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| SSS-01 Caravaggio - Zoom Teleconference Rhea Higgins, Art History Professor, Univ. of Hartford, Wesleyan Institute of Life Long Learning * , 1/30 * 1:00-3:00 The paintings of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio revolutionized late Italian Renaissance art styles beginning in 1606, revealing physical and emotional human states never expressed so vividly before. His Biblical scenes expressed a new kind of realism, often featuring violent struggles, torture and death, which, combined with dramatic lighting or "tenebrism"- transfixing subjects in shafts of light and shadows, was often shocking, even ugly, but always real and intensely human. This unique artistic combination was revolutionary and had a profound formative influence on painting almost immediately in early Baroque art. Our study will include in detail two of his most famous works: The Calling of Saint Matthew and The Conversion of Saint Paul. | ||
| SSS-02 Gatekeeping interaction and life chances - Chapel Fredrick Erickson, Ph.D, Kneller Professor of Anthropology and Education, Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles * , 2/6 * 1:00-3:00 This will be a demonstration/lecture showing and discussing video clips of inter-racial and intra-racial interaction between community college counselors and students in academic advising interviews--gatekeeping encounters that affect the life chances of the students. This talk presents video-based research on inter-ethnic and inter-racial interaction conducted in the 1970's with a major grant from the National Instute of Mental Health’s Center for Studies of Metropolitan Problems. | ||
| SSS-03 Tribal Sovereignty: the power that Indian tribes have. - Seabury Chapel Stephen Pevar, Professor at Yale Law School, litigator for Indian Rights, Author * , 2/20 * 10:00-12:00 You are already familiar with the "Game Changing" course. The course on Tribal Sovereignty will explain what powers Indian tribes possess over their land and the people found on that land, both tribal members and non- members, including tribal powers over non-Indians. | ||
| SSS-04 Northern Complicity in Slavery - Seabury Chapel Jennifer Frank, Editor, writer * , 4/4 * 10:00-12:00 If you blame the South for slavery and the Civil War, you know only half the story. In this course, you’ll learn the other half. The North's profit from slavery has mostly been a shameful and well kept secret This course reveals the cruel truth about the lucrative Triangle Trade of molasses, rum and slaves that linked the North to the West Indies and Africa. It discloses the reality of the Northern empires built on tainted profits--run, in some cases, by abolitionists--and exposes the thousand-acre plantations that existed in towns such as Salem, Connecticut. | ||
| SSS-05 What can Westerners learn from Buddhism - Seabury Chapel Father Joe Cheah, OSM, Ph.D. is Professor of Religious Studies and Theology, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. University of Saint Joseph * , 4/4 * 1:00-3:00 What can Westerners glean from Buddhism that would help them better understand their own religion and spirituality and to incorporate and bring to life the strong points of the other in one’s own religion and life. | ||
| SSS-06 The Kiss of Death: Pernicious Anemia and the Story of Vitamin B-12 - Seabury Heritage Hall Jon Dixon, MD * , 4/8 * 10:00-12:00 Pernicious Anemia is a disease caused by the lack of Vitamin B-12. It was at one time an almost universally fatal disease, characterized by progressive inanition and neurological deterioration. Before its cause and treatment were discovered, patients typically died within 1-3 years. It was, in fact, the "kiss of death". This session will tell the story about the history, the science, and the people behind the discovery of its cause that in turn lead to its treatment, such that now it is considered a most benign and easily cured condition. | ||
| SSS-07 Two lesser-known aspects of the Civil War - Seabury Chapel Hamish Lutris, Associate Professor of History, Political Science and Geography, Manchester Community College * , 4/21 * 1:00-3:00 The Civil War is known for battles and leaders. This presentation will center on two fascinating but lesser-know facets of the conflict- newspapers and animal mascots. Both were unique and entertaining parts of the war that are not usually covered in history books or movies, but both were incredibly important to the soldiers who fought. This class will explore both in a fun and informative presentation. | ||
| SSS-08 Milton Hershey: Chocolatier - Zoom Teleconference Mallory Howard, Assistant Curator, Mark Twain House and Museum * , 5/1 * 1:00-3:00 In his formative years Milton Hershey was expected to make it as a farmer or perhaps a printer. Little did people know he would go on to become the world's most famous chocolatier. Learn about how he built the Hershey Company, his involvement in philanthropy, his close call with an early grave, and the legacy he left behind. Hershey is a monumentally recognized company today, but most don't know about the man that started it all. Was his life as dreamy as his chocolate or was it perhaps...bittersweet? | ||
| SSS-09 Caribbean Migration to the Greater Hartford Region - Seabury Heritage Hall Dr. Fiona Vernal, Director of Engaged, Public, Oral, and Community Histories and Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies * , 5/6 * 1:00-3:00 Caribbean Migration to the Greater Hartford Region | ||
| SSS-10 Archaeology in Connecticut’s Historical Cemeteries - Seabury Chapel Nick Bellantoni, Ph.D. Emeritus CT State Archaeologist * , 5/13 * 10:00-12:00 State statutes require investigation by the state archaeologist whenever historical human skeletal remains have been uncovered during construction activities, cemetery vandalism and police investigations. This presentation will cover a number of case studies in connecticut's ancient burying grounds, including a history of cemeteries and how they have changed through time. | ||
| SSS-11 Post Pandemic Hartford's Restaurant Scene - Seabury Heritage Hall Jimmy Cosgrove, Restauranteur * , 5/21 * 10:00-12:00 Post Pandemic Hartford's Restaurant Scene. In the over 40 years Jimmy Cosgrove has been in the restaurant business he has seen the business rise and fall and rise again. Starting at the "The Rising Sun" opening in the early 80's a little hole in the wall restaurant called "Hot Tomato's" and in 2009 with the help of two partners opening "Salute" he has been a part of it all. Jimmy will take us all on this remarkable journey through the Hartford restaurant scene over all those years and with the success of "Salute" where he sees the business going with the rebirth of Hartford. |