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  • A Discussion of Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
  • Dates: 3/27/2025 - 5/15/2025
    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Hal Moore
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
    This class will be a discussion of lectures by Marv Weatherstone and Noam Chomsky published as Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance. This book consists of the lectures for a class they co-taught at the University of Arizona, and those lectures will form the basis of our class discussions. LIMIT 20

    Book: 

    Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance, by Noam Chomsky and Marv Weatherston, ISBN 9781642592634

    NOTE: There are many suggested readings for each chapter at the end of the book.
 

  • Humanizing Incarceration
  • Dates: 3/25/2025 - 5/13/2025
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Instructor: Kathryn Bell
    Fascinated with criminal justice? Do we know and understand the complexities of the humans in the system? Throughout this class we will put human faces on those incarcerated, understand how we got here as a society, explore our justice system and alternatives, and discover how we can improve such situations as individuals and broader society.
 

  • Peoples on the Move
  • Dates: 3/25/2025 - 5/13/2025
    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Instructor: Charlotte Frantz
    Every family history includes some migration stories. Participants will be invited to look at their own migration stories and also be introduced to historic and present-day migrations, some chosen and some forced. As a class, we will be learning together and from each other. LIMIT 20

    Books (recommended, not required):

    Each member of the class is invited to read one of the following as background to class discussion: 

    1. Healing Haunted Histories, by Ellen Enns and Ched Myers, ISBN 9781725255357

    2. Refugee, by Alan Gratz, ISBN 978054588003U 

    3. The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson, ISBN 9780679444329

    4. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, by Johnathan Blitzer, ISBN 9781984880826 

    5. Shame and Endurance, by H. Henrietta Stockel, ISBN 9780816526147
 

  • Senior Perspectives (1st four weeks)
  • Dates: 3/27/2025 - 4/17/2025
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Instructor: Roger Amborn
    Join this participant-driven discussion group that encourages all attendees to contribute. Topics discussed will be determined by the class members. Recent periodical articles and world events, general concepts, and personal reflections/observations are all potential ideas for discussion. Political and/or polarizing topics will not be pursued or condoned. LIMIT 14
 

  • Ukraine and the Cossacks
  • Dates: 3/24/2025 - 5/12/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Instructor: Chris Thomalla
    With Ukraine in the headlines every day, how much do you really know about the country, the people, and their history? Would current events make more sense if you knew more? In multimedia presentations and films dramatizing the various subjects, this class will attempt to glean facts, details, and data about Ukraine that are interesting and entertaining.
 

If you have registration questions, please contact the US Program Office: (218) 726-7637 | usask@d.umn.edu

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