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CONTINUING EDUCATION CATALOG CLASS LISTINGSHistoryContact: Kim
Seymour, kseymour@dcs.wisc.edu See additional subject information www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/history.
Classes are offered in fall and winter-spring. NEW From Plantagenets to Tudors: history, institutions, and music (1154-1602)This course sketches the history and accomplishments of two great English dynasties, their impact on their times, and their legacies. In addition to portraying a major segment of English history, it also pays particular attention to developments in music as a representative cultural theme—thereby providing a broad introduction to the summer 2010 Madison Early Music Festival’s focus on early English music. Instructor: John W. Barker NEW A history of Ireland for travelersFrom Newgrange and the Boyne Valley to Clonmacnoise, Cong Abbey, Viking World, Kilkenny castle, medieval Derry, Achill Island, St. Enda’s, Kilmainham, Leinster House, Stormont, and the Marian shrine at Knock, Ireland’s history is a long, rich, and often troubled one. Join us on a visual tour of its most celebrated and sacred places and some of its lesser-known jewels, all in their proper historical context. Instructor: Mary Magray History and mystery: the evolution of the private eye novelIn this class we trace the history of the private eye novel, beginning with the British Golden Age in Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles, followed by the American response with Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. We then move to the second Golden Age with Walter Moseley’s Devil in a Blue Dress, and end with literary fiction: Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn. Instructor: Helene Androski The medieval worldSection 1: Growing up in a monastery: child oblation in the medieval west Section 2: History and monuments of Wales Th, 7:30-8:45 pm Section 1 Instructor: Madge Klais, Feb 25-Mar 18 NEW Shakespeare’s history cycle: the Henry playsThis course examines Shakespeare’s celebrated cycle of plays dramatizing the troubled reign of Henry IV, who usurped the throne, and the evolution of his son, Prince Hal, from youthful prankster to England’s famous warrior king, Henry V. We encounter Hal’s companion Falstaff, who may be Shakespeare’s greatest comic character, and discuss the role of comedy in Shakespeare’s understanding of history. Instructor: Michael Hinden Spirits of earth: the effigy mound landscape of Madison and the Four LakesDuring a wave of mound building (700-1100 CE), Indians sculpted large mounds into animals, spirit beings, and other forms, using the landscape to make three-dimensional models of their cosmology. We examine the Madison and Four Lakes area relative to the beliefs of the people, and examine the idea that the mounds were built to continually re-create the world and its people. Course includes field trip. Instructor: Robert Birmingham ONLINE History 102, Part 3: origins of the Cold War to WatergateExplore recent American history, from the dropping of two atomic bombs to the aftermath of the biggest political scandal of our time. Designed for lifelong learners, this course features material from the popular lectures experienced by tens of thousands of students during Prof. Stanley Schultz’s 40-year career at UW-Madison. It also includes Wisconsin Public Television broadcasts, interviews, commentary, optional readings, and online discussions. Instructor: Stanley Schultz RELATED PROGRAMS
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