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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned 

Throughout his career, Clarence Darrow defended gangsters, psychopaths, crooked politicians, and greedy corporations. Often he didn’t take cases for t ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Different Paths 

By the year 1000, China was the most economically advanced and politically developed country in the world, while western Europe remained a fractured g ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Summer of ’69 

What do you remember about the summer of 1969? For many of us "the music" tops our list. And the music is inextricably part of everything that was bub ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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The Rise and Fall of Clout and the Political Machine in Chicago 

What is the genesis of political patronage in Chicago? In the past, "the city that works" required "clout" for a person to make it big in Chicago, or ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Trailblazing Women in Music 

Explore the groundbreaking contributions of women who shaped the music world in Trailblazing Women in Music. This engaging study group celebrates fema ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/4/2026-4/15/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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America in Transition: From the Civil War to World War I 

In the aftermath of the Civil War, America grappled with the challenges of integrating 4 million freed slaves into American society, while contending ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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American Jewish Short Stories 

The last two years have been difficult ones for the American Jewish community. A rise in anti-semitism nationwide, a troubling atmosphere on some coll ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-4/15/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Fighting Global Poverty 

Why do the world’s poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free lifesaving immunizations but pay for unnecessary drugs? Why do poor children not ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Off the Beaten Path Films: Then and Now 

In the United States alone, each year over 900 feature films are released, with many more worldwide. Even the most determined cinephile can only see a ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 4:15 PM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Short Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper 

Open your eyes and imaginations to the creativity of a gifted 20th century artist as interpreted by a potpourri of award-winning short story writers. ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-4/15/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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The Economist A 

The Economist magazine is known for its informative and thought-provoking reporting on political, social and economic developments around the world. J ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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We The People: A History of the US Constitution (Chicago Campus) 

We the People: A History of the US Constitution isn’t just another dry text on the American Constitution.  Best-selling author Jill Lepore, Harvard Pr ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/04/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/4/2026-6/3/2026)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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