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  • The Holocaust Through a Child's Eyes
  • Dates: 2/2/2026 - 2/16/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): Donald Schilling
    Fee: $0.00

    This course examines the challenges faced by Jewish children in the Holocaust with attention to their similarities and differences with adult victims. It focuses in particular on the experiences of Nechama Tec as recorded in her book Dry Tears and how she was eventually able to confront her painful past.

    Suggested reading: Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Nechama Tec. ISBN-13: 978-0195035001

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  • Hollywood and World War II
  • Dates: 2/2/2026 - 2/9/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 2
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): Elizabeth Fones-Wolf
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! The Amphibious Navy in the Pacific War--Research and Recollections
  • Dates: 2/3/2026 - 2/17/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): Susan Woodward
    Fee: $0.00

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  • How Britain Came to Lose Its American Colonies
  • Dates: 2/24/2026 - 3/17/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): John Rogers
    Fee: $0.00

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  • Victory at Guadalcanal (August 7, 1942–February 9, 1943)
  • Dates: 2/27/2026 - 3/20/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): John Delano
    Fee: $0.00

    Guadalcanal is a 90-mile-long island in the Solomons and the site of the first land offensive by the U.S. Marines in the South Pacific in World War II. Beginning 8 months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and two months after the U.S. Navy’s victory at the Battle of Midway (June 4-7, 1942), the battle for Guadalcanal was a desperate, seven-month struggle by land, sea, and air forces between the United States and Japan. It was Japan’s first major defeat on land. Casualties were high on both sides. This class will provide an overview of the major events that occurred. Instructor Delano has a personal interest in this historic World War II battle because his uncle – a Marine PFC in the 1st Marine Division – was killed in action here on August 13, 1942 during the infamous Goettge Patrol.

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  • Lessons from Iwo Jima
  • Dates: 2/27/2026 - 3/20/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2000
    Instructor(s): David Hopkinson
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! Resilience in Despair: The Uses of Humor in the Holocaust
  • Dates: 3/5/2026 - 3/5/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 31
    Instructor(s): Betty Wajnberg Ronnen
    Fee: $0.00

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  • The War in the Skies: Europe 1939-1945
  • Dates: 3/17/2026 - 4/7/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Buck Beasom
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! Powerful Knights: The Catholic Military Orders In & After the Crusades
  • Dates: 3/23/2026 - 4/6/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Michael Knapp
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! The Baltic States: A Look at Their History and Culture
  • Dates: 3/27/2026 - 5/1/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 6
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2000
    Instructor(s): Felicia Purdey
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! Double-Decker Yanks; Visit London as a Local
  • Dates: 4/14/2026 - 4/14/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Kelly Shaw
    Fee: $0.00

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  • England 1066: Year of Four Kings
  • Dates: 4/14/2026 - 4/28/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): John Rogers
    Fee: $0.00

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  • History and the Diplomat
  • Dates: 4/14/2026 - 4/28/2026
    Times: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Swem Library
    Room: Ford Classroom
    Instructor(s): Michael Butler
    Fee: $0.00

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  • A Revolutionary Landscape: The 18th-century English Landscape Garden
  • Dates: 4/21/2026 - 4/21/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Paula Henderson
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! The "Road" to Timbuktu
  • Dates: 4/23/2026 - 4/23/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Preston Burns
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! The Intriguing Story Behind Norway's Constitution Day
  • Dates: 5/11/2026 - 5/11/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): Marta Seger
    Fee: $0.00

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