F a l l 2 0 0 8 OLLI Berkeleyuniversity of california Osher Lifelong Learning Institute October 1 – November 18 Classes olli.berkeley.edu Lecture Series An educational program for older adults Learning Community who are learning for the joy of it. Director’s Greeting Who We Are We are delighted that in just one year, the OLLI @Berkeley OLLI @Berkeley is an educational program community has grown to more than 600 members. We are for lifelong learners age 50 and up who are even prouder of the fact that many of you take more than one eager to explore traditional and new areas class per session — a powerful tribute to our goal of making of knowledge — without exams or grades. learning a way of life. Distinguished Berkeley faculty members and other Bay Area teachers enjoy sharing their expertise with members whose life Nearly half of this session’s faculty — including David Presti, William Drummond, experience and intelligence enrich the and Harry Kreisler — teach at UC Berkeley and are eager to share their exchange of ideas. knowledge with you. We are also offering an array of experimental courses. Membership in OLLI @Berkeley is required Celebrated writer Susan Griffin will teach a course on remembering and creating to participate in the full range of offerings. history. The two driving forces behind the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Joan Joining OLLI @Berkeley means discovering Holden and R. G. Davis, will trace the company’s long and colorful history. new friends, new knowledge, and new ways to bring meaning and enjoyment to our lives. The fall session will also offer two yearlong courses in collaboration with Cal OLLI @Berkeley is one of more than 121 Performances. Robert Cole, impresario extraordinaire, has chosen 12 music and Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes nationwide. dance events for us to explore in depth before seeing him off at the end of the It is supported by the University of California, Berkeley; OLLI members; and donors who 2008–09 season. match the Bernard Osher Foundation’s contribution to OLLI. Since many of you spend the day with us, we have also tried to plan each day around related subjects. For example, check out the Tuesday schedule if you enjoy musical theater, or Wednesday if you are interested in politics. Diverse topics, accomplished teachers, new friends, and your curiosity — these are what make OLLI @Berkeley special. Come to the open house on Sept. 16, or register with the form inside this brochure. Welcome back to the classroom. Susan Hoffman Director, OLLI @Berkeley Contact Us: Open House Office/Library: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 1925 Walnut St. #1570 University of California, Berkeley 9:30 a.m.–noon Berkeley, CA 94720-1570 Doors open at 9 a.m., program 9:30 a.m. – noon Phone: 510.642.9934 Berkeley Repertory Theatre Fax: 510.642.2202 2025 Addison St. (at Shattuck Ave.) E-mail: [email protected] Web site: olli.berkeley.edu RSVP: 510.642.9934 or [email protected] Directions: olli.berkeley.edu Contributing Photographers: Charles Francis, Aileen Kim, Judith Sandoval, and Peg Skorpinski Oct. 6 – Nov. 10 COURSES/Mondays Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted. Fall Lecture Series: Politics and Science Mondays, 12:15–1:15 p.m. 150 University Hall (2199 Addison St.) Free for OLLI members and current UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students with ID. $5 general admission. International Law, Human Rights, and Torture Rita Maran President, United Nations Association East Bay Oct. 20 Mind, Brain, and Consciousness Justice and Power: higher education. He has been a statewide Literary Visions and local leader of the California State David Presti University faculty union, and has taught at Senior Lecturer of Neurobiology, UC Berkeley Jeff Lustig UC Berkeley and Deep Springs College Oct. 27 10 a.m.–noon, Room 150 Joy of Singing We will examine the nature of justice Racial Identity and the Census and power as seen by history’s important Lauren Carley Michael Omi writers and dramatists. Is justice the 12–1:30 p.m., Room 41B Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, righting of wrongs or transcendence of UC Berkeley Whether you have always longed to rights? Is it a matter of evening scores, Nov. 3 sing in a chorus or have sung in one for the public good, or inner peace? “Force years, this course is open to you. We will without justice is tyrannical,” wrote French learn the basics of sight-singing, as well Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery philosopher Blaise Pascal, “and justice as rounds, chants, and arranged music by of DNA without force is powerless.” But how such composers as Bobby McFerrin, who Lynne Elkin can justice deal with power? Is the idea uses his voice to create sound effects and Professor Emerita of Biological Studies, of achieving justice through politics an percussion, and Ysaye Barnwell, a member Cal State East Bay illusion? We will study the answers some of the African American a cappella group Nov. 10 great thinkers have offered, along with Sweet Honey in the Rock. Learn to sing such fundamental concepts as distributive one piece in the first session and up to five justice, retributive justice, equality, tyranny, songs by session four. Join us to strengthen exploitation, and the common good. your voice and confidence and make a Recommended readings include works by joyful noise! Sophocles, Machiavelli, Karl Marx, Herman Melville, Toni Morrison, and Jesse Unruh. Lauren Carley teaches the Joy of Jeff Lustig, professor of government Singing choral ensembles for OLLI at at Sacramento State, teaches courses San Francisco State University and is in political theory, American thought, the artistic director for the community California politics and the novel, and labor choruses Variety Pack and Rhythm Society. studies. He is the author of Corporate She also teaches individuals and groups Liberalism: Origins of Modern American and leads women’s retreats in finding one’s Political Theory, as well as articles on authentic voice through circle singing for American politics, political thought, and joy, healing, and ritual. OLLI @Berkeley Still from documentary Ask Not, by Johnny Symons Bay Area Documentary Michael Fox has written about film for storytelling is an easy-to-create audio/visual Filmmakers more than 50 regional and national medium for immortalizing your legacy. publications and Web sites since 1987, We will learn how to use simple, free Michael Fox including SF Weekly, SF360.org, PBS.org, software tools to combine photos, images, 1:30–3:30 p.m., Room 150 and KQED.org. Fox curates and hosts music, and your voice to tell your stories, Over the past 40 years, the Bay Area’s the CinemaLit film series on Friday whether fact or fiction. You will create astonishing number of documentary nights at the Mechanics’ Institute. He is your own personal CD or Web site that filmmakers have earned an international an instructor at OLLI at San Francisco documents stories in a way you may never reputation for being at the forefront State University and UC Berkeley, and have imagined. Please bring your own laptop, of social issues, exposing injustices at a member of the San Francisco Film or call the OLLI office at 510.642.9934 to home and abroad, and reviving ignored Critics Circle. arrange for a rental. or forgotten history. Each session will David Casuto is the founder and lead Telling Your Stories feature a recent film, followed by an instructor of Senior Surf, a Bay Area non- With Technology intimate conversation with the director. profit that empowers older adults to We will discuss the myth of objectivity, David Casuto become more savvy at Internet navigation, the challenge of balancing education and 10/6–11/24 digital photography, photo editing, digital advocacy, and the importance of drama 6–8 p.m., Room 41B storytelling, graphic design, e-mail, Microsoft and suspense. In particular, we will focus Word, and other tricks of the trade. He What life experiences would you like on the ethical dilemmas, responsibilities, is also attaining his master’s degree in to share with your family and friends? and solutions that every documentary instructional technology. Visit his Web site at Do you want to record your memoirs maker confronts. senior-surf.org. in a way that you never have? Digital (No Class on Nov. 11) COURSES/Tuesdays Oct. 7 – Nov. 18 Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted. History of French Literature: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. The Golden Middle Ages –18th Century Age of French Literature in the 17th century brings us Pierre Corneille and Erika Blatt Harkins Jean Racine (Baroque versus Classicism), 10 a.m.–noon as well as Madame de la Fayette (self- Gaia Arts Center (2120 Allston Way) analysis novel). We will end the course by discussing Voltaire and Denis Diderot. In this lively introduction to French literature, we will explore how France’s history Erika Blatt Harkins received her degrees influenced social, cultural, and literary trends. in French Literature in Bucharest, Romania, For the Middle Ages, we will examine The and at the University of Paris. An instructor Romance of the Rose, Chrétien de Troyes, for 25 years, she teaches on the premises Christine de Pisan, and François Villon. The that literature and history are interrelated 16th century introduces us to the Pleiades and complementary. In addition to her and the works of François Rabelais and background in the humanities, she also has a master’s degree in organic chemistry. Psychology and Opera: The American Musical: From radical “people’s theater.” They will place Verdi’s Human Dilemmas Vaudeville to Show Biz 12 plays within their contexts: the 1950s; the artistic avant-garde; the civil rights Gerald Mendelsohn Joanna Harris movement; the Vietnam War; the New 1:30–3:30 p.m.