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Literature
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After 20 years as a struggling author, Kurt Vonnegut became an overnight sensation with the publication of Slaughterhouse-Five in 1969. Through his wr ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/06/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/6/2023-6/12/2023)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Expand your mind by reading and discussing literature from different parts of the world and from different periods of time. We will first discuss The ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/06/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/6/2023-6/12/2023)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Short stories have the power to entertain, inform, and even heal. Interpreting those stories, uncovering the author’s message, is a noble, challenging ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/07/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Tue .

Weekly - Tue 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/7/2023-6/6/2023)

Closed
 
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Seven years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line, 1954 was a triumphant watershed season for black players, and, in a larger sense, for ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/08/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/8/2023-6/7/2023)

Closed
 
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Join us for Part 2 of a fascinating journey through the classic, epic poem The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (the first section of the three-part Divine ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/08/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/8/2023-4/19/2023)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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In this study group, we will discuss the late short stories of William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), who was a fascinating man and a prolific writer. ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/09/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (3/9/2023-6/8/2023)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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In this study group, we will study and discuss the Hebrew Bible, by way of the Open Yale course taught by Christine Hayes, Professor of Religious Stud ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 03/09/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (3/9/2023-6/8/2023)

Email olli@northwestern.edu for more information.
 
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Join us for a fascinating journey through the epic poem The Aeneid – widely regarded as Virgil's masterpiece and one of the greatest works of Latin li ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 04/26/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (4/26/2023-6/7/2023)

Closed
 
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