).  [Current members who joined in the Fall 2018 are paid-up for the rest of the academic year.] Our “Who We Are” statement describes our philosophy that emphasizes SHARED learning and course MODERATION by volunteer members.

Here are the relevant links:

SPRING 2019 Course Catalog (for downloading) including Course Schedule and Descriptions

NOTE: Five courses are now FILLED: Controversies, Science Cafe, Beginning Spanish, Short Stories, and Great Decisions.   You may sign up but will be put on a waiting list.  Play Reading and Discussing is nearly full.

SPRING 2019 Course Schedule (to view on your screen)

SPRING 2019 Descriptions of Courses (to view on your screen).  For additional information (about some courses) that was added since the catalog was published click HERE

SPRING 2019 Membership/Registration Form for downloading and mailing (also included in the Catalog)  Note: If you don’t have a printer, just put your answers to all the questions on a piece of paper and mail it with your check.

SPRING 2019 General Information

[Current members who have already paid for the 2018-2019 year can use our SPRING 2019 On-Line Course Registration for Currently Paid-Up Members]

Please note that our course enrollment period for Spring courses is short: it ends on December 29th so that allocation of courses to classrooms at our new site in Southern Village can be based on reasonably accurate course enrollments.

If you have any questions, use our Questions form and we’ll get right back to you.

Looking forward to seeing you at Shared Learning!

Public Lecture: N.C. Politics–Today & Tomorrow: Rob Christensen

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The Shared Learning Association of Chapel Hill is honored to present a talk by Rob Christensen about current and future North Carolina politics.  With the mid-term election almost upon us, his talk could not be more timely.  It is scheduled for Friday, October 26th at 11 a.m. at our current meeting location: Expand Church, 114 Weaver Dairy Rd. (corner of Erwin).

Mr. Christensen has covered North Carolina politics for 45 years at the News and Observer in Raleigh and is perhaps the most qualified non-partisan commentator on this topic in the entire State.  His book, The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics, was published by UNC Press in 2008, and won an award as the best of work of non fiction in the State that year. His new book, Branchhead Boys, is scheduled to be published by UNC Press in the spring.

This talk, like all others in the Gray Lindgren public lecture series, is free and open to the public.  Please join us!

For further information, download the flyer <-HERE.

Public Lecture: U.S.’s Russia Policy

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On Friday, Sept. 28th, at 11 a.m., Jack F. Matlock, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia gave a powerfully convincing talk to a packed audience at Shared Learning’s first Gray Lindgren Public Lecture of this academic year.  The title of Dr. Matlock’s address was Our Russia Policy: What is it? What Should it Be? but most of the talk focused on the end of the Cold War, the end of Communism in the Soviet Union, and the breakup of that country.  Matlock is the author of Reagan & Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.

For further information, download the flyer <-HERE.

Our Lindgren Lectures are free and open to the public.  We hope you joined us!

 

Fall Catalog Updates

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A few updates to the Fall Catalog.

Four courses are now closed to new enrollment–Discover Unfamiliar Languages, Plays: Reading and Discussing, Controversies: How Democracies Die, and Beginning Spanish.   Waiting lists are established for all courses that are full and we will alert you if a space has become available for you.

Also, if you are looking for History & Nature of the Universe, II in the menus referring to this course’s webpage it is going by a new title: Fun in the Physical World

February Public Lecture: The Storied South, Prof. Wm. Ferris

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On Friday, February 23rd, at 11 a.m., Shared Learning was proud to host Professor William Ferris, Senior Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC Chapel Hill, who gave our February Gray Lindgren Public Lecture at our Association’s meeting location, Expand Church, 114 Weaver Dairy Rd., Chapel Hill.

Professor Ferris’ lecture was based on his book, The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists, a fascinating set of interviews with 26 of the most luminous artists and thinkers in American culture — from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward.

Dr. Ferris described to us how he chose subjects and conducted one-on-one interviews, over the past forty years, with such outstanding cultural representatives of the American South; how storytelling is viscerally tied to southern identity; and how the work of southern and southern-inspired creators has shaped the way Americans think and talk about the South.

Like all of our Lindgren Public Lectures, Dr. Ferris’ talk was free and open to the Chapel Hill area community. We invite you to taste the intellectually invigorating and socially inviting climate that has characterized our organization since its founding by retired UNC faculty members nearly 40 years ago.

Spring 2018 Course Catalog Published

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Information about Shared Learning’s Spring 2018 semester–the course schedule, course descriptions, and registration forms–have been posted on the new Shared Learning website: http://sharedlearning.us. Newly joining members and those returning from previous years can complete the Registration Page of the Spring 2018 Course Catalog and mail it in.  Current members who have already paid their 2017-2018 registration fee may submit their selected courses by email or using an on-line form.  Look at the items under the menu choice “SPRING 2018 Courses” for more information.

Classes begin Jan 8th and end April 20th.  Spring break is March 12-16.

Lindgren Lecture: Islam and Democracy: Can They Co-Exist?

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On Friday, October 27th, at 11 a.m., retired U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, W. Robert Pearson, discussed the probability that Islam and democracy could co-exist in the Middle East. Ambassador Pearson, currently a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute, also described the current political situations in both Turkey and Syria and answered questions about those issues and about current policies and operation of the U.S. State Department.

Ambassador Pearson served as Ambassador to Turkey from 2000 to 2003 and was Director General of the Foreign Service from 2003 to 2006, winning two national awards for revitalizing American diplomacy. From 2008 to 2014 he was president of IREX, an international development NGO, basic in D.C., that focused on education, civil society development and independent media, spearheading its expansion to more than 125 countries.

Our Lindgren Lectures are free and open to the public and are held at our meeting location, Expand Church, 114 Weaver Dairy Rd., Chapel Hill 27514.