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Foum 2021-2022 LECTURES

Film Music, Concert Music and the Hollywood Connection

September 2, 9, 16, 23

Jane Austen, Then and Now

September 30 & October 7, 14, 21

The Science and Politics of Pandemics

October 28 & November 4

The Past, Present and Future of Biodiversity

November 11 & 18

The International Year of Glass

February 3, 10, 17, 24

Teaching and Learning Inside: The Transformative Potential of

College-in Prison Programs

March 3, 10, 24, 31

BREXIT: Why, How and What Now

April 7, 14, 21, 28

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THURSDAY

Foum Coe College invites you to participate in the Tursday Forum, a

program for older adults who want to expand their knowledge in an academic setting.

Tursday Forum will resume in person lectures during the 2021 2022 season.* In person forum sessions are held in Kesler Lecture Hall of

Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45 9:15 AM, followed by the class until

11:30 AM. Te sessions blend lecture, media and discussion. In the event of inclement weather, consult local media outlets to fnd out

if the day’s forum will take place.

Admission to each four week course can be purchased for $40 on the frst day or in advance. Admission to individual lectures is $12 per week.

Payment can be made in person on Tursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by registering online in

advance. For more information about registering in advance, paying by credit card or ordering gif certifcates, call 319.399.8523 or visit www.coe.

edu/thursday-forum.

* Tursday Forum will follow Coe s Safe Campus Initiative guidelines for in person gatherings. Tursday Forum programs may pivot to an online format should campus or community health conditions require. Any such changes would be announced on the Tursday Forum website.

Speakers

ALAN LAWRENCE Instructor and Teaching

Artist in Music

MELISSA SODEMAN Associate Professor of

English

MARIA DEAN Ben Peterson Professor

of Chemistry

LYNDA BARROW Professor of Political

Science

DANIEL HUGHES Assistant Professor of

Biology

MARIO AFFATIGATO Fran Allison and Francis

Halpin Professor of Physics

UGUR AKGUN Associate Professor

of Physics

CAIO BRAGATTO Assistant Professor

of Physics

FIRDEVS DURU Assistant Professor

of Physics

STEVE FELLER B.D. Silliman

Professor of Physics

GINA HAUSKNECHT John William King

Professor of Literature & Creative Writing

KIMBERLY LANEGRAN Joan and Abbott Lipsky

Professor of Political Science

FILM MUSIC, CONCERT MUSIC AND THE HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION Alan Lawrence, Instructor and Teaching Artist in Music

SEPTEMBER 2, 9, 16, 23

Over the course of this four-week forum, Instructor and Teaching Artist in Music Alan Lawrence will explore signifcant milestones in the flm music of the past century. Trough flm clips and audio recordings, audience members will learn about important flm composers and the connections between concert and flm music. Te frst week’s session will move from the silent flm era through the blockbusters of the 1930s and ’40s, exploring the infuence of Richard Wagner on early flm composers such as Max Steiner (who scored “King Kong,” “Gone with the Wind” and “Casablanca”) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (“Te Adventures of Robin Hood”). Week two will take up the work of other expatriate European composers, including Franz Waxman (“Sunset Boulevard” and “Rear Window”) and Miklos Rozsa (“Spellbound” and “Ben Hur”), as well as American-born composers Alfred Newman (“Te Hunchback of Notre Dame”), David Raksin (“Laura”) and Hugo Friedhofer (“Te Best Years of Our Lives”). Te third session will highlight the volatile talent of Bernard Herrmann (“Citizen Kane,” “Vertigo,” “North by Northwest” and “Psycho”) as well as Leonard Bernstein (“On the Waterfront”) and Elmer Bernstein (“To Kill a Mockingbird”). Te fnal session will emphasize the infuence of concert composers like Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst on flm music composition, including the work of the versatile John Williams (“Jaws,” “Star Wars,” “E.T.” and more).

JANE AUSTEN, THEN AND NOW Melissa Sodeman, Associate Professor of English

SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 7, 14, 21

Tis forum will explore the literary and cultural importance of Jane Austen, one of Britain’s most celebrated novelists. Trough exploration of Austen’s life and literary works, the context in which she lived and the pop culture her work has inspired, this four-week series will assess the scope of Austen’s achievement and why her works continue to captivate the world. Te four-week series will begin with an introduction to Austen’s life and works, especially “Pride and Prejudice,” which epitomizes what we tend to think of when we think about Austen — the courtship novel with a fairy-tale happy ending. In week two, we will turn to Austen’s frst published novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” and the ways it engaged with debates about women’s rights while appearing to conform with notions of proper femininity. During week three, the series will explore Austen’s characterizations and critiques of English domestic life in novels like “Northanger Abbey” and “Mansfeld Park.” Te series will conclude by examining Austen’s last complete novel, “Persuasion,” and the novel fragment, “Sanditon,” lef at her death. Troughout the series, we will view clips of present-day flm and television adaptations of these works, explore the fan culture and tourism that have long surrounded Austen and consider why Austen’s novels, unlike those of so many of her contemporaries, continue to inspire us today.

 

THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF PANDEMICS Maria Dean, Ben Peterson Professor of Chemistry Lynda Barrow, Professor of Political Science

OCTOBER 28 & NOVEMBER 4

Amid the present COVID-19 pandemic, it is useful and important to explore how pandemics provide an opportunity to address a variety of compelling scientifc and political questions. Tis special two-week forum, led jointly by Ben Peterson Professor of Chemistry Maria Dean and Professor of Political Science Lynda Barrow, will examine pandemics past and present from the vantage points of a biochemist and a political scientist. From the 14th-century plague in Europe to the Ebola outbreaks of the early 21st century to the current COVID-19 moment, epidemics and pandemics ofer a unique opportunity to consider a wide variety of signifcant scientifc and political issues that leaders, countries and the international community face during moments of crisis. In the frst week’s session, the presenters will defne what constitutes a pandemic, which organisms and conditions make pandemics possible and why pandemics are a political as well as a scientifc issue. Te second session will discuss specifc pandemics, examining in each case the science of the spread and containment as well as the political and public health responses.

THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY Daniel Hughes, Assistant Professor of Biology

NOVEMBER 11 & 18

From molecules to biomes, biodiversity represents the cumulative biological diversity that has evolved during Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history. It has been estimated 100 million species call Earth home, but less than 2 million have been named so far. Biodiversity provides the raw material for sustaining life through various ecosystem services, including providing clean water, regulating climate and cycling nutrients. Biodiversity is vital to sustaining ecosystems and human well-being through crop pollination, medicine and recreation. Yet it is declining at a rate faster than any time in history, prompting scientists to work more rapidly to address the consequences of such changes. In this two-week forum, Assistant Professor of Biology Daniel Hughes will offer an overview of biodiversity research, from the origins of conservation biology to the contemporary climate and extinction crises. In the first session, we will define biodiversity, discuss what we know about past changes in biodiversity and examine the current state of global biodiversity. The second presentation will explore case studies from around the globe about how biodiversity changes and the conservation efforts that are rescuing species from the brink. Integrating his own research on biodiversity in Central Africa and eastern Iowa, Dr. Hughes will provide a variety of examples and perspectives about the range of threats to biodiversity and the actions that can be taken to conserve species for future generations.

THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF GLASS Mario Afatigato, Fran Allison and Francis Halpin Professor of Physics Ugur Akgun, Associate Professor of Physics Caio Bragatto, Assistant Professor of Physics Firdevs Duru, Assistant Professor of Physics Steve Feller, B.D. Silliman Professor of Physics

FEBRUARY 3, 10, 17, 24

Te United Nations declared 2022 the International Year of Glass to celebrate “the essential role glass has and will continue to have in society,” including its tremendous technological, scientifc, economic, historical and artistic importance. Tis four-week forum will showcase the myriad cultural and practical forms of glass and the glass research of the Coe Physics Department. In week one, Assistant Professor of Physics Caio Bragatto will explain what defnes a glass, why it is a special material suited to particular applications, how it is variously prepared for artistic, scientifc or industrial purposes and how glass plays an important role in countless aspects of our daily lives. During the second session, Assistant Professor of Physics Firdevs Duru and Associate Professor of Physics Ugur Akgun will ofer an overview of the history of glass, which dates back to 3400 BC. Week three will focus on the use of glass in art, with Fran Allison and Francis Halpin Professor of Physics Mario Afatigato exploring how glass was originally a medium for artistic expression as well as a functional material. Tis presentation will highlight examples of glass art from across time and place and discuss how light interacts with glass to create the wonder that inspires great art. In the fnal session, B.D. Silliman Professor of Physics Steve Feller will provide a live glassmaking demonstration and discuss modern glass research, including work at Coe that has innovated new aspects and applications of glass research.

TEACHING AND LEARNING INSIDE: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF COLLEGE-IN-PRISON PROGRAMS Gina Hausknecht, John William King Professor of Literature & Creative Writing

MARCH 3, 10, 24, 31 (There is no forum March 17.)

What are prisons for? What should happen to people when they are incarcerated? Since most incarcerated individuals in the U.S. eventually are released, vocational training, GED and higher-education programs were long seen as a way to help them work toward lives that would keep them out of jail. However, tough-on-crime policies have resulted in more punitive sentences and the dismantling of many rehabilitative programs. Tis four-week forum will explore national and local programs that promote education and the arts in prisons. Te frst session will introduce college-in-prison programs, including the pioneering Bard Prison Initiative, and the debate about prison education. In week two, we will take a closer look at the Liberal Arts Beyond Bars college-in-prison program at the Iowa Medical and Classifcation

Center (IMCC) in Coralville and hear from incarcerated students and those who work with them. Week three’s session will focus on Shakespeare prison programs; we will view excerpts from the documentary “Shakespeare Behind Bars” and learn about the presenter’s experiences teaching a linked Coe and IMCC Shakespeare course. Te fnal session will examine other kinds of prison arts programs. We will view and discuss artwork by incarcerated individuals and consider the potential and pitfalls of arts, college and other rehabilitative programs in prisons. As we consider the challenges and opportunities of teaching and learning in prison, this forum will work to come to a better understanding of what college-in-prison programs ofer incarcerated individuals and the society of which they are a part.

BREXIT: WHY, HOW AND WHAT NOW Kimberly Lanegran, Joan and Abbott Lipsky Professor of Political Science

APRIL 7, 14, 21, 28

In 2016, the British public voted in a referendum to withdraw the United Kingdom (U.K.) from the European Union (EU). Tis shocking development launched the beginning of the end of the U.K.’s contentious membership in that powerful body and touched of life-altering consequences for the British people. While the “Leave the EU” directive was clear, the path toward BREXIT was not. Te fallout has destroyed political careers, strained international relations and triggered constitutional crises, snap-elections, last-minute deals and acrimonious public and Parliamentary debates. Tis series will explore what BREXIT is and why it matters to the world. We will begin by discussing how the EU works; the economic, social and political arguments for EU membership; and the U.K.’s shifing relationship with the EU. In week two, we will turn to the 2016 referendum, exploring its prelude under Prime Minister David Cameron as well as who voted for BREXIT and why. We then shif attention to Prime Minister Teresa May’s eforts to negotiate a BREXIT agreement with the EU and to get it passed by the British Parliament. Te fnal session will discuss the BREXIT agreement negotiated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the future of the relationship between the U.K. and EU. Troughout the series, we will examine the challenges of political negotiation, why BREXIT has inspired such passion and rancor within the U.K. and abroad and the impact of these stunning political developments on ordinary people across the U.K., Europe and beyond.

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