Spring 2019 OLLI Catalog
The Osher Lifelong Learning at California State University Dominguez Hills is a program of educational, cultural, and social opportunities for retired and semi-retired individuals age 50 and above. Members experience taking courses in a relaxed atmosphere for the pure pleasure of learning. The Osher Lifelong Learning at California State University Dominguez Hills is a program of educational, cultural, and social opportunities for retired and semi-retired individuals age 50 and above. Members experience taking courses in a relaxed atmosphere for the pure pleasure of learning.
PEER-LED CLASSES (Omnilore) Omnilore Topics Offered For Spring 2019 Please note that the books listed for each course are only possible candidates. Do not buy any until the pre-meeting and a decision on the common reading is made. Classes start January 2, 2019 and end April 30, 2019 Holiday periods are adapted to by individual class voting. (ASA) Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline Easternization is the defining trend of our age—the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power. This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all over the world, the fate of nations, and the great questions of war and peace. A troubled but rising China is now challenging America’s supremacy, and the ambitions of other Asian powers—Japan, North Korea, India, Pakistan—have the potential to shake the whole world. Meanwhile the West is struggling with economic malaise and political populism, the Arab world is in turmoil, and Russia longs to reclaim its status as a great power. As it becomes clear that the West’s historic power and influence is receding, our text (an NPR Best Book of 2017) offers a road map to the turbulent process that will define the international politics of the twenty-first century. Common Reading: Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond by Gideon Rachman (April 2017) (BAD) Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer. Marie Curie, first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Joan Jett, godmother of punk. This S/DG will discuss 100 revolutionary women who were bad in the best sense of the word: they challenged the status quo and changed the rules for all who followed. From pirates to artists, warriors, daredevils, scientists, activists, and spies, the accomplishments of these incredible women vary as much as the eras and places in which they effected change. Common Reading: Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen (September 2016) Spring 2019 | www.csudh.edu/olli | (310) 243-3208 37
PEER-LED CLASSES (Omnilore) Common Reading: Bronx Noir (Akashic Noir), Edited by S. J. Rozan (August 2007) (BRX) Bronx Noir Short Stories Once again Omnilore offers a collection of mystery short stories this time based on the Bronx. Akashic’s latest city-themed crime anthology successfully captures the immense diversity of the Bronx, from the mean streets of the South Bronx to affluent Riverdale, in 19 tales by authors both well-known and obscure. The most imaginative entry, Joseph Wallace’s The Big Five, about a hunter who targets his prey in the Bronx Zoo as part of a national contest, concludes with a satisfying noir twist. Lawrence Block’s Riverdale story, Rude Awakening, also surprises the reader with its clever resolution of a one-night stand. Particularly inventive is Kevin Baker’s grim The Cheers Like Waves, set in the shadow of Yankee Stadium. Rozan, herself a contributor, has put together one of the series’ better entries, with memorable tales of betrayal and despair that reflect the borough’s varied ethnic populations and geography. Common Reading: Stories of Anton Chekhov, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (paperback, October 31, 2000) (CHK) Stories of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright who practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career. At first, he wrote stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He said, “Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress.” Considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction, Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Stories of Anton Chekhov is a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life. This volume is expertly translated, and is especially faithful to the meaning of Chekhov’s prose and unique rhythms of his writing, giving readers a true sense of his style and greatness. 38 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE @ CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS
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PEER-LED CLASSES (Omnilore)<br />
Common Reading:<br />
Bronx Noir (Akashic Noir),<br />
Edited by S. J. Rozan (August 2007)<br />
(BRX) Bronx Noir Short Stories<br />
Once again Omnilore offers a collection of mystery short stories<br />
this time based on the Bronx. Akashic’s latest city-themed crime<br />
anthology successfully captures the immense diversity of the Bronx,<br />
from the mean streets of the South Bronx to affluent Riverdale,<br />
in 19 tales by authors both well-known and obscure. The most<br />
imaginative entry, Joseph Wallace’s The Big Five, about a hunter<br />
who targets his prey in the Bronx Zoo as part of a national contest,<br />
concludes with a satisfying noir twist. Lawrence Block’s Riverdale<br />
story, Rude Awakening, also surprises the reader with its clever<br />
resolution of a one-night stand. Particularly inventive is Kevin<br />
Baker’s grim The Cheers Like Waves, set in the shadow of Yankee<br />
Stadium. Rozan, herself a contributor, has put together one of the<br />
series’ better entries, with memorable tales of betrayal and despair<br />
that reflect the borough’s varied ethnic populations and geography.<br />
Common Reading:<br />
Stories of Anton Chekhov,<br />
translated by Richard Pevear<br />
and Larissa Volokhonsky<br />
(paperback, October 31, 2000)<br />
(CHK) Stories of Anton Chekhov<br />
Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright<br />
who practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his<br />
literary career. At first, he wrote stories only for financial gain, but<br />
as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which<br />
have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He said,<br />
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress.”<br />
Considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction,<br />
Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic<br />
depictions of Russian life and the human condition. He made no<br />
apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the<br />
role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.<br />
Stories of Anton Chekhov is a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s<br />
best tales from the major periods of his creative life. This volume<br />
is expertly translated, and is especially faithful to the meaning of<br />
Chekhov’s prose and unique rhythms of his writing, giving readers<br />
a true sense of his style and greatness.<br />
38 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE @ CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS
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