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Mondays 9:45–11:15 a.m. Rabil U.S. National Security F8M1 (Full 8 Weeks) 45 F4M2 (Last 4 Weeks) 12–1:30 p.m. Kowel Electrified! F4M3 46 12–1:30 p.m. Hagood Eudora and Flannery F4M4 47 2:30–4 p.m. Hankes Addiction F4M5 48 7–9 p.m. Stone Making Heroes Out of Humans... F8M6 (Full 8 Weeks) 49 and Humans Out of Heroes F4M7 (Last 4 Weeks) Tuesdays 9:30–11 a.m. Borucki Doors Swinging Open F4T1 50 12–1:30 p.m. Labovitz OBJECTION! Current, Contentious F8T2 (Full 8 Weeks) 51 and Confusing Legal Battles F4T3 (Last 4 Weeks) 2:30–4:15 p.m. MacDonald Music Americana: Pioneers of Popular Music F8T4 (Full 8 Weeks) 52 F4T5 (Last 4 Weeks) 7–8:30 p.m. Gabler The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson F4T6 53 Wednesdays 9–10:30 a.m. Morton American Foreign Policy F8W1 54 12–1:30 p.m. (morning and afternoon) F8W2 3–4:30 p.m. Atkins “Reel” Democracy: How Movies Inform Us F6W4 (Full 6 Weeks) 55 About American Politics and Political Debate F4W5 (Last 4 Weeks) 7–8:30 p.m. Morton American Foreign Policy F8W6 56 (Pre-recorded Video Course) Thursdays 9:30–11 a.m. Dunlea Making the World Safe for Democracy F4R1 57 12–1:30 p.m. Germain Globalization of the World Economy F8R2 (Full 8 Weeks) 58 F4R3 (Last 4 Weeks) 2:30–4 p.m. Buckton James Bond: A Popular Icon F6R4 (Full 6 Weeks) 59 on Page and Screen F4R5 (Last 4 Weeks) Fridays 9–10:30 a.m. Cerabino The Week in Review F8F1 (Full 8 Weeks) 60 F4F2 (Last 4 Weeks) 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Lawrence Art in the U.S.A. F8F3 (Full 8 Weeks) 61 F4F4 (Last 4 Weeks) 1:30–4 p.m. Rakower Film Masterpieces F8F5 (Full 8 Weeks) 62 F4F6 (Last 4 Weeks)

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JClaude Germain, Ph.D. Globalization of the World Economy See page 58 Thursdays, October 19, 26; November 2, 9, 16, 30; December 7, 14; No class November 23 Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. This eight-week course will help you gain a better understanding of the interactions between globalization and the world economy. It will introduce participants to the main actors, themes, trends, and institutions that constitute an important part of all conversations on globalization. Professor Germain is a retired professor of economics who taught at the City University of New York (CUNY). He received a bachelor’s degree from CUNY, a master’s degree from New York University and a doctoral degree from Union Institute and University in Ohio. Prior to his academic career, he was a staff member at the United Nations in New York for 14 years.

James Gabler The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson See page 52 Tuesdays, November 14, 21, 28; December 5 Time: 7 –8:30 p.m. In this four-week course, students will experience a different side of Thomas Jefferson. Each week, the class will focus on Jefferson’s three passions – wine, food and travel. Enrollment for this class is limited to 50 students. Please enroll early. An Explorer Ticket is $20. No Explorer Tickets will be sold for the last class on December 5. James Gabler has degrees from Washington and Lee University in economics and law. Gabler’s passion is wine and includes travels to vineyard regions throughout the world, collecting wine and wine books and writing about wine. His latest book is “Dine with Thomas Jefferson and Fascinating Guests.” He has been a guest speaker on Jefferson and wine at institutions, organizations and clubs throughout the United States including Monticello, Smithsonian Institution: Museum of American History, Boston Athenaeum, Winterthur and The Society of the Four Arts.

Michael Tougias So Close to Home: U-boats Off Florida and in the Gulf: An American Family’s Fight for Survival after a U-boat Attack; the Patrol of U-506 See page 41 Thursday, December 14, 2017 2:30 –4 p.m.; book signing: 4–5 p.m. This one-time lecture will examine the incident that took place on May 19, 1942 when a German U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico attacked the freighter Heredia. More than half the crew and passengers aboard the freighter perished, except for the Downs family who were also aboard and survived. The presentation will include a discussion of this survival story and history book rolled into one. Michael Tougias is a New York Times bestselling author. He co-authored the book, “The Finest Hours” and is also the author of “Fatal Forecast: A True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea,” “Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do ,” “Rescue of the Bounty,” “A Storm Too Soon” and “Overboard!” He has written for the New York Times, USA Today, and The Boston Globe . 9 Lectures 10 E

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Kevin Wagner, Ph.D. — LLS Distinguished Professor of Current Affairs L A

C The Trump administration has made American media Kevin Wagner, Ph.D. received I

T the opposition party. This one-time lecture will his J.D. from the University of I

L explore how media and coverage of politics is Florida and worked as an

O changing under the Trump administration. Using attorney and member of the P polls, social media, traditional media and in-depth Florida Bar in Palm Beach analysis, Professor Wagner will explore how news Gardens. He left the full-time coverage is changing and what those changes will practice of law and returned to mean for America going forward and in a historical the University of Florida to earn context. The lecture will examine the concept of truth an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science. His research in the age of fake news and explore the influences of and teaching interests include American politics, technology, political media, parties and interest campaigns and elections, media and politics, and groups on public opinion. Professor Wagner will American political thought. explore these concepts using survey results and His work has been published in leading journals and media clips. Combining visuals, data and occasional law reviews including American Review of Politics, humor, Professor Wagner will help you navigate the Journal of Legislative Studies and Politics and Policy. gauntlet of the new media universe. Professor Wagner has presented research at national conferences including the American Political Science Association and the Midwest Political Science Association. He is one of the leading authorities on the effects of technology on politics and campaigning and has authored the book “Rebooting American Politics: The Internet Revolution.”

Professor Wagner has lectured extensively on American politics and has been cited in many leading Student Testimonials newspapers including The New York Times, Washington — “I enjoyed Dr. Wagner's class so much that I signed Post, Boston Globe, L.A. Times, New York Newsday, The up for his next class!” Dallas Morning News and The Miami Herald . He has — “Great rapport with the class.” been featured on CBS 12 as a political analyst and on national television, including NBC’s “Today Show.”

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9:30 –11 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 11 Y

Hamilton: Man, Myth, Musical R O T

Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. S I H Alexander Hamilton was one of the most intriguing, Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. , is important and controversial leaders in American Professor of American Studies at history. His star has been on the rise of late, but he is Lynn University, Senior Fellow at still largely misunderstood. Learn all about the the Florida Joint Center for shocking, but inspiring details of Hamilton’s Citizenship and the political remarkable life, from his illegitimate birth, Jewish analyst for WPTV 5 (NBC). He roots and struggles in the West Indies as a child, to his has published 41 books and role in winning the Revolutionary War, developing hundreds of scholarly articles, book chapters and and later securing the ratification of the Constitution, essays on topics in American politics and history, and serving as President Washington’s Treasury been interviewed by hundreds of media outlets across Secretary. We will also discuss the hit Broadway the U.S. and internationally and has served on the musical, providing an explanation of it as a cultural boards of numerous scholarly journals, academic phenomenon and offering context to understanding associations and presidential foundations. Professor the songs. That done, we will play some of the music Watson has won numerous awards, including the from the show. Distinguished Professor of the Year awards at both FAU and Lynn (twice) and the Faculty Service awards at both FAU (twice) and Lynn. His recent book, “America’s First Crisis: The War of 1812,” received a 2015 “IPPY” Award for book of the year in U.S. history and and his book, “The Nazi Titanic,” was featured at a dozen book festivals. His book, “The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn,” was just released and has received advance critical praise.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 7–8:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 12 E

C Assessing the War on Terror N

E Western and Middle Eastern Perspectives I C S

Mark Tomass, Ph.D. L A

C “Assessing the War on Terror” Mark Tomass, Ph.D. , is Adjunct I

T critically examines the efficacy, Professor at Harvard University. I

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O terror as it has evolved since 9/11. titled “The Religious Roots of the P It is based on recent research Syrian Conflict: The Remaking of carried out by the most prominent the Fertile Crescent” and co-editor contributors to terrorism studies of the 2017 book titled “Assessing the War on Terror: that appeared in the instructor’s Western and Middle Eastern Perspectives.” Professor 2017 co-edited book with the same title. It analyzes the Tomass’s research work focuses on monetary and strategies, tactics and outcomes of the war on terror credit crises, civil conflict in the Middle East and and presents facts and ideas that are missing or organized crime. His current work on civil conflict underrepresented in the dominant public narratives. draws from his experience as a native of Syria and his It uniquely provides not only Western perspectives of scholarship while a research fellow at Harvard the war on terror, but also important perspectives from University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Middle East and those most directly affected by it, including the publications Religious Identity, Informal including contributions from scholars and policy Institutions, and the Nation States of the Near East; and makers. Overall, it demonstrates how views differ Game Theory Models with Instrumentally Irrational based on geographical location and how views have Players: A Case Study of Civil War and Sectarian changed during the course of the still-evolving war Cleansing. His works highlight the role of religious on terror. entrepreneurship in the formation of the religious map of the Middle East and the civil conflicts they have Student Testimonials generated. Professor Tomass obtained his doctoral degree in monetary economics in 1991 at Northeastern — “Dr. Tomass is well prepared and clearly knows his subject." University. He has taught Money and Banking, — “I find Dr. Tomass an interesting speaker who International Trade and Finance, Comparative brings to the class a broad international Economic Systems, and Exclusionist Religious understanding of the topic." Identities and Civil Conflict in the Middle East in American and international universities.

Lecture #F1T2

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 13 E

The Modern Presidency from Kennedy to C N E

Trump: The Intersection of Politics and Personality I C S

William Chafe, Ph.D. L A

This lecture will focus on how personality helped William H. Chafe ’s C I shape the politics of many of our modern presidents. professional scholarship T I

The lecture will focus on the presidencies of John F. reflects his long-term interest L

Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill in issues of race and gender O P Clinton and Donald Trump, dealing with issues as equality. Former dean of the varied as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, faculty of arts and sciences at Watergate and the Clinton health care bill. Duke University, he is the Alice Mary Baldwin A book-signing event will follow the lecture. Professor Emeritus of History and a co-founder of the Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women, the Duke Center for the Study of Civil Rights and Race Relations, and the Duke Center for Documentary Studies. A past president of the OAH and a recipient of the OAH Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award, he is the author of several books, including “Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal” (2012); “Civilities and Civil Rights” (1979), which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award; and “Never Stop Running: Allard Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism” (1993), which won the Sidney Hillman Book Award. He is also a co-editor of “Remembering Jim Crow” (2001) which won the Lillian Smith Book Award.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m.; Book-signing: 11–11:30 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 14 S

C The Economy of President Trump I

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N Economists Analyze the Ups and Downs of President Trump’s First Year O C

E Mark C. Schug, Ph.D.

It may be hard to believe, but it was almost one year ago Mark C. Schug, Ph.D., is Professor that Donald Trump shocked the world when he was Emeritus at the University of elected President of the United States. A lot has happened Wisconsin-Milwaukee and President since then. Today, we have a clearer picture of the of Mark Schug Consulting. Professor economic direction of the Trump administration. Schug taught for over 36 years at the high school and university levels. He We have invited an outstanding panel of FAU economists speaks and writes about economics to analyze the economic policies that have emerged thus and financial education including topics in American far from the administration and Congress. economic history and general economics. Professor Schug Mr. Dan Mangru, the Founder and Managing Director of has written and edited over 230 publications. He has The Global Advisory Group and experienced television published over 125 articles which have appeared in host, will moderate the discussion. several national journals. He has written or co-authored over 25 books and monographs. Most recently, he served Our panelists will be: as co-editor of “Teaching Economics in Troubled Times” • Daniel Gropper, Florida Atlantic University, Dean of the (with William C. Wood), published by Routledge Press College of Business and is co-author of the national award winning book, • Professor Keith Jakee, Economics, Florida Atlantic “Economic Episodes in American History” (with William University, Wilkes Honor College C. Wood), published by Wohl Publishing. Professor Schug has spoken to local, state and national groups • Professor Kanybek Nur-tegin, Economics, Florida throughout the United States and in 12 other countries. Atlantic University, Wilkes Honor College He has been quoted numerous times in local, state and • Professor Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin- national news media. He served for several years on non- Milwaukee, Emeritus and FAU Adjunct Professor of profit boards including the (national) Association of Economics Private Enterprise Education, Economics Wisconsin, While it is hard to know exactly what the news will be in Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee and November of 2017, we imagine that trade, taxes and School Choice Wisconsin. Professor Schug earned his government spending will be in the news. Rest assured Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He has received that whatever the latest economic policies and four national awards for leadership, curriculum writing, controversies are, those will be the focus of the panelists. service and research in economic education.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, November 2, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 4:30 –6:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 15 Y

Origin and Early Rise of the Department Store R O

Myrna Goldberger — LLS Jupiter Founding Faculty Award 2002 T S I H “Shop ’til you drop” is a popular merchandising Myrna Goldberger phrase in American culture. Worshipped by some, calls what she does disliked by others, the expression is the effort of “Edutainment.” She retailers to entice consumers to spend, spend and has been on the staff of spend some more. Part of the history of American LLS for more than 20 shopping patterns is the rise and demise of the years. Educated at the department store. From an idea attributed to Harry University of Maryland, Selfridge (who later created Selfridge’s in London) to Loyola College and Marshall Field to R.H. Macy, Gimbel’s, Wanamaker’s Johns Hopkins and a host of others, the department store idea of University, she has had shopping rose to the height of economic culture and, more than 50 years of experience in educational in recent decades, is fighting for survival. This one- programming, including Elderhostels and scholar-in - day presentation will focus on the birth of the residence weekends. department store, highlighting the early tycoons and She currently presents lectures to community illustrating how their efforts led to bigger and better groups, religious groups and special interest merchandising centers. Central to the development of organizations in Florida and numerous other states. the department store is one invention that made it all In addition, Ms. Goldberger performs in self-written, possible — the elevator! one-act plays focusing on famous American men and women. Her students, who call themselves “Myrna’s Groupies,” describe her as “charismatic, knowledgeable and dynamic.”

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R The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn O T

S Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. I H History still has her secrets, even for events as Robert P. Watson, Ph.D., is seemingly well known and thoroughly researched as Professor of American Studies at the American Revolution. One of the long-forgotten Lynn University, Senior Fellow at stories of the Revolutionary War involved a cursed, the Florida Joint Center for old ship. Based on military reports and long-lost Citizenship and the political diaries of the few survivors of the “ghost ship,” an analyst for WPTV 5 (NBC). He intriguing story emerges about the bloodiest battle of has published 41 books and the entire Revolutionary War, one involving a British hundreds of scholarly articles, book chapters and plan to institute psychological warfare, a shocking essays on topics in American politics and history, propaganda campaign and a secret that would end been interviewed by hundreds of media outlets across up influencing the outcome of the war! the U.S. and internationally and has served on the boards of numerous scholarly journals, academic A book-signing event will follow the lecture. associations and presidential foundations. Professor Watson has won numerous awards, including the Distinguished Professor of the Year awards at both FAU and Lynn (twice) and the Faculty Service awards at both FAU (twice) and Lynn. His recent book, “America’s First Crisis: The War of 1812,” received a 2015 “IPPY” Award for book of the year in U.S. history and and his book, “The Nazi Titanic,” was featured at a dozen book festivals. His book, “The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn,” was just released and has received advance critical praise.

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The Dutch Golden Age, Tulip R O

Mania and the Jews of Amsterdam T S I

Ralph Nurnberger, Ph.D. H

Amsterdam was the wealthiest city in Europe in the Ralph Nurnberger, Ph.D., 17th century. In this one-time talk, Professor Ralph is a widely acclaimed Nurnberger will discuss how the city achieved such speaker who brings humor, prominence and how this affected its finances, unique current political insights and canals, and its banking and trading systems. This, in historical background to his turn, led its citizens to seek what they thought were presentations. In addition to profitable investments. Many invested in tulip bulbs. speaking nationally, Professor The collapse of “tulip bulb futures” was the first great Nurnberger has spoken internationally, including capitalist “bubble,” and like so many bubbles that in Germany, Canada, Poland and the United followed, this one destroyed the finances of many Kingdom. He has spoken frequently at Florida “investors.” The presentation will also focus on the Atlantic University’s Lifelong Learning Society and great artists, scientists, writers and scholars who lived Middle East Studies program, as well as on in Amsterdam in the 17 th century. Finally, there will be international cruises. a discussion of the Jews of Holland, beginning with Professor Nurnberger taught graduate level courses the influx of Jews from Portugal. This will include on international relations and history at Georgetown such key figures as Baruch Spinoza and Anne Frank. University, beginning in 1975. He was named Professor of the Year by the Graduate School of Liberal Studies in 2003 and received another award in 2005 for over 20 years of excellence in teaching.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 7–8:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 18 E

R Hedda Gabler T

A by Henrik Ibsen E H

T National Theatre Live

The FAU Lifelong Learning Society in Jupiter is now partnering with National Theatre Live (NTL), which broadcasts world-class theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet productions to cinemas in the U.K. and internationally. The programs that LLS will show will not be live performances, but pre-recorded programs.

“I’ve no talent for life.”

Just married. Buried alive. Hedda longs to be free...

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (“A View from the Bridge” at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece.

Ruth Wilson (“Luther,” “The Affair,” “Jane Eyre”) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber (“Notes on a Scandal,” “Closer”).

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Saturday, November 18, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 1:30 –5 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $20/member; $20/non-member one-time lecture or event. 19 E

How Biology and Society Influence Our Politics C N E

Casey Klofstad, Ph.D. I C S Why are some human societies free while others are Casey Klofstad holds a Ph.D. L not? Why are some societies paralyzed by violence in political science from A C while others are peaceful? Why is the gap between Harvard University. His I T the rich and the poor astronomical in some societies, research focuses on how I but less so in others? The answers to these society and biology influence L O

fundamental questions are tied directly to how we human decision-making. He P govern ourselves. Consequently, a great deal of has published numerous research has been conducted on voter behavior. Since books and articles on topics as the establishment of reliable sample surveys in the varied as social networks, 1940s, the standard political science approach to this immigrant political participation, human mate choice, important question has been to examine the the behavior of elected officials and the influence of demographic characteristics of the voter. For example, vocal and visual signals on human perception. individuals who identify as Democrats tend to vote for Democrats, and Republicans for Republicans. Against the grain of this dominant research paradigm, more recent research has begun to focus on how society (e.g., our social ties to others) and biology (e.g., our genes) also influence our politics. This lecture explores these important developments in the study of political behavior.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Monday, November 20, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 2:3 0–4 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 20 Y

R Gertrude, Leo and Michael Stein; Etta and Claribel Cone;

O Sergei Shchukin and Dr. Alfred Barnes: T S I Important Avant-Garde Patrons of H

T Then Unknown or Unappreciated Artists R A Joan Lipton, Ph.D.

The beginning of the 20 th century in Paris was an Joan Lipton, Ph.D., an art exciting time for art patrons of vision. The public and historian and lecturer, has held critics, still tied to old master or academic art, were numerous workshops in not yet ready to accept the innovative styles and colleges, alumni associations, content of Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and adult education centers and early Modernists. However, the Stein family, then in libraries for many years in Paris, and the Cone Sisters from Baltimore, decided to New York and New Jersey. support these new generations emotionally and She is pleased to share her economically, purchasing paintings that they could knowledge and enthusiasm afford well before they became iconic and out of now with Florida audiences in topics ranging from reach. Soon, Barnes from Pennsylvania and Shchukin artists of the Renaissance to the 21 st century from from Russia joined these patrons, also furthering Europe and America. She has a master’s degree from many careers. Curious about these artists? Find out at Hunter College, New York, with a specialization in this presentation! the Renaissance and a master's and doctorate degree from The Graduate Center of the City of New York, with a specialization in 19 th and 20 th century art. A world traveler, she has lectured to students and adults in Spain and Italy.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Monday, November 27, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 2:3 0–4 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 21 H

Becoming Healthier Together T L

Through Diabetes Awareness, A DIABETES E 101 SERIES Prevention and Management H Siobhan Gross, R.N., B.S.N., C.D.E.

According to the American Diabetes Association, there are • Community resource: Healthier Jupiter, a community 29.1 million people in the United States with diabetes and initiative to promote healthy lifestyles one out of four do not know they have it. Of the 86 million • Discussion of the value of diabetes education and other people who have prediabetes, nine out of ten do not know community resources they have it. Prediabetes is the stage before diabetes • Understanding of personal risk factors for diabetes actually develops, when there is a chance to help through the diabetes risk assessment prevent/delay the onset. Knowing this information is • Discussion of how to share the information learned with crucial for early intervention. family and friends and how to become more involved in The focus of the presentation will be on becoming healthier community diabetes awareness. together through awareness, prevention and control of Siobhan Gross, R.N., B.S.N., C.D.E., diabetes. The role of healthy lifestyles as a key to better is a registered nurse and certified health will be promoted. Information and support for diabetes educator at Jupiter Medical families and caregivers will also be provided to increase Center. A nurse for over 30 years, she is their understanding of this disease and how to provide passionate about her work and is care/support for those living with diabetes. inspired by her patients, their families In recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month, participants and the community she serves. Her will have the opportunity to complete a Type 2 Diabetes patients have shared many insights with her and they have Risk Assessment questionnaire from the American Diabetes helped her become a better educator. As a result, one of her Association to find out if they are at increased risk. favorite quotes is “Every learner is a teacher and every The following topics will be presented: teacher is a learner,” by Paul Born. • Importance of diabetes awareness for those at risk and She provides diabetes education in the classroom, at the those with diabetes bedside, at local community organizations and workplaces. She is very resourceful and is seen as a community • Definition: prediabetes, diabetes, types of diabetes resource. She is fluent in Spanish and is also a certified • Risk factors: symptoms and diagnosis insulin pump trainer. • General overview of current treatments Siobhan is a member of the Diabetes Coalition of Palm • The benefits of physical activity, sleep, stress Beach County; the planning committee of the South management, control of lipids, blood pressure, weight Florida American Diabetes Association Annual Conference; loss and healthy foods in prevention of diabetes and and Healthier Jupiter, a community initiative to help control of diabetes prevent diabetes. She enjoys photography, healthy cooking and volunteering.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. Fee: FREE for members and non-members; Registration is REQUIRED 22 H

T Health Care or Self-Care? L

A Using Technology to Manage Diabetes

E DIABETES H 101 SERIES Mark Heyman, Ph.D.

Diabetes is a self-care condition and people with Mark Heyman, Ph.D. , is a diabetes are responsible for taking care of their diabetes psychologist and a diabetes on a daily basis. This never-ending Certified Diabetes management requires ongoing education, tools, Educator. He is Vice encouragement and support that the health care President of Clinical system simply does not have the ability to provide. Operations & Innovation at This presentation will talk about the ways that One Drop, where he runs a technology is giving people the tools they need to mobile diabetes coaching manage diabetes in ways that doctors in offices program, and the Founder cannot. Digital tools, with a human touch, can help and Director of the Center for Diabetes and Mental provide information, tools and support to people Health (CDMH). Mark provides education and with diabetes, wherever they are, whenever they need evidence-based mental health treatment to people them, empowering people in their self-care. with diabetes. Mark received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University and completed his psychology internship at the UCSD School of Medicine. He holds an appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD. Mark lives in San Diego with his wife Gayle. He has been living with type 1 diabetes since 1999.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. Fee: FREE for members and non-members; Registration is REQUIRED 23

Nutrition For the Prevention of H T L

Prediabetes and Management of A DIABETES E 101 SERIES Diabetes: It is Not Just About Sugar! H Yolanda Torres, R.D., C.D.E.

Healthy eating and exercise are two major components Yolanda Torres, R.D., C.D.E., is for the prevention of prediabetes and management of a registered and licensed diabetes. Yolanda will discuss the following topics: dietitian/nutritionist and a • Complex carbohydrates vs. sugar certified diabetes educator. She received her B.A. in Nutrition • Healthy eating tips: reducing foods high in fat and and Dietetics at the University sodium, increasing foods high in fiber and the usage of Puerto Rico and completed of herbs and spices to fight inflammation, mixed her Academy of Nutrition and meal concept and what to eat and when to eat! Dietetics approved internship in Public Health. • Two methods for portion control Yolanda has more than 20 years of experience in the • Weight management and achieving your weight goal health care setting. She has worked as a clinical • Food label reading and new changes to the dietitian in hospital settings and in administrative food label positions within community programs. Currently, she • Dining out vs. home cooking works at Jupiter Medical Center’s Diabetes Education • Increasing exercise and activity and Outpatient Nutrition Center. Yolanda is also a certified insulin pump trainer and, in addition to her clinical duties, she serves as preceptor to nutrition and dietetic interns. She has served on various committees within the Palm Beach Dietetic Association and is currently on the advisory board for the FAU Diabetes Education and Research Center.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. Fee: FREE for members and non-members; Registration is REQUIRED 24 E

C China and the Middle East: N

E Displacing American Preeminence? I C S

Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D. — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award 2010 L

A LLS Boca Distinguished Professor of Current Affairs, 2012–2013 C I T

I Chinese foreign policy towards the Middle East has Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D., is an L recently raised both American and Israeli concerns internationally renowned and O alike. Chinese openness to foreign investments and acclaimed scholar. His books have been P international companies has helped lead a great highly commended and reviewed by major academic journals in the U.S., transformation in Chinese society. This economic U.K., Arab world, Australia, Israel and transformation and China’s burgeoning middle class Iran. His recent book on Salafism, have created additional energy needs, which has led based on Arabic primary sources and field research trips to a shift in Chinese foreign policy towards the Middle to the Middle East, broke new ground in the fields of East. Acting in the capacity of an emerging global Islamism, terrorism and Middle East politics. He is power, China has forged enormous transactional deals considered one of the leading experts on Salafism, and heavily invested in the economies of the Middle radical Islam, U.S.-Arab and Arab-Israeli relations and East countries. Significantly, China, until recently, has terrorism. He served as Chief of Emergency for the Red Cross in Lebanon and was Project Manager of the U.S. been careful not to affect American national interest in State Department-funded Iraq Research and the region. However, recent Chinese build-up of Documentation Project. He lectures nationally and military and intelligence capabilities in the region, internationally, and participates in forums and seminars together with its massive investment, is inadvertently sponsored by the U.S. government, including the or intentionally deepening Chinese influence in the U.S. Army and the National Intelligence Council. He Middle East. More specifically, China’s use of its holds a Masters in Government from Harvard soft and hard power stands to affect American University and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic eminence in the region. This lecture examines Chinese Studies from Brandeis University. In May 2012, he was conferred with an honorary Ph.D. in humanities from growing influence in the Middle East and probes its the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He is a intent and ramifications for the United States and Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic Israel’s national security. University (FAU).

In September 2016, Professor Rabil was presented a Certificate of Appreciation from the United States Army Central.

Lecture #F1R5

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 25 E

The Songs of The Rolling Stones C N

Rod MacDonald — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award 2012 A M R From their beginnings as a British blues band Palm Beach County public schools for 20 years. He is O performing American songs through a fifty-year career also the co-author of the “Jazz Cats” books used F R

as “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band,” the internationally to introduce young students to jazz. E P Rolling Stones have sold hundreds of millions of • Doug Lindsey, bass and vocals, has been playing in records and influenced three generations of upcoming L

South Florida bands for 30 years. A

musicians. From the raw outrage of “Satisfaction” to C

• John Smotherman, lead guitar, plays with Big Brass I the heartbreak of “Angie,” from the jubilant “Honky S Bed, Illumination and several Palm Beach County Tonk Women” to the witty “You Can’t Always Get U bands. His exquisite solos caused The Palm Beach What You Want,” their raw and perceptive songs are M Post to label him one of the “Ten Magnificent among the most beloved music of our time. Musicians of Palm Beach County.” Join Rod MacDonald & The Humdingers for a fun and low-decibel tour through the lives, music and genius Rod MacDonald began his career of this unique band, as told in their songs. as a singer/songwriter in Rod MacDonald & The Humdingers: Greenwich Village, NY in 1973. He has 21 songs in the • Rod MacDonald, guitar, has 11 CDs of his songs, Smithsonian Folkways collection including 2014’s “Later That Night,” as heard on and 11 solo CDs including 2014’s WLRN’s Folk and Acoustic Music. He performs “Later That Night” and “Big Tent” frequently in South Florida and throughout North with the band Big Brass Bed. He performs in festivals, America and Europe, and is a lifelong devotee of clubs and concerts locally and throughout North popular song. He has been an instructor with LLS America and Europe, and was named “Best Local since 2006. Acoustic Performer” in Broward and Palm Beach • Bill Meredith, drums, is the backbone of several counties by the New Times and “one of the ten Palm Beach County rock and roll bands, including magnificent musicians of Palm Beach County” by The Big Brass Bed and Illumination. He has toured Palm Beach Post . An instructor with LLS since 2006, his throughout the U.S. and Canada and appears on previous series include “Folksinging in Modern more than a dozen CDs. Times,” “The Great American Songbook” and “The • Brad Keller, keyboards, has performed at the Roots of Rock and Roll.” Montreux Jazz Festival and with Maynard Ferguson and the Ink Spots, is the jazz piano instructor at Learn more about Rod at www.rodmacdonald.net. Palm Beach State College and has taught music in

Lecture #F1R6

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 7–9 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 26 Y

R Department Store Tycoons O

T Myrna Goldberger — LLS Jupiter Founding Faculty Award 2002 S I H In the story of American business, certain stores Myrna Goldberger reached the peak in merchandising and satisfying the calls what she does preferences of the shoppers. Using gimmicks, special “Edutainment.” She has events, creative advertising, design and ever- been on the staff of LLS for changing strategies, department store executives have more than 20 years. developed a culture of their own, exemplified by the Educated at the University stores that bear their names. This lecture will focus on of Maryland, Loyola the lives, careers, “ups and downs” of the originators, College and Johns Hopkins even scandals of these executives whose stores reflect University, she has had the growth, history and expansion of our country. more than 50 years of experience in educational Included will be the stories of Saks, Nordstrom’s, programming, including Elderhostels and scholar-in- Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus and even Filene’s. residence weekends. What factors led to success in these ventures? Why She currently presents lectures to community has the department store concept changed? What are groups, religious groups and special interest the similarities among these tycoons and in what organizations in Florida and numerous other states. ways did they compete to become unique, elite and In addition, Ms. Goldberger performs in self-written, worthy of being recognized? one-act plays focusing on famous American men and women. Her students, who call themselves “Myrna’s Groupies,” describe her as “charismatic, knowledgeable and dynamic.”

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Saturday, December 2, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 1–2:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 27 Y

Andrew Jackson and the R O

Rise of the Democratic Party T S I

Stephen Engle, Ph.D. H

Historians are fascinated by Andrew Jackson and his Stephen Engle, Ph.D., impact on the development of the Democratic Party. teaches 19 th century America, He was a complex man whose forceful personality including the Civil War and (he was universally known as “Old Hickory”) Reconstruction Era. He has influenced the political culture of his time as he completed a new book titled dominated both the presidency and Congress for “Gathering to Save a Nation,” two terms (182 8–36). The years characterized by a forthcoming by the University struggle for popular rights and the issues and of North Carolina Press. He holds a Ph.D. in events that informed the development of the second American History and has been at FAU since 1990, major political party have become known as the serving for five years as History Department Chair. Jacksonian era. He is Executive Secretary and Book Review Editor for the Society of Civil War Historians, a member of the Abraham Lincoln Advisory Board, a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians and a lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution.

Student Testimonials — “He is a dynamic instructor and conveys his extensive research and knowledge on the topic." — “Dr. Engle is definitely one of the best!"

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Monday, December 4, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 2:3 0–4 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 28 Y

R “Reel” Jews and Judaism

O How Movies Create a Cultural Record of Jewish History and Traditions T S I

H Burton Atkins, Ph.D.

Since it began as a form of mass entertainment, Burton Atkins, Ph.D., movies have drawn upon ideas rooted in Jewish is Professor Emeritus of history and culture to tell dramatic, comedic and Political Science at Florida sometimes tragic stories about the Jewish people and State University (FSU), their extraordinary ability to survive and thrive since currently teaches political the very beginnings of human history. Although these science at FAU and is also films typically focus on both religious themes rooted an Adjunct Professor at in Judaism and secular issues drawn from Jewish Penn State University. In history, the ideas in these movies often provide his 35-year career at FSU, insight into an array of issues that go far beyond Professor Atkins wrote Jews as a people or Judaism as a religion and culture. extensively about constitutional law and American Using clips from movies as diverse as “Hester Street,” politics and served as chair of the Political Science “The Pawnbroker,” “The Chosen,” “A Serious Man” Department. He lived in London from 1992 to 1997 and “The Pianist,” this program will examine how while serving as the Director of FSU’s London Study movies have created part of the historical and cultural Center, and from 1997 to 2006 served as Director of record of Jewish life and tradition. FSU’s International Affairs Program. An avid supporter of international education, Professor Atkins has organized and led annual study semesters abroad to London, Brussels and Paris for FSU and FAU.

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Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 29 E

Truman Capote: The Making R U

and Breaking of a Celebrity T A R

Matt Klauza, Ph.D. E T I L Truman Capote is known for two of his novels: Matt Klauza, Ph.D., “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood.” He is is an English and literature even more renowned for his self-created stardom, his professor at Palm Beach scandalous behavior, his “Ball of the Century,” and State College in Lake Worth. his gossip-style exposé of Hollywood stars. This talk He has presented on literary addresses the rise and fall of the most famous secret- topics literally across the teller of the 20 th century. Familiarity with any of the country (in New Orleans, following Capote works is helpful, but not required: Michigan, Philadelphia, and “Miriam”; “In Cold Blood”; “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”; San Franscisco and several places in between). “Answered Prayers”; or “A Christmas Memory.” Professor Klauza is a two-time Mark Twain Research Fellowship winner with the Center for Mark Twain Studies in New York. Beyond Twain, his professional research covers Ernest Hemingway, Sarah Orne Jewett and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Lecture #F1W1

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 3–4:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 30 Y

R The Impact of Chief Justice O

T Earl Warren on The Supreme Court S I

H Ronald Feinman, Ph.D.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, who served Ronald Feinman, Ph.D., on the Court from 1953 to 1969, goes down in has been a Professor of American history as the second greatest Chief Justice, American History, after John Marshall (1801 –1835). Warren’s impact on Government and Politics legal and constitutional history was massive, but he for the past four also had a significant career in California politics as decades, including 22 State Attorney General and Governor, as a potential years as Senior Professor Presidential candidate for the Republican Party, and at Broward College and as Vice Presidential running as Adjunct Professor of mate of New York History and Political Governor Thomas E. Science at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). He holds Dewey in the 1948 a Ph.D. from City University of New York (CUNY) Presidential election. We Graduate School and is the author of “Twilight of shall examine the life and Progressivism: The Western Republican Senators and career of Warren, who the New Deal” (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins arguably had a greater role University Press, 1981) and book reviews for various as Chief Justice, than he scholarly journals. might have had in Professor Feinman has recently published a book the Presidency. entitled “Assassinations, Threats, and the American A book-signing event will follow the lecture. Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama” (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group), now out in paperback.

He blogs about politics and history at: Student Testimonials www.theprogressiveprofessor.com. He is also a — “He is an informative and knowledgeable lecturer listed member of the FAU Speakers Bureau and has who immediately captivated my attention.” given lectures to many diverse groups over the past 10 years.

Lecture #F1R7

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9–10:30 a.m.; Book-signing: 10:30–11:30 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. FAU Jupiter Lifelong Learning Society – NEW Membership Application 31 N MAIL, FAX OR DELIVER THIS FORM TO: FOR OFFICE USE ONLY – Received at Jupiter Campus: O

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Artistic Dir ector 56 Y ear s o f M usic an d H ar mony

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C Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy N

E A One-Year Assessment I C S Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D. — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award L

A Foreign Policy Association Fellow C I

T Generously Sponsored by Jules and Connie Kay I L

O The Trump presidency is like no other in living Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D., is a P memory. In this special one-time lecture, Professor Professor of Political Science Morton will provide an analysis of the successes and and Fellow at the Foreign Policy shortcomings of the foreign policy of President Association. He received his Trump in his first year in office. Master of Arts degree from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Professor Morton has been honored as the university Researcher of the Year, has contributed to articles that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times and is Director of the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program. In 2012, Professor Morton was awarded the prestigious Foreign Policy Association Medal, which is bestowed upon leading members of the American foreign policy establishment.

Lecture Information Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017 on the day of a one-time lecture or event. Lecture: #F1R8 and #F1R8X (Annex) Time: 4 –5:30 p.m. Lecture: #F1R9 and #F1R9X (Annex) Time: 7 –8:30 p.m. 37 S

Why is Israel an Economic Success? C I

An Economic Analysis of Israel and Some of Its Neighbors Including Egypt M O

Mark C. Schug, Ph.D. N O C

Israel is a nation of 8 million people living in an area Mark C. Schug, Ph.D., is Professor E about the size of New Jersey. It has limited arable land Emeritus at the University of and natural freshwater resources. It has some natural Wisconsin-Milwaukee and resources including timber, potash, copper ore and President of Mark Schug natural gas. But, it must import crude oil, grain and raw Consulting. Professor Schug materials. On the surface, it appears that Israel faces taught for over 36 years at the high serious economic challenges. school and university levels. He speaks and writes about economics and financial Let’s turn to Egypt to get some perspective. Egypt is a education including topics in American economic much larger nation. It is more than eight times the size of history and general economics. Professor Schug has Ohio and has a population approaching 95 million written and edited over 230 publications. He has people. It has a relatively large endowment of natural published over 125 articles which have appeared in resources including petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, several national journals. He has written or co-authored phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, over 25 books and monographs. Most recently, he asbestos, lead, rare earth elements and zinc; not to served as co-editor of “Teaching Economics in Troubled mention the highly fertile Nile River valley. The Egyptian Times” (with William C. Wood), published by economy is one of the largest in the region. It clocks in at Routledge Press and is co-author of the national award about $1 trillion GDP as measured by purchasing power winning book, “Economic Episodes in American parity. In comparison, Israel has a total GDP of about History” (with William C. Wood), published by Wohl $300 billion as measured by purchasing power parity. Publishing. Professor Schug has spoken to local, state But, if we look at per capita GDP, the difference between and national groups throughout the United States and the two nations is stark. Israel’s per capital GDP is in 12 other countries. He has been quoted numerous $34,000 compared to Egypt’s which is $12,100. In per times in local, state and national news media. He served capita terms, Israel’s economy is more than twice as large for several years on non-profit boards including the as Egypt’s. Israel has a standard of living comparable to (national) Association of Private Enterprise Education, many in Europe while Egypt continues to face high levels Economics Wisconsin, Business and Economics of poverty and high rates of unemployment. Academy of Milwaukee and School Choice Wisconsin. What explains why Israel is one of the most prosperous Professor Schug earned his Ph.D. from the University of nations in the world given the many countries obstacles Minnesota. He has received four national awards for it has had to face? leadership, curriculum writing, service and research in economic education.

Lecture #F1M5

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Monday, December 11, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9:30 –11 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 38 E

R Hagood Reads the Phone Book: Key West U T

A Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. R

E LLS Boca Distinguished Professor of Arts and Letters 2013 –2014 T I L Following up on his previous “Reading the Phone Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. , Book” event about North Mississippi, Taylor Hagood was the 2013–2014 Lifelong will hold another one-time event, this time focusing Learning Society on Key West. This island city is one of the strangest Distinguished Professor of and zaniest places in the United States — it also has a Arts and Letters and strong literary past. From Ernest Hemingway to Professor of American Tennessee Williams, this unusual city (the largest Literature at Florida Atlantic one in the state at the turn of the 20 th century) has a University. Receiving his rich history of writers, artists and just plain Ph.D. in United States interesting folks. In this lecture, Hagood will talk Literature and Culture from the University of about these people’s lives, providing images, anecdotes and insights that will be both educational Mississippi, where he was the Frances Bell McCool and entertaining. Be prepared for stories that are by Fellow in Faulkner Studies, Professor Hagood has turns funny, sad, weird and perplexing. authored three books: “Faulkner’s Imperialism: Space, Place, and the Materiality of Myth”; “Secrecy, Magic, and the One- Act Plays of Harlem Renaissance Women Writers”; and “Faulkner, Writer of Disability.” In 2009–2010, he was a Fulbright Professor in the Amerika Institut at Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and he was awarded the 2010–2011 Scholar of the Year Award at the Assistant Professor level.

Lecture #F1M6

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Monday, December 11, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 39 E

Debating Turkey’s Political Future C N E Mehmet Gurses, Ph.D. I C S

On April 16, 2017, voters across Turkey approved Mehmet Gurses, Ph.D., L a package of constitutional amendments. While joined the Department of A C Turkish president Erdogan and his supporters Political Science at Florida I T argue that these changes are necessary for stability Atlantic University in 2007 I L and economic growth, critics charge that the after completing his O revisions could result in an Islamist dictatorship doctorate from the P under Erdogan. University of North Texas. An expert on Middle East The referendum is merely a reflection of deep-seated politics, Professor Gurses divisions in Turkey. Thus, Turkey’s political future is specializes in ethnic and religious conflict, post-civil at stake. Gradual Islamization of the country under war peace building, post-civil war democratization the AKP rule in the past decade has come at the and Islamist parties in the Middle East. expense of the secularists in the country. The protracted conflict between the Kurdish PKK and the Professor Gurses frequently speaks to area Turkish state has spilled over into Syria. Turkey, communities on a range of topics relating to the under the pretext of fighting against ISIS, has actively Middle East. He is co-editor of “Conflict, engaged in the Syrian civil war to prevent the rise of a Democratization, and the Kurds: Turkey, Iran, Iraq Kurdish political entity in North Syria. Since the and Syria.” His publications have appeared in more failed coup of July 2016, the country has experienced than two dozen journals and books, including an unprecedented purge, which has, so far, resulted in International Interactions; Social Science Quarterly; Civil the dismissal, detention, or suspension of nearly Wars; Defense and Peace Economics; Democratization; 150,000 people. International Studies Perspectives; Nationalism and Ethnic Politics; Conflict Management and Peace Science; Politics This one-time lecture aims at throwing light on the and Religion; and Political Research Quarterly. changing dynamics in Turkey. How will these drastic changes affect Turkish relations with the West? Is Turkey still a trusted ally? What are the implications Student Testimonials of an authoritarian and Islamist regime in Turkey for — “He was well prepared and organized." the broader Middle East? These questions and more — “The best instructor I have experienced." will be addressed in this lecture. — “Extremely articulate and entertaining."

Lecture #F1T7

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 40 E

C America the Beautiful N The Great American Songbook, Legendary Movie Themes, A

M Favorite Patriotic Songs and More! R O

F Sofiya Uryvayeva Martin R E

P Phenomenal pianist Sofiya Uryvayeva Martin will musicality brought her numerous prizes in

L present a scintillating selection of beloved American international competitions. A music that has charmed and inspired its citizens

C In 2014, thanks to Sofiya’s superlative achievements in I through the centuries. This music, forever in our

S the music field, the State Department of the U.S.

U hearts, includes the most popular and exciting government granted her American citizenship, a rare

M patriotic songs, movie themes, choices from the privilege reserved for individuals of extraordinary Great American Songbook and more. The audience ability, recognizing these honorees as “the best of the won’t be just passive listeners, but equal participants best” in their field of endeavor. in the concert. While much of the music is familiar, Sofiya’s YouTube channel has become very popular in some fascinating discoveries await you! When Sofiya promoting classical music around the world, with plays, there is always something new and special to many videos of her live performances. Modern be experienced. composers from all over the world have dedicated their music to her and she has performed numerous Sofiya Uryvayeva Martin has world premieres. performed with great success throughout the world, including Sofiya’s concerts have been described by critics as “A in the United States, Mexico, festival for all the senses,” “A magic ride on the Switzerland, Ukraine, Poland, witch’s broom,” and “Brilliant technique with soul.” Germany, Italy and Austria. Learn more about Sofiya at www.sofiyamusic.com. She was born in Siberia into a musical family. Sofiya graduated from the Odessa Stolyarsky Special Music School for highly talented Student Testimonials children. While in Germany, she earned both master’s — “She is absolutely magnificent.” and doctorate degrees in musical performance. — “Fabulous. Very accomplished.” Sofiya’s electrifying virtuosity and exquisite

Lecture #F1W2

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 2:30 –4 p.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 41 E

Countering The Iranian Threat: The Azerbaijani- C N

Israeli Alliance in Israel’s Overall Strategy E I C S Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D. — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award 2010 L

LLS Boca Distinguished Professor of Current Affairs, 2012–2013 A C I T

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iran has Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D., is an I been expanding its power in the Middle East. It has internationally renowned and L acclaimed scholar. His books have been O not only continued to support its proxy forces such as P Hezbollah, but has also backed Shi’a Islamist parties highly commended and reviewed by major academic journals in the U.S., in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. Significantly, Iran has played U.K., Arab world, Australia, Israel and a key role in propping up the Syrian regime, while at Iran. His recent book on Salafism, the same time forging an alliance with Moscow in based on Arabic primary sources and field research trips Syria. This regional projection of power, together with to the Middle East, broke new ground in the fields of Iranian advances in offensive weapons, including Islamism, terrorism and Middle East politics. He is missile technologies, has posed what Israel has called considered one of the leading experts on Salafism, a strategic threat to its national security. In response, radical Islam, U.S.-Arab and Arab-Israeli relations and Israel has apparently pursued a multi-pronged terrorism. He served as Chief of Emergency for the Red Cross in Lebanon and was Project Manager of the U.S. strategy to counter Iran and Hezbollah’s threat. This State Department-funded Iraq Research and has involved enhancing military preparedness and Documentation Project. He lectures nationally and forging regional alliances including with Arab Gulf internationally, and participates in forums and seminars countries. What has been little, if any, spoken about is sponsored by the U.S. government, including the Israel’s growing trade and military cooperation with U.S. Army and the National Intelligence Council. He Azerbaijan. Bordering Iran, Azerbaijan’s open-secret holds a Masters in Government from Harvard alliance with Israel offers Jerusalem geostrategic, University and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic military and intelligence advantages, which could Studies from Brandeis University. In May 2012, he was conferred with an honorary Ph.D. in humanities from counter Iran’s threat to Israel. Reportedly, Tehran has the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He is a been pressuring Baku to curtail its relationship with Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic Jerusalem. This talk sheds light on the development of University (FAU). the Azerbaijani-Israeli relationship against the In September 2016, backdrop of Tehran, Riyadh and Moscow’s policies in Professor Rabil was the Caucasus and the Arabian Peninsula. It also presented a Certificate probes the significance and implications of this of Appreciation relationship for Israel’s national security. from the United States Army Central. Lecture #F1R0

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Register Early! Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017 There is a $5 charge for Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. registering on the day of a Fee: $25/member; $35/non-member one-time lecture or event. 42 Y

R So Close to Home: O

T U-boats Off Florida and in the Gulf S I An American Family’s Fight for Survival after a U-boat Attack; H the Patrol of U-506

Michael Tougias

Michael J. Tougias, New York Times challenges faced aboard the sub and some of the other bestselling author and co-author of 24 daring raids the commander made off the coast of America. books, will give a dramatic presentation “So Close to Home” is a survival story and history book based on his co-authored book “So Close to rolled into one, similar to Laura Hillenbrand’s “Unbroken.” Home.” Tougias will use slides of the A book-signing event will follow the lecture. attack, the survivors and the rescue to make this an “edge-of-your seat” visual program. New York Times bestselling author On May 19, 1942, a German U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico Michael Tougias has earned critical stalked its prey 50 miles off New Orleans. Captained by acclaim, literary awards and legions of 29-year-old Erich Würdemann (Iron Cross and coveted fans for his bestselling non-fiction Knight’s Cross recipient), the submarine commander had his narratives. Many of his books have a sights set on the freighter Heredia with 59 souls on board. predominant theme of true survival-at- Most of the crew were merchant seamen, but there were also sea adventures. His stories honor a handful of civilians including the Downs family. The real-life, everyday people who rise to face life-threatening family was comprised of the parents, Ray Sr. and Ina, along situations, make heroic choices and survive against the odds. with their two children, eight-year-old Ray Jr., nicknamed He co-authored the book, “The Finest Hours,” about a “Sonny,” and eleven-year-old Lucille. daring rescue of 30 stranded sailors by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Cape Cod. Disney has released a Fast asleep in their berth, the Downs family had no notice major motion picture of the same name, starring Chris Pines that two torpedoes were heading their way. When the ship and Casey Affleck. Tougias is also the author of “Fatal exploded, all four members of the family were separated Forecast: A True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea,” from each other. More than half the crew and passengers “Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and aboard the Heredia perished, but incredibly, after 15 hours in Tragedy Aboard the Can Do ,” “Rescue of the Bounty,” the ocean – facing sharks, hypothermia, drowning and “A Storm Too Soon” and “Overboard!” “Ten Hours” was dehydration — all the members of the Down’s family selected as one of the American Library Association’s survived and were reunited. “Best Books of the Year,” and the audio book won Audiofiles Ray Downs, Jr., a.k.a. “Sonny,” is now 84 years old, but he “Earphones Award.” “The Finest Hours” has been translated remembers every detail of the voyage, the attack and his into 20 different languages and counting. He has written for family’s miraculous survival story. Tougias also had access the New York Times, USA Today , The Boston Globe and many to the U-boat commander Erich Würdemann’s war diary, others. Tougias has spoken to groups large and small in and the presentation will include a discussion of the almost all 50 states.

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The Other Side of the American Songbook C

Solo Piano Performance N A M

Joe Scott — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award 2008 R O F

The Great American Songbook represents what many Joe Scott , recipient of the R E

people believe to be the best and greatest popular LLS Faculty of the Year P

th songs of the 20 century derived mostly from Award in 2008, holds a L musicals and films from the 1920s through the 1960s. master’s degree in music A C They have become “standards” and endure to this theory and composition I S day. The composers of the Great American Songbook from Manhattan U

usually bring to mind the household names of School of Music. He is a M Gershwin, Berlin, Porter and Rodgers; most artists professional jazz pianist, perform this music in a program as a tribute to one of arranger and orchestrator. these great composers.

But, what about the rest of our great composers who have contributed great music to the Songbook that we know and love, whose names are not on the tips of our tongues. For instance, who wrote such classics as “When I Fall In Love,” “Stella By Starlight,” “At Last,” “I Only Have Eyes for You,” “The More I See You,” “Stormy Weather,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Here’s That Rainy Day,” “Day In, Day Out,” “The Way You Look Tonight” and others?

Joe will perform the music of these “other” composers at the piano, provide musical insight into the beauty and composition of this music and share interesting stories of the lives and careers of these composers, who are equally as gifted as the “Big Four” and, at times, more so.

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C Electrified! I

S Electricity is Fascinating and Scary; Essential and Mysterious Y H P Stephen Kowel, Ph.D.

Reading this paragraph involves receiving, transmitting, 3. Radiation processing and storing electrical signals. Electricity – Radio, radar, light, X-rays powers our society and provides critical information – Digital and analog signals services. This course will describe our understanding of – Cell phones, navigation, and self-driving cars electricity and how it makes possible energy delivery, 4. Electronics: Will Machines Think? everything digital — medical prosthetics, digital – Microprocessors and computers: use and abuse photography, surround sound, computing, mobile – The human brain/computer interface phones, navigation systems — and the very act of – Artificial intelligence and human evolution thinking, which we will do without mathematics. Understand the electricity of today in your home and in Stephen Kowel, Ph.D., received his your body, appreciate the coming advances in technology, Ph.D. in electrical engineering from and consider the challenges that thinking machines will the University of Pennsylvania. He pose for humanity tomorrow. The material may be has held faculty positions at Syracuse shocking, but “en-lightning.” University, the University of • Confused about FPL bills and BestBuy ads? California, Davis, The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the • Use a hairdryer in the bath? University of Cincinnati, where he • Do golf clubs attract lightning? also served as Dean of the College of Engineering. He was • Afraid eyeballs melt when looking into the microwave? Director of Research Development for Science and • What is a Dolby? Engineering at the University of California, Santa • Ready for Olympians electro-doping? Barbara, from 2012 to 2015. Professor Kowel has contributed to more than 100 papers and patents in the • Will the Government read your mind? fields of acousto-optics,, electro-optics, liquid crystal • Machines the final stage of human evolution? adaptive lenses and 3D autostereoscopic displays. Among 1. What is Electricity? his professional recognitions are appointment as – Atoms, electrons, ions Professor and Dean Emeritus of Engineering at the – Particles and waves University of Cincinnati, and election as Fellow of the – Electricity of the brain Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2. Power and Portent and Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA). – Wind, tides, solar, nuclear – AC and DC power transmission – Breakers, GFIs, electrical hazards, lightning

Course #F4M3

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Mondays — October 16, 23, 30; November 6 Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. Fee: $40/member; $60/non-member 47 E

Eudora and Flannery R U

Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. T A

LLS Boca Distinguished Professor of Arts and Letters 2013 –2014 R E T I

Two of the greatest women writers of the United Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. , was the L States South were Eudora Welty and Flannery 2013–2014 Lifelong Learning O’Connor. In their work, form and content blend Society Distinguished Professor effortlessly to create powerful narratives of the of Arts and Letters and nation's most peculiar region. This lecture will offer Professor of American Literature insights into the biographies of these two quiet but at Florida Atlantic University. passionate and talented women. It will also delve into Receiving his Ph.D. in United their work, highlighting their extraordinary States Literature and Culture craftsmanship and pondering the themes that have from the University of Mississippi, where he was the made their work timeless, not just within the context Frances Bell McCool Fellow in Faulkner Studies, of the South, but also within the nation and the world. Professor Hagood has authored three books: “Faulkner’s Imperialism: Space, Place, and the 1. Flannery O’Connor’s Good Folks Materiality of Myth”; “Secrecy, Magic, and the One- 2. Flannery O’Connor’s Not So Good Folks Act Plays of Harlem Renaissance Women Writers”; 3. Eudora Welty’s Funny Dark Stories and “Faulkner, Writer of Disability.” In 2009–2010, he was a Fulbright Professor in the Amerika Institut 4. Eudora Welty’s Funny Dark Novels at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and he was awarded the 2010–2011 Scholar of the Year Award at the Assistant Professor level.

Course #F4M4

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Mondays — November 13, 20, 27; December 4 Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. Fee: $40/member; $60/non-member 48 H

T Addiction L A

E Lynn Hankes, M.D., FASAM H

Dr. Hankes will provide a comprehensive overview of Doctor Lynn Hankes addiction. He will review the underlying science of is a graduate of the chemical dependency, describe how addiction University of Notre Dame impacts the family, explain how an intervention is and Georgetown University done, discuss what treatment is all about, and, lastly, School of Medicine. Over 30 expound on the 12-step programs. years ago, he was among the 100 pioneer physicians in the 1. Addiction entire country who passed What is it: Moral depravity? Insufficient willpower? Willful misconduct? A true disease? the first certification exam in Addiction Medicine, and he is also an honored Fellow 2. What’s a Family to Do? of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. How can the family help? Is co-dependency real? Hankes is a Clinical Professor Emeritus at the What constitutes enabling? Does intervention work? University of Washington School of Medicine in the 3. Treatment Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. What does the process involve? How do you He served 13 years as the Director of the Washington distinguish a quality rehab program from a mediocre Physicians Health Program and he is also a Past one? Is treatment effective? President of the Federation of State Physician Health 4. Alcoholics Anonymous Programs. Dr. Hankes is on the Advisory Boards of What it is. What it isn’t. Does it work? the Air Line Pilots Association and the Jupiter, Florida And is it necessary? Medical Center Detox Unit. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Professionals Resource Network, a program that facilitates the rehabilitation of health professionals with substance use and mental disorders.

Course #F4M5

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Mondays — October 16, 23, 30; November 6 Time: 2:30 –4 p.m. Fee: $40/member; $60/non-member 49

Making Heroes Out of Humans... N O I

and Humans Out of Heroes T A Hollywood Hagiography I C E

Kurt F. Stone, D.D. R P P A

The noun “hagiography” is not on the top of most people’s 6. “The House of Rothschild” (1934) vocabulary list. Simply stated, “hagiography” is a type of George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young. The M

biography that puts a person in the most flattering possible light. generations of a Jewish banking family which, despite living in a L Unlike modern biographies — which more often than not are world of anti-Jewish prejudice, ultimately changed the face of I F “warts and all” presentations — hagiographies tend to turn Europe and all history. humans into heroes and people into paragons. For years, classic 7. “Rembrandt” (1936) Hollywood chose to do precisely this with both the famous Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, directed by Alexander Korda. and the infamous. And despite the fact that movies about historic This movie joins the iconic painter at the height of his fame and characters were, generally speaking, based on at least a modicum follows him through the final quarter century of his life. of truth, in their pursuit of being entertaining, they frequently resorted to more than a modicum of fiction. 8. “Queen Christina” (1933) Greta Garbo and John Gilbert; screenplay by Ben Hecht. Garbo The eight films in this series represent Hollywood hagiography at plays Queen Christina of Sweden, a popular monarch who is loyal its best – or worst. Together, we will spend our evenings in the to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish company of some famously accomplished people and attempt to envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves. separate Hollywood’s creative fiction from history’s creditable fact. Kurt F. Stone, D.D., is now beginning his th 1. “The Life of Emile Zola” (1937) 19 year with LLS and his passion for film, he Paul Muni and Gale Sondergaard, directed by William Dieterle. A says, is “genetic,” having been born in brilliant bio-pic of the famous French novelist/muckraker and his Hollywood, CA and raised both in and around involvement in the infamous Dreyfus Affair. the movie industry. A graduate of the University of California (B.A.), the Eagleton Institute of 2. “Man of a Thousand Faces” (1957) Politics and the Hebrew Union College (M.A.H.L. and D.D.), James Cagney stars in a film about silent actor Lon Chaney, who Kurt is the bestselling author of two books on the United States never looked the same twice. Indeed, in his heydey, a famous quip Congress and is currently writing a new biography of the went “Don’t step on that spider; it may be Lon Chaney!” impresario-turned-Congressman Sol Bloom. A much sought-after 3. “The Adventures of Mark Twain” (1944) lecturer, medical ethicist, occasional actor and ordained rabbi, his Fredric March stars as the legendary American writer/humorist political op-ed column “The K.F. Stone Weekly” has, over the past from his earliest days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi until decade-and-a-half, developed an international following. his death in 1910. 4. “Madame Curie” (1943) Student Testimonials Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon star as husband and wife — “Dr. Stone is very informative and knowledgeable about physicists who, together, embark on the discovery of radium. the movie industry and brings a great deal of personal and 5. “Lust for Life” (1956) historical forward and prior following the movie presentations.” Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn. The life of the brilliant, but — “Dr. Stone has a wide breadth, depth and personal knowledge tortured painter Vincent Van Gogh, his colleague Paul Gauguin of movies and the film industry which makes his remarks about and brother, Theo. A bravura performance by Douglas with an movies and the film industry interesting as well as educational.” Academy Award winning screenplay by Norman Corwin. Course #F8M6 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4M7 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Mondays — October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13, 20, 27; December 4 Time: 7–9 p.m. Fee: $80/member; $110/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 50 Y

R Doors Swinging Open O

T Women and Their Significant Roles in the Civil War S I

H Wesley Borucki, Ph.D.

Clara Barton, who was a freelance nurse during the Civil 3. Women as Spies War, once said, “The door that nobody else will go in at, Hundreds of women served as spies during the Civil War seems always to swing open widely for me.” With the on either side and some were captured and incarcerated. coming of the Civil War, women had opportunities They doubtlessly used their reputation as the gentler sex opened to them like never before with hundreds of and men’s hesitancy to punish women most severely to thousands of men on the battlefield. In teaching, the their advantage. medical profession and clerical positions, women 4. Women in the Medical Profession, and the War’s expanded their presence and they even served as spies Overall Legacy for Women during the war. Women did not have an easy time, as one Clara Barton in nursing and Mary Edwards Walker in might predict during warfare, as many had to manage surgery will be considered as the most prominent farms, homes, and families and endure soaring inflation, examples of growth of women’s roles in the medical especially in the Confederacy, but their expanded profession and the legacy of greater opportunities to opportunities left a legacy after the war. which they contributed will also be considered to tie the Once the door was open, women did not take their feet course together. out of that door. Educational opportunities grew with the Wesley Borucki, Ph.D., war and afterward, and the groundwork was laid for a a native of Detroit, Michigan, is in his growing suffragette movement since women had gained 15 th year as an Associate Professor of so much in status. American History at Palm Beach 1. “She Ranks Me…” Atlantic University. His specialties Northern civilian women organized in large numbers to are the Antebellum South, the Civil send needed supplies to Union soldiers and served in War and Reconstruction. In 2002, he significant numbers as nurses and teachers. Mary received his Ph.D. in American Livermore and Dorothea Dix were especially important as history from The University of Alabama where he edited mobilizers and organizers of Northern women. the annual journal “Southern Historian.” Professor Borucki has published two biographies for Nova Science 2. “If You Are Marching, Stop Marching…” — Publisher’s “First Men, America’s Presidents” series: The Trials of Confederate Women “Ronald Reagan: Heroic Dreamer” was published in 2014 Women in the South had to endure the hardship of and “George H.W. Bush: In Defense of Principle” was managing homes and farms themselves, and they endured published in 2011. Professor Borucki received his master’s massive inflation as the Union naval blockade and growth degree in American history from the University of of paper currency took their toll on the Southern economy. Massachusetts, Amherst (1994) and his bachelor’s degree Women expressed their discontent through diaries and in history from Michigan State University (1992). even in the Richmond Bread Riot of 1863. Course #F4T1

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesdays — October 31; November 7, 14, 21 Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. Fee: $40/member; $60/non-member 51

OBJECTION! N O I

Current, Contentious and Confusing Legal Battles T U T I

Irving Labovitz, J.D. T S N Popular television shows and films on the law have made Finally, this lecture series seeks to anticipate newly O the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover emerging important and contentious developing legal C how real law can be even more stimulating than its issues and prepare the audience to better understand the E

dramatic facsimile. This series will focus on selected often disparate and confusing legal position of all H T

current, highly publicized, volatile and contentious legal opposing parties.

issues presented in important selected cases pending D Immediately prior to the first class, new students are before, or just decided by, federal and state trial and N invited to attend a pre-lecture primer at 11:30 a.m. on A appellate courts, as well as by the U.S. Supreme Court. October 10, 2017, outlining the basic structure of our

For example, last season’s lectures included in-depth federal and state appellate court processes. Returning W A

analysis and interactive discussions of disparate legal students are also always welcome to attend. L arguments and Constitutional issues (then) pending before the Supreme Court implicating profound questions Irving Labovitz, J.D., is a graduate including: resumption of church v. state confrontations; of the University of Massachusetts creation of transgender rights; possible demise of the death and holds a Juris Doctor from penalty; constitutional furors raised by contentious Boston University School of Law. Presidential Executive Orders; the latest legal attacks He is admitted before the U.S. upon Roe v. Wade ; religious-based refusals to provide Supreme Court, as well as multiple same-sex marriage services and products; the continuing federal appellate and trial courts. evisceration of historical gerrymandering; and legal efforts His experience includes: Federal to emasculate, or end Planned Parenthood. Trade Commission legal staff in Washington, D.C., military federal prosecutor, Adjunct Professor of Law at Western A host of equally vexing new Constitutional issues now New England Law School, attorney for major banks in await the Supreme Court, including reconciliation of concentrations of bankruptcy and secured lending, conflicting decisions by lower appellate courts upon pivotal engagement by the F.D.I.C. as contract counsel providing issues directly affecting all LLS students; all for our legal representation in liquidating failed banks. Professor discussion and analysis during this semester. Indeed, Labovitz has authored many scholarly law review articles certain issues seemingly resolved by the Supreme Court and has been a national lecturer for the American Bar during its last term have actually only opened new areas Association and Commercial Law League of America. for further substantive Constitutional inquiries during our He was co-chair of a large urban law firm, as well as forthcoming classes. general counsel for a large corporation. Since 2003, and continuing, he remains an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University.

Course #F8T2 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4T3 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesdays — October 10, 17, 24, 31; November 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. Fee: $80/member; $110/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 52

N Music Americana: Pioneers of Popular Music O I

T Rod MacDonald — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award 2012 A I C

E Great musical artists often achieve popularity by 5. The Art of Rock Singing R seeking a true expression of their ideas: breaking new Cher, Joe Cocker, Madonna P

P ground in composing and recording, creating historic 6. To Jam or Not to Jam A performances of their music. From Stan Kenton’s big The Allman Brothers, Steely Dan C

I bands to the Allman Brothers’ brilliant

S 7. The New Broadway Musical improvisations; from Jo Stafford’s chart-toppers to U Stephen Schwartz, Kinky Boots Madonna’s legendary tours; from the Four Seasons’ M pop harmonies to Stephen Schwartz’s sophisticated 8. The New Golden Age scores for Pippin, Wicked and The Prince of Egypt; Paul Winter, Carlos Nakai, Enya, Tommy Emmanuel and from the pioneering guitar of Chuck Berry to the mind-blowing wizardry of Tommy Emmanuel, great Rod MacDonald began his musical artists expand our music and world with career as a singer/songwriter in their songs and creativity. Greenwich Village, NY in 1973. He has 21 songs in the This course will examine the work, biographies and Smithsonian Folkways enduring importance of these musical artists and collection and 11 solo CDs attempt to sort myth from reality, using updated including 2014’s “Later That videos and excerpts from feature films, live Night” and “Big Tent” with the performances and a few surprises. band Big Brass Bed. He performs in festivals, clubs and 1. The Art of Jazz concerts locally and throughout North America and Stan Kenton, Modern Jazz Quartet Europe, and was named “Best Local Acoustic Performer” in Broward and Palm Beach counties by 2. The Voices the New Times and “one of the ten magnificent Jo Stafford, Shirley Jones, Anne Murray musicians of Palm Beach County” by The Palm Beach 3. The Vocal Art Post . An instructor with LLS since 2006, his previous Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, The Four Seasons, series include “Folksinging in Modern Times,” “The Jersey Boys Great American Songbook” and “The Roots of Rock 4. Guitar Gods and Roll.” Chuck Berry, Jeff Beck Learn more about Rod at www.rodmacdonald.net.

Course #F8T4 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4T5 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesdays — October 17, 24, 31; November 7, 14, 28; December 5, 12; No class on November 21 Time: 2:3 0–4:15 p.m. Fee: Full 8 Weeks: $80/member; $11 0/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 53

The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson N O I James Gabler T A I C

Thomas Jefferson was America’s first wine and food James Gabler grew up in Baltimore, E connoisseur, and his great learning experience took place Maryland. He has degrees from R P

during his five years (178 4–1789) in France where he Washington and Lee University in P A acquired a knowledge and appreciation of wine and food economics and law. He served in the that no American of his time would rival. In this four-week U.S. Army as a finance officer. He E N course, you will experience a different side of this great practiced law in Maryland as a civil I

American — Jefferson at leisure enjoying three of his trial lawyer for the defense and W passions: wine, food and travel. plaintiff. Jim’s passion is wine and includes travels to vineyard regions throughout the world, collecting wine 1. Paris and Learning About Wine and wine books, and writing about wine. Jim’s most recent Jefferson’s early years in Paris with Benjamin Franklin and book is “Dine with Thomas Jefferson and Fascinating John Adams. Travel for three-and-a-half months with Guests.” Other books are “Passions: The Wines and Travels Minister Jefferson through southern France and over the of Thomas Jefferson,” winner of the 1995 Veuve Clicquot Alps into Italy visiting the vineyards and Roman antiquities. Wine Book of the Year, “An Evening with Benjamin 2. The Wine Connoisseur Franklin and Thomas Jefferson: Dinner, Wine, and Dine with Minister Jefferson and famous French friends at Conversation,” “Wine into Words,” “How To Be A Wine his Paris residence. Travel with Jefferson down the Rhine Expert, A Beginner’s Guide,” two novels, “The Secret visiting famous German vineyards and on to Champagne. Formula,” and “God’s Devil,” and a stage play, Experience the unfolding of the French Revolution through “Franklin & Jefferson: Sex, Politics, and the American Jefferson’s eyes. Revolution.” Since the publication of ”Passions,” he has 3. The White House and Retirement Years been a guest speaker on Jefferson and wine at institutions, Join President Jefferson for dinner at the White House with organizations and clubs throughout the United States such fascinating guests as Meriwether Lewis, James and including Monticello, Smithsonian Institution: Museum of Dolly Madison, the Muslim Tunisian Ambassador American History, Boston Athenaeum, Winterthur, and Mellimelli, Commodore Preble who commanded our naval The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. He also teaches forces against the Barbary pirates, and Jefferson’s 17 wine tasting courses. retirement years.

4. Wine Appreciation Made Fun and Easy Learn the three keys to wine appreciation and drink some of Jefferson’s favorite wines available today.

Enrollment for this class is limited to 50 students. Please enroll early. An Explorer Ticket is $20. No Explorer Tickets will be sold for the last class on December 5.

Course #F4T6

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Tuesdays — November 14, 21, 28; December 5 Time: 7–8:30 p.m. Fee: $50/member; $65/non-member 54 E

C American Foreign Policy N E

I Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D. — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award C

S Foreign Policy Association Fellow

L A Based upon his popular Great Decisions format, Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D., C I Professor Morton will evaluate eight critical issues is a Professor of Political Science T I confronting American foreign policy makers. Each issue and Fellow at the Foreign Policy L will be considered for its historical and contemporary Association. He received his O

P relevance and strategic value to the United States. Policy Master of Arts degree from options for each issue will be presented and analyzed. Rutgers University and his 1. Mexico Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Professor Morton 2. South Sudan has been honored as the university Researcher of the 3. Italy Year, has contributed to articles that have appeared in 4. Jordan the Wall Street Journal and New York Times and is 5. Japan Director of the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program. In 2012, Professor Morton was awarded the prestigious 6. NATO Foreign Policy Association Medal, which is bestowed 7. Mercenaries upon leading members of the American foreign 8. The National Security Council policy establishment.

Course Information Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Fee: $80/member; $110/non-member Date: Wednesdays — October 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29; December 6, 13 (No class on November 22) Course: #F8W1 and #F8W1X (Morning/Morning Annex) Time: 9 –10:30 a.m. Course: #F8W2 and #F8W2X (Afternoon/Afternoon Annex) Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. 55 E

“Reel” Democracy: How Movies Inform Us C N E

About American Politics and Political Debate I C S

Burton Atkins, Ph.D. L A

With every passing year and each political election Burton Atkins, Ph.D., C I cycle, debate evolves, and even seems to intensify, is Professor Emeritus of T I concerning the core issues and values driving Political Science at Florida L

American democracy. This six-week course will use State University (FSU), O P film as our visual text to examine how movies have currently teaches political both challenged and enlightened us about the people science at FAU and is also an and debates that form the basis of American politics. Adjunct Professor at Penn State University. In his 35- The film selection and order of presentation is subject year career at FSU, Professor to change. Atkins wrote extensively about constitutional law and 1. Political Ambition American politics and served as chair of the Political “The Seduction of Joe Tynan”; “Bob Roberts” Science Department. He lived in London from 1992 to 2. Politicians and Power 1997 while serving as the Director of FSU’s London “The Candidate”; “The Ides of March” Study Center, and from 1997 to 2006 served as Director of FSU’s International Affairs Program. 3. Lessons From Abroad About Women in Politics An avid supporter of international education, “Iron Lady”; “The Queen” Professor Atkins has organized and led annual study 4. The Documentary Political Film semesters abroad to London, Brussels and Paris for “The Fog of War”; “Bowling for Columbine” FSU and FAU. 5. Congress and Democracy “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; “Advise and Consent” 6. Presidential Style and Leadership “Frost/Nixon”; “Seven Days in May”

Course #F6W4 (Full 6 Weeks) • Course #F4W5 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Wednesdays — October 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29; No class on November 22 Time: 3–4:30 p.m. Fee: Full 6 Weeks: $60/member; $85/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 56 E

C American Foreign Policy N E

I (Pre-recorded Video Course) C S Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D. — LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award L

A Foreign Policy Association Fellow C I T I This course offers PRE-RECORDED VIDEO Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D., L

O PRESENTATIONS of Professor Morton’s American is a Professor of Political Science

P Foreign Policy course. Students will be able to see and and Fellow at the Foreign Policy hear Professor Morton speak and see his PowerPoint Association. He received his presentation. There WILL NOT be an opportunity to Master of Arts degree from ask him questions because it is pre-recorded. Students Rutgers University and his will be able to hear the questions from other students Ph.D. from the University of who were in his class during the recording. South Carolina. Professor Morton has been honored as the university Researcher of the Based upon his popular Great Decisions format, Year, has contributed to articles that have appeared in Professor Morton will evaluate eight critical issues the Wall Street Journal and New York Times and is confronting American foreign policy makers. Each issue Director of the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program. will be considered for its historical and contemporary In 2012, Professor Morton was awarded the prestigious relevance and strategic value to the United States. Policy Foreign Policy Association Medal, which is bestowed options for each issue will be presented and analyzed. upon leading members of the American foreign 1. Mexico policy establishment. 2. South Sudan 3. Italy 4. Jordan 5. Japan 6. NATO 7. Mercenaries 8. The National Security Council

Course #F8W6

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Wednesdays — October 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29; December 6, 13; No class on November 22 Time: 7–8:30 p.m. Fee: $40 for both members and non-members 57 Y

Making the World Safe for Democracy R

2017, Centenary of U.S. Entry into World War I O T S I

Claudia Dunlea, Ph.D. H

This course traces the causes and course of 1. The War that Didn’t End All Wars World War I, “the war to end all wars” from 1914 to Causes and course of World War I 1918 with a special focus on America’s role in this 2. The French Get Revanche for 1871 conflict. Entering late in 1917, Woodrow Wilson From the Compiègne forest to the Hall of Mirrors intended to create a new world order, based on 3. Creating a New World Order democracy and self-determination; which foresaw Wilson’s self-determination and a league misses its star new nations emerging and great empires vanquishing. However, at the Versailles Peace 4. Legacy of Versailles Conference of 1919, Wilson’s idealism is met by A flawed peace treaty or are the Germans bad losers? French revanchism and shaping a lasting peace will become difficult. Through PowerPoint lectures and Claudia Dunlea, Ph.D., is a primary sources, this course covers the highlights of Senior Instructor of History at the armed conflict from 1914 to 1918 and assesses the Florida Atlantic University lasting legacy of the Versailles Peace Conference. (FAU). She received her Measured against the judgment of history, it is a doctorate in European study of flawed decisions with terrible consequences, Integration History from the chief among them the widely accepted view of University of Hamburg, history that the road from the Hall of Mirrors Germany, in 2003. Professor directly led to the German invasion of Poland only Dunlea is the author of a book that investigates the 20 years later. origins of a supranational European foreign policy in Also, some of the most intractable problems of the the 1950s. Her recent research on the diplomatic modern world have roots in decisions made at relations of the European Union was published in Versailles. Among them one could list — for two articles. instance — the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the endless struggle between Arabs and Jews over land that each thought had been promised them.

Course #F4R1

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Thursdays — October 19; November 2, 9, 16; No class on October 26 Time: 9:3 0–11 a.m. Fee: $40/member; $60/non-member 58 S

C Globalization of the World Economy I

M JClaude Germain, Ph.D. O N The election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the JClaude Germain, Ph.D., is a retired O

C United States has re-ignited the debate over the controversial professor of Economics. He taught both E issue of the globalization of the world economy. Is writing-intensive and regular economics globalization an opportunity or a threat? Is it reversible or courses for over 20 years in New York, irreversible? Who is in charge? The aim of this course is to including 12 years at the City University gain a better understanding of the interactions between of New York (CUNY). In addition to globalization and the world economy. It will examine the teaching, Professor Germain has conducted independent concept, intellectual perspectives, and consequences of both research and analysis, written and published on globalization and the world economy. It will introduce globalization, the world economy and world affairs. He is participants to the main actors, themes, trends, and the author of “Trade Liberalization and Globalization,” a institutions that constitute an important part of all study that examines the effects of trade liberalization and conversations on globalization. Class topics include globalization on the economies of developing countries, and globalization, theoretical perspectives, international trade, investigates the contention that trade openness and greater international monetary system, foreign direct investment integration with the world economy stimulate economic (FDI), transnational corporations (TNCs), development, the growth and alleviate poverty in those countries. new role of Nation-States. We will also explore the role of Professor Germain earned a Bachelor’s degree from the City international economic institutions such as the International University of New York/City College, a Master’s degree Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade from New York University and a Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) Organization (WTO). from Union Institute and University (Ohio) in Economics This class will utilize reading materials from different with a specialization in International Economics. sources. Professor Germain also has an extensive background in 1. What is Globalization? World Economy?: world affairs. Prior to his career in academia, he was a Introduction and Perspectives Staff Member at the United Nations in New York for 2. Global Economic Governance: 14 years. He also served as Co-Vice President, and Chairman The Institutional Framework of the Programme Committee at the Society for International 3. International Monetary Relations: Development (SID) — the New York Chapter. In 1995, he Money, Exchange Rates, and the U.S. Dollar was selected as one of the worldwide participants in the first Harvard University Summer Institute in International 4. International Financial System: Conflict Analysis and Resolution in Cambridge, Financial Crises, Capital Flows, and Debt Massachusetts (U.S.A.) to reflect on and analyze conflicts 5. Global Trade Relations and Regionalism throughout the world in the post-cold war era. Bosnia, 6. Transnational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment Cyprus, Guatemala, Haiti, Israel/Palestine and Rwanda 7. Nation-State and Economic Development were case studies. He presented a paper titled, “Societal 8. Effects of and Current Trends in Globalization Conflict in Latin America: The Case of Haiti.”

Course #F8R2 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4R3 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Thursdays — October 19, 26; November 2, 9, 16, 30; December 7, 14; No class on November 23 Time: 12 –1:30 p.m. Fee: Full 8 Weeks: $80/member; $110/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 59

James Bond: A Popular Icon on Page and Screen N O I T

Oliver Buckton, Ph.D. A I

LLS Boca Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities 2015 –2016 C E R

James Bond, created by Ian Fleming, is perhaps the most 4. Bond, the Cold Warrior: “The Living Daylights” P famous and popular fictional character ever created. It Timothy Dalton’s reign as Bond lasted only two films, P A has been estimated that a quarter of the world’s but this outstanding effort was a reflection of Cold War population has seen at least one James Bond film, and politics and Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. M L I the Bond film franchise continues to break box-office 5. Bond After the Cold War: “GoldenEye” F records over 50 years after it began. This lecture series Pierce Brosnan’s first film as Bond used the name of begins by looking at the thrilling life experiences that Fleming’s Jamaican home as the title for an exciting shaped Ian Fleming's imagination. We will go on to adventure in Russia and the Caribbean. examine several of the most dynamic films in the Bond 6. Bond’s 50 th Anniversary: “Skyfall” franchise, featuring the first screen Bond — Sean The year 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the Bond Connery — and other actors who have played Bond, film series, and “Skyfall” rose to the occasion by culminating with Daniel Craig. Throughout the course, exploring Bond’s past, including his use of such iconic we will discuss the reasons for Bond's relevance in the gadgets as the Aston Martin DB5. 21 st century. 1. Bond’s Debut: “Casino Royale” Oliver Buckton, Ph.D., was educated This lecture explores the first Bond novel and its at Cambridge University (B.A.) and influence by Fleming’s take on Cold War spy scandals. Cornell University (Ph.D.) before We also look at the 2006 film version starring Daniel joining the FAU English department Craig. in 1994. A native of Britain, he is the author of three books, and recently 2. James Bond in America: “Goldfinger” published a book on the British spy thriller, “Espionage This lecture looks at the breakthrough James Bond film, in British Fiction and Film Since 1900: The Changing the most iconic in the series, “Goldfinger,” starring Sean Enemy” (Lexington, 2015). He was the recipient of Connery. FAU’s Creative Scholar of the Year Award for 2008–09. 3. Bond in the 1970s: “Live and Let Die” In 2015–16, Professor Buckton was the Lifelong Learning Following the departure of Sean Connery, Roger Moore Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities in stepped into the role of Bond in this exciting adaptation FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, of Fleming’s “Live and Let Die,” with locations in the Boca Raton. He is currently researching a critical U.S. and the Caribbean. biography of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

Course #F6R4 (Full 6 Weeks) • Course #F4R5 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Thursdays — October 12, 19, 26; November 9, 16, 30; No class on November 2, 23 Time: 2:3 0–4 p.m. Fee: Full 6 Weeks: $60/member; $85/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 60 S

T The Week in Review N E Frank Cerabino V E

T This course will take students through the weekly Frank Cerabino (pronounced N

E news roundup with Palm Beach Post columnist Frank chair–a–BEE–no) grew up on Long

R Cerabino, who will select some of the important, Island, NY, and graduated from R interesting and off-beat stories of the week from the the U.S. Naval Academy in U

C international, national, state and local scene. Annapolis, MD, in 1977. He spent five years in the Navy, reaching The lectures will be based solely on the news the rank of lieutenant and serving developments of that week and will include Internet as a public affairs officer aboard an aircraft carrier. videos and Q&As. After leaving the Navy, he received a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He worked at the City News Bureau of Chicago before leaving the wire service to take a job with the Miami Herald in 1984. For the next five years, Mr. Cerabino covered the police, government, legal and education beats for the Herald . He eventually became the newspaper’s federal court reporter in Miami.

Frank Cerabino joined the Palm Beach Post in 1989. He started writing columns for the newspaper during the William Kennedy Smith trial. In 1992, he became a full-time local news columnist and now writes four columns a week. He lives in Boca Raton and is married with three children.

This year, Cerabino was awarded first place in humorous commentary and second place in serious commentary in the 67 th -annual Green Eyeshade Awards, a regional journalism competition that covers 14 Southern states.

Course #F8F1 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4F2 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Fridays — October 13, 20, 27; November 3, 17; December 1, 8, 15; No class on November 10, 24 Time: 9–10:30 a.m. Fee: $80/member; $110/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 61

Art in the U.S.A. N O I

American Art: A Visual Feast T A I

Terryl Lawrence, Ed.D. C E

In Memory of Kurt Steinbrenner R P P A

The United States of America has a rich and varied 7. American Impressionism Yesterday and Today History of Art. Beginning with the early settlers The Impressionists laid the groundwork for much of T R

and leading to the wealth of creativity happening the avant-garde painting that followed. William A today, our nation is filled with visual commentary of Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Frederick Carl Frieseke the times in which artists live. This course will and more. examine the imagery that has enriched our nation 8. America the Beautiful and ourselves. Landscape painting from yesterday to today by Frederick Church, Fairfield Porter, Richard Diebenkorn 1. The Beginnings and others. From primitive art to profound.

2. America After the Fall Terryl Lawrence, Ed.D., Painting in the 1930s including Edward Hopper, earned her doctoral degree in Grant Wood and Georgia O’Keeffe. art and education from 3. Galleries Galore Columbia University and has New York City as the hotbed of Abstraction and had many exhibitions of her Imagination with Miami not far behind. paintings and photographs in 4. Inspired by Dance New York and Florida. She has Its representation in American art by Thomas Hart written several published Benton, Barbara Morgan, Elie Nadelman, and others. articles, was a New York fashion designer and photographer and wrote the 5. American Architecture Has Led the World Constructions and ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright, preface to Chaim Potok’s “Artist in Exile,” has taught Richard Meier and colleagues. photography and art at C.W. Post College and SUNY Empire State College. She is a National 6. African-American Art Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellow in the A different vision by painters, sculptors and Humanities. Professor Lawrence currently teaches photographers, such as Hale Woodruff, Gordon Parks Art History and Mythology at Palm Beach State and and Kerry James Marshall. Broward Colleges.

Course #F8F3 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4F4 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Fridays — October 13, 20, 27; November 3, 17; December 1, 8, 15; No class on November 10, 24 Time: 11:15 a.m. –12:45 p.m. Fee: Full 8 Weeks: $80/member; $110/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member 62

N Film Masterpieces O I

T Eight of the Most Ambitious American and European Films A I

C Benito Rakower, Ed.D. E R

P These eight films demonstrate what film can be when the 5. “Umbrellas of Cherbourg” P

A director has an artistic vision and genius. Before each (1964, French, English subtitles)

film, there will be film-note handouts, a brief lecture, One of a kind. A story told entirely in song. Romantic, M

L followed by the film viewing, and a discussion afterward. poignant, impossible to resist. The film that made I

F Catherine Deneuve a French icon. 1. “Viridiana” (1961, Spanish, English subtitles) Condemned by the Catholic Church, this film ranks 6. “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999, American) with the paintings of Velasquez as an engaging Kubrick’s most searing indictment of what great portrayal of the Spanish character. wealth, status and power have done to the American character – at the higher social level. 2. “Red River” (1948, American) Ostensibly about a historic cattle drive from Texas to 7. “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (1971, American) Kansas, this may be John Wayne’s greatest performance This is, poetically, an erotic Western. A fabulous as an imperious man struggling to subordinate and view of beauty and courage subdued by a harsh and crush a devoted son. A beautiful woman intervenes. brutal society.

3. “Le Samouraï” (1967, French, English subtitles) 8. “Chariots of Fire” (1981, English, American) A profound and gripping study of the psychology of a One of the most lavishly elitist films about the British Paris “hit man.” Alain Delon makes the fatal mistake of character, sport and Jewish assimilation. falling in love with his victim. A stunning portrait of masculine cool. Benito Rakower, Ed.D., was educated at Queens College and Harvard 4. “Force Majeure” (2014, Swedish, English subtitles) University, where he received a A happy, Swedish family go on a ski vacation in the doctorate in the teaching of English. French Alps. A controlled, nearby avalanche prompts Before getting his degree at Harvard, the husband/father to abandon his family to save Professor Rakower was trained himself. When the false danger has passed, he must professionally at the piano in German face his wife and two young children. How does a Baroque and French repertoire. man do that? A surpassingly brilliant and scathing study of marriage. Student Testimonials — “The class was enjoyable and educational.” — “Dr. Rakower does extensive research on his topics for class.”

Course #F8F5 (Full 8 Weeks) • Course #F4F6 (Last 4 Weeks)

Place: Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter Campus Date: Fridays — October 13, 20, 27; November 3, 17; December 1, 8, 15; No class on November 10, 24 Time: 1:3 0– 4 p.m.; Film-discussion: 4– 4:30 p.m. Fee: Full 8 Weeks: $80/member; $110/non-member • Last 4 Weeks: $40/member; $60/non-member is is the moment to impact y our health. ursday , J an. 25, 2018 Palm B each County Conv ention Center 650 O keechobee B lv d.

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