Learning in Retirement LATE SPRING 2016 April 18 - May 30 1
Carleton University s Centre for Initiatives in Education presents Learning in Retirement LATE SPRING 2016 What is Learning in Retirement? The Learning in Retirement program, also known as LinR, is a non-credit lecture series program for retired and semi-retired individuals and others who are interested in life-long learning. The LinR program currently offers five sessions every year: two in the fall, one in the winter, and two in the spring. The Early and Late Spring 2016 Sessions offer a total of twenty-four unique and interesting lecture series for your consideration, eleven in the Early Spring Session and thirteen in the Late Spring Session. We hope this exciting selection will encourage you to join us this spring! Lecture Series Details There are no prerequisites and no exams. Classes range in size from 15 to 55 participants. Cost: Lecture series fee (HST included): $130.00 ( lecture series #1, #2, #5 - #13) $190.00 (lecture series #3 & #4) Parking fee (HST included): $36.00 per each six-week lecture series $30.00 per lecture #5 (5-weeks) $24.00 per lecture #6 (4-weeks) $12.00 per lecture #7 (2-weeks on campus) Parking Details Learning in Retirement participants can purchase parking passes at the time of registration for parking lot R6 at Carleton University. This parking lot is close to the Leeds House and Residence Commons buildings, where all lecture series are held during this session. 1
LECTURE SERIES 1 How Architects Live and Die Lecturer: H. Masud Taj Days: Mondays, April 18th - May 30th (No class May 23rd) Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. For lovers of biographies: illustrated lectures on the lives of thirteen accomplished architects primarily from North America but also Europe, Turkey, and India. Combining academic insight, artistic creativity, and unique personal anecdote the talks on fascinating lives, with wit and verve, seek not to dispel our existential loneliness, but make it more user-friendly for a creative life lived may just about suffice to ensure that we face our finitude with fortitude and irrepressible creativity! Architects that come alive: Jefferson, Stanford White, Julia Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Nari Gandhi, Louis Kahn, Fazlur Khan, Sinan, Gaudi, Borromini, Scarpa, Corbusier, and Eilleen Gray. Lectures and film clips LECTURE SERIES 2 The Group of Seven and War Lecturer: Dr. Laura Brandon Days: Mondays, April 18th - May 30th (No class May 23rd) Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Explore the role of war in the art of the Group of Seven. Following a brief introduction to First and Second World War art programs in Canada and the history of the Group of Seven, the series will examine each member of the Group individually, primarily through their art, but also through members letters, poetry, articles, and photography. Relevant social and intellectual contexts to their art making will also be introduced where pertinent. We will conclude with a discussion of the contributions made by later Group members and adherents, and the significance of the two wars for Group members and Canadian art as a whole. Participants will regularly be encouraged to share, discuss, and question what they have learned in the context of each presentation. Lectures and discussions 2
LECTURE SERIES 3 Stories From Our Lives: Remembering Through Food Lecturer: Dr. Anna Rumin Days: Tuesdays, April 19th - May 24th Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Location: Room 270, Residence Commons Building We all have a story to tell, and perhaps the single most important thing we can do, give, and leave for our families is our personal narrative. This is an invitation to re-collect, record, and share the stories from your life through memories of food and all things related to eating! What does the smell of chicken soup evoke? Or curry? When you see certain vegetables, who do you think of? Are there special glasses you save for special occasions? Why? What recipes have been handed down for generations? Imagine your life if you were to remember it through meals, snacks, and holiday celebrations. Workshop Cost: $190.00 (HST included) Enrollment capacity: 15 participants Note: Please avoid registering in both writing workshops, as the amount of writing required may be excessive. LECTURE SERIES 4 The Personal Journal: A Springboard for Memoir Lecturer: Dr. Anna Rumin Days: Tuesdays, April 19th - May 24th Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: Room 270, Residence Commons Building Hemingway said, In order to write about life, you must live it. Whether we call ourselves writers or not, writing gives clarity to our lived experiences. This is a workshop for those who are interested in pausing, looking back, and honouring their lives through journal writing. While the focus of the workshop is on gathering memories and stories, students can expect to learn about writing as a craft and how it is we go from writing for ourselves to writing for others. Workshop Cost: $190.00 (HST included) Enrollment capacity: 15 participantsts Note: Please avoid registering in both writing workshops, as the amount of writing required may be excessive. 3
Lecture Series 5 African-American Music of the 1940s - 1970s: Blues, R&B, Soul, and Funk Lecturer: Keith McQuaig Days: Tuesdays, April 19th - May 24th (No class May 3rd) (5-week lecture series) Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. This lecture series will give an overview of some of the most popular musical genres from the 1940s to the 1970s. The history of this music will be covered including the main figures, important recordings, and the musical features of each style. The cultural importance and impact of this music will also be discussed, including the overlap between these genres, and the ways in which one genre influenced another. From Muddy Waters and Marvin Gaye to Aretha Franklin and James Brown, this series will be an exciting musical journey. Lectures, discussions, film clips, listening examples Lecture Series 6 Velvet-voiced Vocalists: Women Pop Singers of the Early 1950s Lecturer: Dr. Sarah Culpeper Days: Tuesdays, April 26th - May 17th (4-week lecture series) Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page was the top American radio hit of the early 1950s. But today, Page and other early 1950s singers tend to get lost in pop music history. This series brings to light the songs of Page, Doris Day, and Mary Ford, who sang with her husband Les Paul. Topics include singing style, image, and how the music reflected the social mores of the postwar period. Musical context is provided by comparing and contrasting 1950s pop singers with contemporaneous jazz and country vocalists, such as Ella Fitzgerald and Patsy Cline, and women of the 1960s folk revival, such as Joan Baez. Lectures, discussion, film clips, listening examples 4
Lecture Series 7 Walking Through Ottawa s History: Forgotten Stories from a Radical Tour Guide Lecturer: Dr. Brian McDougall Days: Tuesdays, April 19th - May 24th Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (week 1&6) Walking tours of downtown Ottawa departing from the National Gallery of Canada or nearby the Château Laurier (weeks 2-5). Comprising of two on-campus lectures and four walking tours through downtown Ottawa, this lecture series provides an unforgettable opportunity to learn about the lives and experiences of the people who built Ottawa but are usually ignored by official history: the Indigenous Peoples who resisted local land seizures, the Irish navvies who dug the Rideau Canal, the stonemasons who built the Parliament buildings, the women who occupied the House of Commons Gallery in the battle for abortion rights, the organizers of Canada s first demonstration for gay and lesbian rights, and many others. This lecture series tells their stories in the places where the events occurred, ensuring you will see and experience Ottawa in new and unexpected ways. Lectures and walking tours Enrollment capacity: 25 participants Note: Participants will be required to climb stairs, walk and stand for two hours during weeks 2 through 5.. Additional parking costs in downtown Ottawa may apply. DID YOU KNOW? Registration in the Learning in Retirement program allows you to borrow materials from Carleton University s MacOdrum Library. To receive a temporary borrowing card, please visit the circulation desk and identify yourself as a participant of the Learning in Retirement program. 5
Lecture Series 8 Finding the Kingdom of the Spear-Danes: The History and Archaeology of Beowulf Lecturer: Dr. Teva Vidal Days: Wednesdays, April 20th - May 25th Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Old English epic poem Beowulf is a monument of early English literature. Yet its subject matter is Scandinavian, taking place in the bygone times of early Iron Age Denmark and in the southern-swedish kingdom of the Geats. Beowulf s narrative is legendary, but what inspired the story? This lecture series looks into some of the possible historical antecedents, both places and characters, which may form a historical base to the poem. Focusing especially on the site of Lejre in Denmark and its environs, the lectures will also explore possible archaeological evidence for the pre-viking Age setting of Beowulf. Lectures and discussions Lecture Series 9 Canada s UNESCO World Hertiage Sites Lecturer: David Walden Days: Wednesdays, April 20th - May 25th Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. UNESCO s World Heritage Convention was the first international agreement to bring together nature conservation and the preservation of historic/cultural sites. Canada has balanced representation with nine natural and eight cultural sites. World Heritage Sites are among the most visited tourist attractions around the world. Yet this very success has led to unanticipated consequences: politicization, damage to sites caused by tourism, and social dislocation resulting from the designation of a site. These and other issues will be discussed in the context of current World Heritage Sites in Canada and around the world, as well as the future of the Convention. Lectures and discussions 6
Lecture Series 10 Israel/Palestine: Can It Ever Be Solved? Lecturer: Dr. Peter Larson Days: Thursdays, April 21st - May 26th Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Over the last 70 years, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has cost thousands of lives and imposed misery on many innocent people. To most Canadians the issue appears unsolvable. It is difficult to have a calm discussion about it, as emotions are high on all sides. This lecture series will examine the Jewish and Palestinian narratives and compare them to the historical record and current reality. We will also look at whether Canada s current policies are likely to help bring about a resolution. Lectures, discussions, film clips Enrollment capacity: 40 participants Lecture Series 11 Putting a Face on the Great War Lecturer: Dorothy J. Smith Days: Thursdays, April 21st - May 26th Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Explore the western front of World War I as experienced by young men from the Ottawa area. We will follow the steps which took Matthew Barkley from a farm near Vars, Ontario to his early death on Telegraph Hill near Arras, France. Other Ottawaarea soldiers with their own experiences will help us understand both the hardships and the camaraderie of the War. We will end with a consideration of soldiers experiences on return to Ottawa and of the commemoration and remembrance of those like Matthew Barkley who did not return. Lectures 7
Lecture Series 12 Japanese Art and Architecture Lecturer: Dr. Eric Weichel Days: Fridays, April 22nd - May 27th Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. This lecture series is a survey of Japanese visual art and architecture, from synthesis of literary painting and traditional Shinto aesthetics in the Heian period (794 1185) to the subversive explorations of gender, landscape, and desire by contemporary Japanese visual artists. Topics under discussion include women authors, novel-writing and the influence of classical Chinese poetry, the erotic illustrations of the Floating World during the Tokugawa shogunate, Zen Buddhism and garden design, the oft-elided contributions of Hokkaido s Ainu indigenous culture, and the emergence of a westernizing mode of visual art during the Meiji. Lectures Lecture Series 13 Symbolist Painting: Dreams and Desire in 19th-century Visual Art Lecturer: Dr. Eric Weichel Days: Fridays, April 22nd - May 27th Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. In this lecture series, participants survey the interplay between visual arts and literature cherished by the Symbolist painters of France, Germany, Russia, and the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. Which authors were crucial for the revival of interest in mythology and spiritualism? How can Symbolism be understood as another form of modernity? Participants explore these and related questions through an overview of the work of Gustave Moreau, Gustav Klimt, Odilon Redon, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Henri Fantin-Latour, Edvard Munch, Nicholas Roerich, Frida Kahlo, Elihu Vedder, and David Chetlahe Paladin. Lectures 8
Additional Information Please visit our website at carleton.ca/linr for lecturer biographies and updated lecture series information. Please note that classes with fewer than 15 registered participants may be cancelled. Withdrawal Policy Withdrawal anytime before the beginning of the second class: 100% credit placed on your Learning in Retirement (LinR) account (no expiry date) Withdrawal after two or more classes: No credit We are unable to provide credit for books, coursepacks, and/or supply fees. There are NO REFUNDS. For a detailed listing of all policies, please visit our website at carleton.ca/linr or call us at 613-520-2600 ext. 1756. Contact Us Learning in Retirement (LinR) Carleton University 1516 Dunton Tower 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 1756 E-mail: Learning.in.Retirement@carleton.ca Registration Registration begins Tuesday, January 26 th at 9:00 a.m. You can register by: Mail (send in the enclosed registration form) On-line registration & payment system (carleton.ca/linr) Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 1756 (no credit card payment over telephone) 9
LATE SPRING 2016 Title: Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. First Name: Last Name: Address: City: Postal Code: Telephone: E-mail: Registration Form 10 Prov.: LATE SPRING 2016 Lecture Series Please check ( ) the lecture series you want to enroll in. The cost of each is $130.00 (HST included). Lecture series #3 & #4 are $190.00 each (HST included). 1. How Architects Live and Die, H. Masud Taj 2. The Group of Seven and War, Dr. Brandon 3. Stories From Our Lives: Remembering Through F Food, Dr. Rumin 4. The Personal Journal: A Springboard for Memoir, Dr. Rumin 5. African-American Music of the 1940s - 1970s: Blues, R&B, Soul, and Funk, K. McQuaig 6. Velvet-voiced Vocalists: Women Pop Singers of the Early 1950s, Dr. Culpeper 7. Walking Through Ottawa s History: Forgotten Stories from a Radical Tour Guide, Dr. McDougall 8. Finding the Kingdom of the Spear-Danes: T The History and Archaeology of Beowulf, Dr. Vidal 9. Canada s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, D. Walden 10. Israel/Palestine: Can It Ever Be Solved?, Dr. Larson 11. Putting a Face on the Great War, D. Smith 12. Japanese Art and Architecture, Dr. Weichel 13. Symbolist Painting: Dreams and Desire in 19th-century Visual Art, Dr. Weichel
Lecture series fees $130.00 per lecture series (HST included) $190.00 per lecture series #3 & #4 (HST included) TOTAL for lecture series: $ Parking fees $36.00 per each 6-week lecture series (HST included) $30.00 for lecture series #5 (HST included) $24.00 for lecture series #6 (HST included) $12.00 for lecture series #7 (HST included) TOTAL for parking: $ Method of payment Cheque made payable to Carleton University Credit card Visa Total Charge $ MasterCard Final TOTAL: $ Card Number Expiry Signature Please send me a full map of the Carleton campus with the classrooms, parking, and bus stops indicated. How did you hear about this Learning in Retirement session? I am a previous participant Other: Carleton University Learning in Retirement 1516 Dunton Tower 1125 Colonel By Dr. Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 1756 E-mail: Learning.in.Retirement@carleton.ca Website: carleton.ca/linr 11