THE HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES At Lorber Hall Fall 2016 940. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR THE HUTTON HOUSE LIFE, PART I LECTURES Marcia Byalick Through a combination of informal lectures, discussion, These classes in the arts, humanities, and sciences have in-class writing exercises and weekly assignments, you will been widely respected for more than three decades. Noted be encouraged to uncover the wonderful stories hidden for their dynamic faculty from both Long Island University within your life experience Assignments are designed to and the surrounding area, The Hutton House Lectures trigger memories, providing a record of people, places, are stimulating and thought-provoking. Tests are not given in this non-credit program. events and emotions that might otherwise be lost Studies show that writing slows you down, clarifies emotions, LOCATION: Unless otherwise noted, all classes are held dispels demons…and heals The process can take you from in Lorber Hall (formerly known as Hutton House) on self-expression to self-discovery. Join author, editor, and LIU Post’s south campus. Use the east gate entrance off sixteen-time Long Island Press Club award winning columnist Route 25A. Follow the Lorber Hall signs which read Marcia Byalick, in exploring the times of your life. School of Professional Accountancy. The Hutton House Lectures are held in this beautifully restored mansion, extensively renovated on the first floor where our classes 10 a.m. – Noon 6 sessions meet. September 12 – October 17 Fee: $140 REGISTRATION: Please use the form inside the back 941. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S THE SOUND cover or call with Amex, MC, Visa, or Discover to charge: AND THE FURY AND ABSALOM, 516-299-2580. ABSALOM! REFUNDS: We reserve the right to cancel any series or John Lutz special event with full refund guaranteed. Refunds are Through an exploration of social conflicts arising from not granted once a course has begun. Another course may problems relating to class, race, and gender, this course be substituted where space is available. will examine two of Faulkner’s major works. We will NOTIFICATION: Unless you hear from us (before your explore the complex ways in which these great literary class is scheduled to begin), you may be confident you achievements parallel existing philosophical traditions have a place in the course(s) you signed up to take. and comment upon them, sometimes adopting their SHARING/SUBSTITUTION: Two people may split the assumptions and sometimes rejecting them, but always cost of a course and divide the lectures. You may send a testing their propositions by depicting the tragic or comic friend if you have to miss a class, or you may sit in on lives of characters who consciously or unconsciously another course, space permitting. Our office will accept embody them. Some of the major issues addressed in the one payment per shared registration, whether a check or a course will include: the legacy of slavery, Faulkner’s charge number. representations of labor and economic exploitation, DINING ON CAMPUS: Hillwood Food Court, located language and its relationship to the development of human in Hillwood Commons, provides hot and cold lunches. consciousness, Faulkner’s representation of women and Faulkner’s representations of human sexuality and THE HUTTON HOUSE LIBRARY: Please take a emotional/psychological development. moment to browse our collection in Room 104. All books and audiotapes are specifically chosen to compliment our 1 – 3 p.m. 10 sessions liberal arts and sciences curriculum; this collection should September 12 – November 14 Fee: $180 prove interesting to those who wish to do further reading. To check-out materials on the honor system for up to one month, simply make your selection, complete the card in 942. “OLD MASTERS IN THE NEWS” back of your book, and drop it into the box on the shelf Marc Kopman to the far right of the bay window. This course examines the works of seven artists who have recently been the subject of major exhibitions here or in Europe. They range from such unfamiliar names as Carlo Crivelli (1435-1495) to the great nineteenth century painters Ingres and Delacroix. Each session will incorporate the new discoveries, reattributions and the latest scholarship that these exhibitions have presented. 10 a.m. – Noon 7 sessions September 19 – November 14 Fee: $150 (No class on October 3 and October 10) – 1 – 943. CAN SCIENCE EXPLAIN RELIGION? 947. THE CHARMING ELEGANCE OF LONG Peter Brancazio ISLAND GREAT GATSBY ERA ESTATES Religion has existed in human societies virtually Orin Finkle everywhere on the earth for tens of thousands of years. Professor Finkle will present from his collection of unique Although the many religions of the world, past and period photos depicting the North Shore and Eastern Long present, seem to differ widely in their beliefs and practices, Island’s grand estates, including glimpses of wealthy they all share one common feature: namely, a belief in the families, grand attire, sporting events and scenes of country existence of invisible, powerful supernatural beings that have the clubs and high society parties. Family photos of the ability to control nature and to intervene in human affairs . In Guggenheims, Kahns, Astors, Morgans, Phipps Mackays recent years, an interdisciplinary effort has been launched and other prominent people of the “Roaring Twenties” will by social scientists to explain why this belief is so come to life and be discussed in the context of that era. pervasive. The most promising approach seems to be Weekly handouts of Professor Finkle’s published articles coming from cognitive scientists, who argue that religious will also be provided along with his lectures, all helping to beliefs have arisen as a by-product of specific human make this series a private tour into a forgotten world. mental processes that evolved over time through natural selection. Thus humans are not innately religious, but are 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions born with the mental capacity to easily accept religious November 7 – November 28 Fee: $100 beliefs. 948. DELACROIX AND THE RISE OF In this course, we will identify the cognitive features of the MODERN ART human brain that support belief in supernatural beings. We Carol Tabler will discover how these features promoted religious beliefs Eugène Delacroix, leader of the French Romantic movement, and practices that fostered group cooperation and was truly ahead of his time. His use of saturated color and solidarity. We will examine the role played by religion in bold brushwork was revolutionary in his day. The great the social and cultural evolution of human civilization. Paul Cézanne said that he had “the most beautiful palette Finally, we will speculate on the future of religion, which in France.” These lectures will discuss the subject of now seems to be headed down two divergent paths – Delacroix and his lasting legacy. secularism and fundamentalism. 10 a.m. – Noon 3 sessions 1 – 3 p.m. 6 sessions November 21 – December 5 Fee: $90 September 19 – October 24 Fee: $120 949. SHAKESPEARE’S CORIOLANUS 944. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR John Lutz LIFE, PART II Set in the early Roman Republic, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus Marcia Byalick provides a portrait of one of his most impenetrable tragic Through a combination of informal lectures, discussion, heroes. Focusing on the theme of popular discontent with in-class writing exercises and weekly assignments, you will government, the play explores social and political problems be encouraged to uncover the wonderful stories hidden like warfare, inequality, and the abuse of political power. within your life experience Assignments are designed to We will use the Signet edition of the play. trigger memories, providing a record of people, places, events and emotions that might otherwise be lost. Studies 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions show that writing slows you down, clarifies emotions, November 21 – December 12 Fee: $120 dispels demons…and heals. The process can take you from self-expression to self-discovery Join author, editor, and sixteen-time Long Island Press Club award winning columnist Marcia Byalick, in exploring the times of your FILMS life. Only those who have taken the previous class should Please be advised that we do not have stadium seating available enroll in this intermediate course. for any of our films; therefore we do not offer such courses on a regular basis. When we do, however, it is incumbent upon the 10 a.m. – Noon 6 sessions student to arrive well in advance of the screening so that he/she October 24 – November 28 Fee: $140 may select a proper seat for the viewing. Should you be unable to do this, it is not within the scope of our duties to move people from seats in front of you or to otherwise deprive students in the HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES class of sitting wherever they please. Your alternative, therefore, liu.edu/huttonhouse is, as always, to drop the course if you are in any way dissatisfied. – 2 – – 3 – 950. THREE CENTURIES OF PIANO MUSIC: 953. VIVA ITALIA A PIANIST’S EXPERIENCES WITH Val Franco KEYBOARD MASTERPIECES Join Professor Valerie Franco this autumn for a look at David Holzman some of the best feature films Italy has to offer. This In these lectures, David Holzman will describe his personal semester’s offering, in honor of Italian Heritage month, relationship with the piano music he has mastered, looks at a variety of subjects including family issues, the performed and recorded. All classes will involve mafia, women field workers, music, high school reunions, performances of music from Bach to the present, and and illicit romances. Ranging from romantic comedies to will -- describe how Holzman overcame technical and dramas, this season features mostly new works that are not musical challenges, his evolving understanding and available in the US, with a special look at Giuseppe de emotions towards the music, and where the music itself Santis’ neorealist classic masterpiece, Bitter Rice .