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A History of Our Times: Looking Back at the Twentieth Century 

What does it mean for a history book to be critically acclaimed? In the case of Paul Johnson's Modern Times, The World From the Twenties to the Nineti ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Origin of Fake News? Democratic National Convention, Chicago 1968 

The news coverage of the 1968 Democratic Convention has sometimes been characterized as “liberal biased” and “fake news." Many Chicagoans remember the ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Short Stories Inspired by Great Paintings 

Have you ever stood before a painting and wondered about the story it tells? Join us as we imagine the untold stories within various artworks by some ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution 

In this page-turning, whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary bi ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

Closed
 
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Happiness 

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life, a good life? In their captivating book, The Good Life (Simon & Schuster, 2023), Robert Waldinger and M ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

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. ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

14 sessions.

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Trade Builds a Nation: The Hudson Bay Company 

In May, 1670, Charles II gave the new Hudson’s Bay Company “Sole Trade and Commerce” rights as “true and absolute Lordes and Proprietors” of a region ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 03/06/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/6/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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James McBride’s Message of the Commonality of Human Experience 

In this study group we will explore James McBride’s belief that common values can transcend the forces that seemingly divide people by focusing on two ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 04/24/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (4/24/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Columbus, IN: Midwest Architecture Gem - Section B 

(This section does not include a trip to Columbus) How can a small town of 50,000, in the middle of nowhere, have more significant modern architecture ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 04/24/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (4/24/2024-6/5/2024)

Closed
 
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Columbus, Indiana: Midwest Architecture Gem - Section A 

(This section includes trip to Columbus) How can a small town of 50,000, in the middle of nowhere, have more significant modern architecture by world ...  View More

Location: Wieboldt Hall Location : 
  Wieboldt Hall.

Start date: 04/24/24

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (4/24/2024-6/5/2024)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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