JHU Odyssey Spring 2021 Catalog
Spring 2021 Perspectives: Keynote Lecture and Multi Speaker Programs The Destruction of Indigenous Peoples in North America Pete Kakel, Ph.D. Mini-Law School Mark Croatti, Coordinator Missing in Action: The Political Courage to Save the Chesapeake Bay Mark Croatti, Coordinator Great Discoveries in World Archeology, Part 2 with Robert Baer Joseph Cassar returns with Museums in the South of France George Scheper presents Beowulf – First Classic of English Literature The Mendelssohn Siblings with Judith Krummeck John Hessler: How to Win a Million Dollars: Solving the Millennium Prize Problems www.Odyssey.jhu.edu Page 2 From the Director Dear Odyssey Patrons and Friends, Well, we made it. We successfully completed our Fall semester, which saw all of Odyssey’s classes delivered via Zoom. We will continue online this Spring, as the University is forced to prolong the lockdown of the Homewood campus. We are somehow getting used to it – for the most part. I say that because, in spite of some healthy numbers in several classes, our overall enrollment for the semester was down just under 50%. That’s about 500 students, who, for one reason or another have decided to wait it out for better days. Our answer to that is to do what we do best, and that is to provide excellent courses, in order to make your time and money worthwhile. And for the first time, we are offering special reduced prices on our more expensive courses, including our language courses, in hopes that we may all travel again soon! Here is some of what’s in store for our Spring semester: On the Odyssey cover, Pete Kakel presents his perspective on The Destruction of Indigenous Peoples in North America, a subject of which he is indeed an expert.
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