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MOLLI Curiosity never retires.

To learn more, contact 406.243.2905 or visit us online at www.umt.edu/molli

Initially funded by a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM (MOLLI) is a lifelong learning program for adult learners +50. MOLLI’s goal is to create an accessible and innovative learning environment so that active older adults from all backgrounds and levels of education may pursue learning. MOLLI builds on the rich resources of The University of Montana to offer its members an array of educational and social opportunities. As a MOLLI member you have the opportunity to:

• Takeabroadarrayofcourseswithdistinguished UM faculty, emeritus faculty, and other Missoula area instructors in a “no grade, no test” learning environment• Keepactiveandenrichyourlife• Meetnewandinterestingpeople• Continuetolearnandexpandyourhorizons• Developnewskillsandexplorenewinterests• Travelandlearninnewways• Staymentallyfit–andhavefun

Membershipis$20perpersonandisrenewableannually.Coursesare $60 each plus fees when applicable. Some activities arefree tomemberswhileothershavea small fee.Thebenefitsofmembership include:

•AccesstotheUMlibrary•Specialmemberonlyevents

•Guestpassestobringafriendto member events•Special“MOLLIonly”parking

permits during the MOLLI term•10%discountattheUMBookstorefortextbooks

and art supplies for MOLLI courses

Welcome to the Time of Your Life!

“I learned things I didn’t know I

wanted to know.” ~MOLLI member

MOLLI Council Members

Cynthia AtenAnn BooneGladys ConsidineCharlotte HayMargaret JohnsonPaul LaurenPatrick MahoneyDennis O’DonnellRay RishoHerbert SwickBurke TownsendGlenn WoodMarta YorkJanie Spencer, Interim DirectorRoger Maclean, Dean, School of Extended & Lifelong Learning

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Course Listings

Fine Arts TheArt&CultureofCentralEurope 4 FosteringCreativity 4 SurvivingBataan:TheArtofBenSteele 4 Humanities FollowingMagicalMontanaTrails-HistoricalOvernightBusTour 5 LifeWritingforEveryone 5 TheSoulofEuropeToday 6 MakingBelieve,BelievingWhatYouMake:PoetryofFrost&Stevens 6 Justice:ClassicalTheories&ContemporaryProblems 6 Forgiveness & Reconciliation 7 MontanaintheEyeoftheBeholder:OneHundredYearsofBlack&WhitePhotography 7 ReadingtheShortStory 7 Introduction to India 8 BornintheU.S.A.:AmericanHistorythroughChildren’sEyes 8

Current & Political Affairs ConstitutionalLaw&Philosophy 9 WorldWarIIinthePacific 9 IsThereHopeforBurma? 9 TheU.S.&theMiddleEast:DancingontheHeadsofSnakes 10 Prayer&CivilRights 10

Natural & Social Sciences TimeTravelingthroughMathematics:ACulturalVoyeuristicView 11 ClimateChange:Myths,theScience,Reality,Challenges,&What’sNext? 11 OurAmazingEarth: EvolutionthroughVolcanism,PlateTectonics,&AtmosphericProcesses 11 Nature’sCriticalInteractions:HowPartnershipsRuntheWorld 12 BitingOffMoreThanWeCanChew:ManagingtheEconomyinaTwitterWorld 12

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In the past years, your membership in MOLLI has meant much more than just taking interesting courses.

Your donations help us to:• Providetuitionwaiversforthoseinneed • Developnewcourses• Provide stipends for instructors• Present special member events

Ourinitialgoalistoraise$25,000byDecember2011tocontinuetobuildasustainableMOLLIprogram.

WhenyourenewyourmembershiporsignupfortheFallterm,pleaseconsidermakingadonationbyadding it to the registration form.

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“Thank you, MOLLI staff, for the scholarship you granted me to take this excellent class! By wading through Moby Dick I rediscovered my love of reading good literature.” ~MOLLI member

Fridays Sept. 30-Nov. 4, 2011

9:00 am-10:30 am•SurvivingBataan:TheArtofBenSteele [Late Start, Three Weeks Only: Oct. 14, 21 & 28]•FosteringCreativity[No Class Oct. 7; Make-up Nov. 18]

11:00 am-12:30 pm•Forgiveness&Reconciliation•MontanaintheEyeoftheBeholder:OneHundred Years of Black & White Photography

1:00 pm-2:30 pm•ReadingtheShortStory•IntroductiontoIndia

3:00 pm-4:30 pm•BornintheU.S.A.:AmericanHistorythrough Children’sEyes•Prayer&CivilRights [Early Start Date: Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4 & Thursday, Nov. 10; No Class Oct. 7 & 14]

Thursdays Sept. 29-Nov. 3, 2011

9:00 am-10:30 am •ConstitutionalLaw&Philosophy•WorldWarIIinthePacific [Late Start Date: Oct. 13 - Nov. 17]•TimeTravelingThroughMathematics:ACultural VoyeuristicView [Four Weeks Only: Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 20 & 27]

11:00 am-12:30 pm•LifeWritingforEveryone•ClimateChange:Myths,theScience,Reality, Challenges,&What’sNext?•OurAmazingEarth:EvolutionthroughVolcanism, Plate Tectonics, & Atmospheric Processes

1:00 pm-2:30 pm•TheSoulofEuropeToday•Nature’sCriticalInteractions:HowPartnershipsRun the World [Late Start Date: Oct. 6 - Nov. 10]

3:00 pm-4:30 pm•MakingBelieve,BelievingWhatYouMake:Poetryof Frost&Stevens•Justice:ClassicalTheories&ContemporaryProblems•IsThereHopeforBurma?•BitingOffMoreThanWeCanChew:Managingthe EconomyinaTwitterWorld

Thursday Evening Courses4:45 pm-6:30 pm•TheArt&CultureofCentralEurope [Five Extended Length Dates: Sept. 29 - Oct. 27]

7:00 pm-8:30 pm•TheU.S.&theMiddleEast:Dancingonthe HeadsofSnakes [Early Start, Three Weeks Only: Sept. 22, 29 & Oct. 6]

Course Overview

Surviving Bataan: The Art of Ben Steele KeithHardinandHerbertSwick,M.D.

Fridays,9:00-10:30am;Oct.14,21&28 Todd Building, UM

Includes informal breakfast discussion with Ben Steele on last course date.

To learn more see page 4.

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Historical Overnight Bus Tour

Following Magical Montana TrailsGuidedbyMontanaHistorianHalStearns

CourseonMonday,Sept.12,2:00-4:00pm

BusTourDepartsTuesday,Sept.13,7:30am

&ReturnsWednesday,Sept.14,eveningTwowonderfulcommunities,GreatFallsand

FortBenton,sharethemarqueewiththemightyMissouriRiveronatwo-dayfieldtripthathasitall!

Registration deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011.

To learn more see page 5.

Upcoming Event

Course in Conjunction with War Torn: The Art of Ben SteelePaintings and Drawings from the Bataan Death March

Exhibit on display Sept. 23 - Nov. 19 at the

Exhibit details at www.umt.edu/montanamuseum.

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Fine ArtsThe Art & Culture of Central Europe H.RafaelChacón

Thursdays,4:45-6:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM

Five Extended Length Dates: Sept.29-Oct.27FromtheadventoftheHapsburgsthroughthecollapseofCommunism,centralEuropehaspresentedarichandoftentroublinghistoryoverthelastmillennium.Insixrichlyillustratedlectures,ProfessorChacónwillprobehowsuccessiveempireshaveshapedthecharacterofthisimportantpartofwesterncivilizationandleftusanunsurpassedvisual and cultural legacy in art and architecture.

About the instructor:Dr.H.RafaelChacónisaProfessorofArtHistoryandCriticismatTheUniversityofMontanawhereheinvestigates,publishes,andlecturesonavarietyofart,historical,andcriticalsubjects.HismostrecentpublicationsincludeanarticleontheartofGlacierNationalParkandanessayonmodernistceramicsinMontana.Herecentlydeliveredapaperonlarge-scale,communallybasedartprojectsthatgoviralonlineattheBerlin-BrandenburgAcademyofSciences.

Fostering Creativity EileenRafferty

Fridays,9:00-10:30am,ToddBuilding,UM

NoClassOct.7;Make-upNov.18Many think that artistic talent and creativity are gifts that are inherent and natural. In reality, artistic vision and creativity canbelearnedwiththeproperresources,hardwork,anddedication.Fromadiscussionoftheconceptofcreativitytopracticalexercises,wewilldiscusstheideaofartistry,examinepastandpresentartists,theirworkingmethods,anddelveintoreadingsabouttheartisticprocess.Studentswillgainaclearerunderstandingofwhatcreativityistoeachofus,andhowwecanreachforit.Althoughmuchofthecontentisbasedinthefieldofphotographicart,theseconcepts can apply to many mediums.

About the instructor:EileenRaffertyisanartistwhocombinesherlifelongstudyofphotographywithdigitaltechnologytocreatephotography,mixedmedia,andvideo.Basedonideasofmemory,photographichistoryandvisualculture,herworkfusesarchivalimageryandprocesseswithmoderntechnologytojointhepastandthepresent.ShereceivedherMFAinPhotography/FilmfromVCUinRichmond,VA,andcurrentlyteachesattheRockyMountainSchoolofPhotography.

Special Course in Conjunction with War Torn: The Art of Ben Steele at MMACSurviving Bataan: The Art of Ben Steele KeithHardinandHerbertSwick,M.D.

Fridays,9:00-10:30am,ToddBuilding,UM

Late Start, Three Weeks Only:Oct.14,21&28 Course fee: $30

Optional Textbook: Tears in the Darkness,byMichael&ElizabethNorman

TheBattleofBataanmarkedamajorallieddefeatintheearlymonthsofWorldWarII.TensofthousandsofU.S.andalliedprisonersofwarenduredhorrifyingconditionsastheyweremarchedacrosstheBataanPeninsulaandheldinJapanesePOWcampsforalmostfouryears.Thousandsuponthousandsdied,andmanyofthesurvivorswerescarredforlife.

BenSteele,aMontanaartistwhosurvivedtheBataanDeathMarch,usedhisarttobothrecordandrecoverfromhisexperiences.TheMontanaMuseumofArtandCultureisfeaturingamajorexhibitofBenSteele’sartthisfall.Thisspecialthree-partMOLLIclasswillusethisexhibittoexplorehistorical,psychological,andmedicalconsequencesoftheBataanDeathMarch.

About the instructors:KeithHardinisanartistaswellasanartandmilitaryhistorian.HeservesasaconsultanttotheMilitaryMuseumatOldFortMissoula.HerbertSwickisaphysicianwithaninterestinhowartistsdepicttheexperiencesofillnessandhealing.

MOLLI Fall 2011 Course Listings

Evening Course

Informal breakfast discussion with Ben Steele on last course date.

Humanities

Following Magical Montana Trails HalStearns

Monday,Sept.12,2:00-4:00pm,ToddBuilding,UM

BusTourDepartsMissoula:Tuesday,Sept.13,7:30am,fromEastBroadwayPark-N-Ride

BusTourReturnstoMissoula:Wednesday,Sept.14,approx.8pm,toEastBroadwayPark-N-Ride

Course & Bus Tour fee: $200 Course Only fee:$10 Bus Tour includes transportation, lodging, dinner at the Grand Union Hotel & most other meals. Details provided upon registration.

Registration deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011.

Additional fees if requested: $80 single room & $4 for baggage assistance.

Twowonderfulcommunities,GreatFallsandFortBenton,sharethemarqueewiththemightyMissouri River on a two-day field trip that has it all: cowboys andthe days of the Open Range, the steamboat era, Indian stories, the finest buffalo displayanywhere,aspecialbuffalojump,adognamedShep,anelkcalledEarl,andthecagiestwolfofthemall.DinnerattheGrandUnionHotelinFortBentonwillfeaturethecreationsofChefScottMyers,whofocusesonMontanaregionalcuisinewithastrongfarmto tableapproach.Wewillwalkalonga leveeandarivertrail.VisitstotheLewisandClarkInterpretativeCenterandCharlieRussell’shome,studio,andgalleryandMontana’samazingagriculturalmuseumaddtothisuniquevisitofadynamicpartofourBigSkyCountry.Somewalkingrequired.

About the instructor: Hal Stearns, a native of Harlowtonwith generations ofranchers, homesteaders and newsmen in his family, holds a B.A. from theUniversity of Notre Dame and an M.A. and doctorate from The University ofMontana.Hetaughtfor34yearsinGermany,atSentinelHighSchoolandatUM.HonoredasMontana’sTeacheroftheYearandOutstandingU.S.HistoryTeacher,hewastherecipientoftwo“NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities”grantsandwasaKeizaiKohoFellowtoJapan.HealsoservedintheMontanaArmyNationalGuardfor35years,attainingtherankofBrigadierGeneral.

Life Writing for Everyone JoyceHocker

Thursdays,11:00am-12:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Textbook: Write From the Heart,byHalZinaBennett

Areyouwritingaboutyourlife?Haveyouwantedto,butdidn’tknowwheretostart?Theinstructorwillstimulateyourownwritingthroughareviewoflifethemesanddevelopmentalstages.Thefocuswillbeonyourownwriting,bothinclassandathome.Briefreadingswillinspireyoutofindyourownkeystories,whetheryouusethemforyourowninsightorplantosharethemwithfamilyandtheworld.Youwillhavetheoptionofreadingshortexcerptsfromyourwritinginclass,inanencouragingandnon-criticalenvironment.Pleasebringathreering binder and paper or a laptop to class.

About the instructor: JoyceHocker receivedaPh.D. inCommunication fromtheUniversityofTexas,andaPh.D.inClinicalPsychologyfromTheUniversityofMontana.ShewasaprofessorofcommunicationattheUniversitiesofColoradoandMontana.JoycerecentlyretiredfromherprivatepracticeinClinicalPsychology.Sheisco-author of Interpersonal Conflict(McGrawHill,8th.Ed.).Shehasbeenkeepingajournalallofheradultlife,andrecentlyhaspublishedseveralmemoirarticles.ShehaspresentedherownlifewritingfortheNationalCommunicationAssociation.

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MOLLI Textbooks

Textbooksareavailablefor purchase at the UM Bookstore.Textbookpriceshavebeendiscounted10%for MOLLI members.

Historical Helena Bus Tour with Hal Stearns in Spring 2010

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sThe Soul of Europe Today RichardDrake

Thursdays,1:00-2:30pm,ToddBuilding,UMThe ideological history of modern Europe consists of an engagement among four traditions: liberalism,conservatism, socialism, and reactionism.Thecoursewill focuson thephilosophical claimsof the foundationthinkersinthesetraditions,andshowhowallfourarestillincompetitionforEurope’s“soul”today.Fearsovernon-Europeanimmigration,environmentalcollapse,andaprotractedeconomiccrisishaveresuscitatedthehopesandappealofradicalswhoonlyashorttimeagoappearedtobeofnopoliticalconsequence.ContemporaryEuropefurnishes an ideal case study for understanding the crisis of liberalism and the prospects of its principal ideological rivals.

About the instructor:RichardDrakehastaughtatTheUniversityofMontanasince1982.Heisbestknownoncampusforhiscourse“TerrorismintheModernWorld.”HehaspublishedextensivelyonmodernItalianhistoryandisatworkonabookaboutcontemporaryEurope.Forthepasttwenty-fouryears,hehasbeenthecoordinatorofthePresident’sLectureSeries.

Making Believe, Believing What You Make: Poetry of Frost & Stevens Robert Pack

Thursdays,3:00-4:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Textbooks: Robert Frost: Collected Poems(Holt)andWallace Stevens: Collected Poems(Knopf)

SelectedpoemsbyRobertFrostandWallaceStevenswillbecloselyexaminedfortheirmetaphoricalstructureand theirexpositionof theconceptof thecreative imagination. Othermajor themes, suchascelebrationandlamentation,alsowillbeconsideredinassessingtheaccomplishmentsofthesemajorAmericanpoets.

About the instructor: Robert Pack is aDistinguishedSeniorVisitingProfessor at TheUniversity ofMontana,AbernethyProfessorEmeritusatMiddleburyCollege,andEmeritusDirectoroftheBreadLoafWritersConference.Heisalsotheauthorofovertwentybooksofpoetryandliterarycriticism,includingbooksonFrostandStevens.

Justice: Classical Theories & Contemporary Problems DaneScott

Thursdays,3:00-4:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Textbook: Justice, What is the Right Thing to Do?,byMichaelJ.Sandel

Everyonetalksaboutjustice,butdomostpeoplehaveaclearconceptionofjustice?Whatmakescertaindecisionsjustandothersunjust?Whatethicalprinciplesshouldweusetosettlecontentiousmoralissues?ThiscoursewilldiscusssomeofthemostvexingmoralissuesofourtimeaswereadMichaelSandel’sengagingbook,Justice, What is the Right Thing to Do?Thisdiscussion-basedcoursewillexamineanumberofcontroversialmoralissues,such as healthcare, climate change, and global poverty, based on a substantive engagementwith theories ofjustice.

About the instructor: DaneScott,Ph.D.istheDirectoroftheMansfieldCenter’sEthicsandPublicAffairsProgram,andAssociateProfessorofEthicsintheCollegeofForestryandConservationatTheUniversityofMontana.HeholdsadoctorateinphilosophyfromVanderbiltUniversity.Dr.Scottspecializesinenvironmentalethics,climatechange ethics and policy, and ethical issues involving emerging technologies.

“It was fun to be a student again…especially in a class without tests or grades.” ~MOLLI member

Forgiveness & Reconciliation GaryW.Hawk

Fridays,11:00am-12:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Textbook: Difficult Conversations,byDouglasStone,BrucePatton&SheilaHeen

Thisclasswillofferaguidedconversationaboutimportantmatters—howindividualsandfamiliesmovethroughdifficult experiences toward forgiveness and reconciliation. We will begin with a theoretical overview andinvestigateafewdifferentmodelsforthisprocess.WewillseehowSouthAfrica’sexperiencewithTheTruthandReconciliationCommissioncaninformourunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweentraumaandforgiveness.Wewillexploretherelationshipbetweenpainfulmemoriesandthedevelopmentandrecoveryofidentity.Wewillventureintothebarely-chartedriverofself-forgiveness,relyingonthehumorandhonestyofAnneLamotttohelpuslearntobegracioustowardourselves.Wewillexploreformsofcommunicationthatcanhelppeoplegrowtowardunderstandingandcompassionafteraperiodofalienation.Andwewillletafewpoetsshowushowwecanlivewell,evengratefully,inaworldofwounds.

About the instructor:GaryHawkisaninstructorintheDavidsonHonorsCollegeatTheUniversityofMontanawherehe teachesavarietyofcourses in thehumanities.For fourteenyears,hehas taughtapopularcoursecalled“ForgivenessandReconciliation”throughtheDavidsonHonorsCollege.HebringstoMOLLIabackgroundasaministerintheUnitedChurchofChrist,fivepreviousMOLLIcourses,andadesiretolistenaswellasspeak.Whennotoncampushecanoftenbefoundinhisseakayak“Bluebird”orinhisshopwherehedesignsandmakes furniture.

Montana in the Eye of the Beholder: One Hundred Years of Black & White Photography JamesSieg

Fridays,11:00am-12:30pm,ToddBuilding,UMDuringthecoursewewillexamineandenjoyblackandwhitephotographsofMontanalandscapes,people,animals,culturalartifacts,tools,andarchitecture.ThephotographswerecreatedinMontanabyMontanaphotographersbetween theyearsof 1850and1950.Someof thephotographers tobeconsideredareEvelynCameron, L.A.Huffman,F.J.Hayes,andRollinH.McKay.Shortreadingsfromphotographers’day-booksandjournals,aswellastheirowninsightsandcritiques,willencouragestudentstomakeconnectionsamongimages,word,andMontanahistory.

About the instructor: During a forty-five year teaching career Sieg has taught English, CreativeWriting, andJournalism.HeholdsaMaster’sDegreeinComparativeLiteraturefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,IrvineandaPh.D.fromNewYorkUniversity.Sieg’sblackandwhitephotographshaveappearedinnationalpublicationsaswellas in galleries and museums.

Reading the Short Story DavidAllanCates

Fridays,1:00-2:30pm,ToddBuilding,UMWewillreadstoriesbymasters,anddiscusstheshapeandstructureofthisrelativelynewliteraryform.Howdoshortstorieswork?Whatisuniqueabouttheshortstory’ssubjectanditshistory?Howdotheyrelatetootherformsofstorytelling,andhowdotheytellusaboutwhatitmeanstobeahumanbeing?Whatdoshortstoriesrevealaboutourculture?Howdotheygiveussomethingweneed?Thegoalisforstudentstohaveadeeperunderstandingofthehowtheselittlemasterpieceswork,withthepurposeofbeingmovedbytheireleganceandappreciating their beauty.

About the instructor: DavidAllanCates is theauthorof thenovelsHunger in America, X out of Wonderland, and Freeman Walker.Hehaspublished20shortstoriesinliterarymagazinesandhisnon-fictionhasappearedinThe New York Times and Outside Magazine.HeisalsotheExecutiveDirectorofMissoulaMedicalAidandleadsmedicalteamstoworkinimpoverishedareasofHonduras.

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Introduction to India RuthVanita

Fridays,1:00-2:30pm,ToddBuilding,UMIndia,theworld’slargestseculardemocracy,isoneoftheancientcradlesofcivilizationandnowhometoone-sixthof humanity. This course introduces students to Indian history, society, and culture, including the major religionspracticed(Hinduism,Jainism,Buddhism,Sikhism,Islam);themajorlanguagesandliteratures;cuisines;arts (dance, drama,music, sculpture, architecture, painting); politics andphilosophy (e.g.,Gandhian thought);moderneconomyandlifeincitiesandvillages.Artifactsandaudio-visualmediawillbeusedtoconveysomeoftheexperiences,colorsandsoundsofeverydaylifeinIndia.

About the instructor: RuthVanitaisaProfessorofLiberalStudiesatTheUniversityofMontanaandformerlyaReaderinEnglishatDelhiUniversity,India.Sheco-foundedManushi,India’sfirstnationwidefeministjournal.TheauthorofseveralbookspublishedintheU.S.andIndia,sheisalsoapoet,translator(HindiandUrdutoEnglish)and literary critic.

Born in the U.S.A.: American History through Children’s Eyes Anya Jabour

Fridays,3:00-4:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Optional Textbook: Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children, ed. by Anya Jabour

ThiscourseoffersauniqueperspectiveonAmericanhistorybyexploringselectedtimeperiods inU.S.historyasexperiencedbychildren.Howdochildren’sinsightsrevealexperiencesmissedbyadults?TopicswillincludechildrenintheEarlyAmerica,theCivilWar,theProgressiveEra,theGreatDepression,andWorldWarII.

About the instructor:AnyaJabourreceivedherPh.D.fromRiceUniversityin1995andhastaughtintheHistoryDepartment atTheUniversityofMontanaever since. Her specialties areU.S.women’shistory, thehistoryoffamiliesandchildren,andtheAmericanSouth.HermostrecentbookisTopsy-Turvy: How the Civil War Turned the World Upside Down for Southern Children(IvanR.Dee,2010).Sheiscurrentlyworkingonabiographyoftwentieth-centurysocialworkerandchildwelfareadvocateSophonisbaPrestonBreckinridge.

MOLLI by the Numbers 2010-2011

1,175 members

3,695 participants in 62 courses & 11 special events

1,537 increase in participants over 2009-2010

1,904 enrolled in courses

10,354 participants in life of the program

Thank you for your continued support & for helping us spread the word about MOLLI & lifelong learning!

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UC Reserved MOLLI Social TablesEachterm,tableswillbereservedintheUniversityCenterFoodCourtforMOLLImemberstosocializefrom8:00 am-5:00 pm before, during,and after classes on Thursdays and Fridays. The tables are located in the farSoutheastcornernearthebrickwallandwillhavesignsnotingthereservation.

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Current & Political Affairs

Constitutional Law & Philosophy TomHuff

Thursdays,9:00-10:30am,ToddBuilding,UMOurconstitutionallawisrootedinadistinctivesetofpoliticalvaluesframedinthe17thand18thcenturies,revisedafterourcivilwar,andexpandedduringthemid-twentiethcentury.Thisclasswilldiscusssomeimportantpartsofconstitutionallaw(e.g.,theBillofRights,theFourteenthAmendment,theapplicationoftheBillofRightstothestates,andtheCommerceClause)byanalyzinghowconstitutionallawreflectspoliticalvalues,includingtheirstructureandtheproblemstheysoughttoaddress.Inevitably,wewillconsiderissuesofconstitutionalinterpretation,thoughthiscontroversialsubjectwillnotbethefocusofthisclass.

About the instructor:ProfessorHuffteachesTheUniversityofMontanaSchoolofLaw’sseminarinthePhilosophyofLawwithU.S.DistrictJudgeDonaldMolloyandCourtStaffAttorneyMelissaHartigan.Healsoteachespoliticalphilosophy in thePhilosophyDepartment.Huff taughtConstitutional Law for 25 years in the LawSchoolwithProfessorsElisonandKende.HuffwontheUniversity’sOutstandingTeacherAwardin1971andin1992.

World War II in the Pacific JamesV.Koch

Thursdays,9:00-10:30am,ToddBuilding,UM

Late Start Date:Oct.13-Nov.17ThePacificTheaterinWorldWarIIhasgainedinterestthroughseveralrecentbooksaswellastheHBOminiseries,“ThePacific.”Wewillexaminetheconflictoverallandthenfocusonfascinatingtopicssuchastheroleofcodebreakingandintelligence,GeneralDouglasMacArthur,theatomicbomb,andthepossibilitythatJapancouldhavedefeatedtheU.S.WewillalsohearfromsomeWorldWarIIveteranswhoactuallywerethere,lookatbitsofseveralvideos,examinehownovelistsandmovieshavetreatedtheconflict,considerthefinalresults,andseehowourviewsoftheWarhavechangedovertheyears.

About the instructor:JamesV.KochteachesEconomicsandHistoryatbothOldDominionUniversityandTheUniversityofMontanaandistheformerPresidentofbothinstitutions.HehaspublishedextensivelyonWorldWarIIandhasappearedonHistoryChannelvideosasanexpert.Heisteaching“TheHistoryofWorldWarII”thisfallat UM.

Is There Hope for Burma? StevenI.Levine

Thursdays,3:00-4:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Textbook: A History of Modern Burma,byMichaelW.Charney

Burma,orMyanmaras itsmilitary rulers renamed it,hasbeenawallfloweratSoutheastAsia’smodernizationdance.Wrackedwithethnicandpoliticalconflict since itsbirthasamodernstate in1948,Burmacameundermilitaryrule in1962.Despitearecentelectionthatcreatedafacadeofdemocracy, itremainshighlyrepressiveandpoverty-stricken. Itsbest-knownopposition leader,NobelPeacePrizewinnerAungSanSuuKyi, althoughpresentlyfree,facestheconstantthreatofre-arrest.ItsrulersselfishlyexploitBurma’srichnaturalresources.WewillexamineBurma’shistory,politics,economy,andprospectsforchange.

About the instructor: StevenI.LevinehasstudiedandtaughtAsianpoliticsandhistoryfor50years.AHarvardPh.D.,hehaslivedandtraveledwidelyinAsiaandpublishedextensivelyonChinaandrelatedsubjects.HismostrecentMOLLIcourse inFall2010 focusedonNorthKorea.He ispresentlyaResearchFacultyAssociate in theDepartmentofHistoryatTheUniversityofMontana.

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The U.S. & the Middle East: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes Mark Johnson

Thursdays,7:00-8:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM

*Instructorwillbeavailableforquestionsforupto30minutesafterclass

Early Start, Three Weeks Only:Sept.22,29&Oct.6 Course fee: $30TheMiddle East is witnessing an unprecedented political upheaval. Popular protests and riots have touchedvirtuallyeverycorneroftheregionfromNorthAfricatothePersianGulf.Theso-calledArabSpringhasbeenmetwithdeepeningbloodshedandbrutality.Meanwhile,anequallyunprecedentedpowerstrugglehaseruptedinIran,whilethecrisisbetweenPalestineandIsraelshowsnosignofimproving.

HowshouldtheU.S.berespondingtothesemajorturnsofevents?WhatoptionsdoWashingtonanditsallieshave?Pleasejoinusforadiscussionofthisfascinating,turbulent,andcriticalregion.

About the instructor:MarkJohnsonwasoneofthefirstinstructorsintheMOLLIprogram.Aftera30-yearcareerintheU.S.StateDepartment,hereturnedhometohisnativeMontanawherehefoundedtheWorldAffairsCouncilofMontana.HeservedinEgypt,thePersianGulf,Iran,andKuwaitandwasU.S.AmbassadortoSenegal.

Prayer & Civil Rights TobinMillerShearer

Fridays,3:00-4:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM

Early Start Date: Sept.23,30,Oct.21,28,Nov.4&Thursday,Nov.10[NoclassOct.7&14]Explorethemeaningofpublicprayerduringthecivilrightsmovementbyasking,“Doesreligionhelporhinderthepursuitof social change?”Theclasswill studyhowpublicprayerallowedactivists toarticulatea rationalefor change, appeal to ethical values, and evoke divine support. Rather than acts of piety, prayer emerges as a strategicallyemployedresource.Usingvideoclips,audiorecordings,newspaperaccounts,andoralhistories,classmemberswillexploreinstancesofpublicprayerduringthecivilrightsmovement.

About the instructor: TobinMiller Shearer is an assistant professor ofhistoryandtheAfrican-AmericanStudiesCoordinatoratTheUniversityofMontana.HeholdsadualPh.D.inHistoryandReligiousStudiesfrom Northwestern University where he won several teachingawards. He looks forward with great anticipation to exploringprayer and the civil rights movement with all those who willgather for this study.

Evening Course

“The instructor is an expert in his field, is a master teacher, and makes every class session challenging and exciting. The time flies by! This was one of the very best MOLLI courses I have taken.” ~MOLLI member about Black Radical Traditions taught by Tobin Miller Shearer, Winter 2011

Natural & Social SciencesTime Traveling through Mathematics: A Cultural Voyeuristic View BharathSriraman

Thursdays,9:00-10:30am,ToddBuilding,UM

Four Weeks Only:Sept.29,Oct.6,20&27 Course fee:$40The coursewill present a cultural, non-European view of the development ofmathematics by examining thecontributionsofearlycivilizationsincludingEgypt,India,MayaandCentralAsia(Persia,China).Numbersystems,calendardevelopment,andthecontextualrelevanceofmathematicstotheparticularculturewillbeexamined.Mythsabout thestaticnatureof themathematicsdevelopedby theancientswillbedispelledbyrevealing thetravelsoftheancientsandthecrossfertilizationofmathematicalideasbetweencivilizations.

About the instructor: BharathSriramanisaProfessorofMathematicsatTheUniversityofMontana,aswellasholdingafacultypositioninCentral/SouthwesternAsianStudies.HeisaformermerchantmarinewithKlaveness&Co(Oslo),andforthelasttwodecadeshastraveled,collaboratedandpublishedextensivelywithresearchersin theNordicworld,Western Europe, theMediterranean, Central Asia andAustralasia. Formore details visit: http://www.umt.edu/math/People/Sriraman.html

Climate Change: Myths, the Science, Reality, Challenges, & What’s Next? DonHyndman

Thursdays,11:00am-12:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM Textbooks: 1) Climate Change,byRobertHenson 2) Chapter10ofNatural Hazards and Disasters, 3rded.,2011,byHyndmanandHyndman e-chapteravailablefor$7.99athttp://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9780538737524

Thiscoursewilladdress importantquestions in thefascinatingdomainofclimatechange:whatare indicatorsofclimatechange,towhatextentisithuman-caused,andwhataretheargumentsforandagainstit?Amongtheissuesto be considered are climate cycles and their causes, greenhouse gases and their sources, the consequences of black carbon,andfutureoutlooksforchangesintemperature,precipitation,availablefreshwater,andextremeweather.Finally,whataretheunalterablelong-termconsequencesofongoingclimatechange,andhowmightweadapt?

About the instructor: DonHyndman isProfessorEmeritusofGeosciencesatTheUniversityofMontana. Healso taught atStanford andpresentedmany researchpapersnationally and internationally.He is co-authorofthe Roadside Geologybooks,anadvancedtextbookonigneousrocks,andtherecentcollegetextbookNatural Hazards and Disasters.Hetravelsextensivelyforresearchonhazardsandclimatechange.

Our Amazing Earth: Evolution through Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, & Atmospheric Processes Ian Muirhead Lange

Thursdays,11:00am-12:30pm,ToddBuilding,UMOur planet continues to change, internally and externally – sometimes slowly, sometimes catastrophically. ByemployingsomeofSherlockHolmes’forensictechniques,earthscientistshavelearnedagreatdealaboutEarth’sdevelopment,andhowandwhyitissodifferentfromitsstonysolarsystemneighbors.Earth-shapingprocessesandthecataclysmiceffectsoflarge,meteoricimpactingwillbeexaminedstartingwithourplanet’searlyyears,4.6billionyearsago.WeshallendourinvestigativejourneybylookingintoEarth’sfuture.

About the instructor:IanLangereceivedhisB.A.andM.A.fromDartmouthCollegeandPh.D.fromtheUniversityofWashington ingeologyandgeochemistry. He taughtatCAStateUniversityFresnoandDartmouthCollegefrom1972-2002andwasaUniversityofMontanaResearchFacultyAffiliatewiththeU.S.GeologicalSurveyfrom 1978-1996.Hehaspublishedmorethan130papersinnationalandinternationaljournalsandconsultsforminingandexplorationcompanies.

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Nature’s Critical Interactions: How Partnerships Run the World DianaL.Six

Thursdays,1:00-2:30pm,ToddBuilding,UM

Late Start Date:Oct.6-Nov.10Mostorganismsonearthbenefitfrominvolvementwithotherorganisms.Called“mutualisms,”suchpartnershipsallow participants to do better by partnering than going it alone. Mutualisms allow organisms to succeed inmarginalhabitatsor tocompetewhenotherwise theywouldbeatadisadvantage. Insomecases,mutualismshaveallowedorganismstobecomesosuccessful theyactasecosystemengineersorseverepests.Thisclasswillexamineseveralfascinatingmutualisms,includingthosebetweenhumansandmicrobes,andthemountainpinebeetleandfungi.Wewillalsolearnabouthowhumanimpacts(includingclimatechange)areenhancingordegrading some of these interactions.

About the instructor: DianaL.SixhasaPh.D.inentomologywithaminorinmycology(andotherdegreesinmicrobiology, agriculture, and chemical ecology). Most of her education and research has been driven by questions ofhoworganismsgetalong(ordon’t)andwhy,andwhatthatmeanstohumansandtheecosystemsuponwhichtheydepend.Shealsolikestoflyfish.

Biting Off More Than We Can Chew: Managing the Economy in a Twitter World DennisO’Donnell

Thursdays,3:00-4:30pm,ToddBuilding,UMThisclasswilladdresssomeofthemajorchallengesfacingtheU.S.economy,includingsuchissuesasattemptingtoreachfullemployment, international tradebalance,andfinancialstabilitywithminimal inflation in thecurrentglobaleconomicsystem.Wewillexaminethegapbetweentheexperienceofeconomicpolicymakersandthebeliefsystemsthatdominatecurrenteconomicpolicyimplementation.Wewilltrytomakesenseoftheeconomic/politicalpositionsofthecandidatesvyingforvotesinthe2012generalelection.WewillseeifmodernsocialmediasuchasTwitter,Facebook,andthe24-hournewscyclehaveclarifiedtheseissuesormuddiedthewaters.Ifwefigurethisoutandmakesenseoftheeconomic/politicaldeluge,wecouldgoviralandtweetthe“goodnews”tothemasses-virtuallyofcourse.ThisisoptionalwithextracreditsusabletobuysharesinLehmanBrothersofTwoDot,Montana!

About the instructor: Dr.DennisO’DonnellisaretiredProfessorofEconomics/AsianStudiesatTheUniversityofMontana(1974-2007).HehasaPh.D.fromPennState.HisresearchandteachingfocusedoneconomicdevelopmentissuesintheU.S.andinAsia,withworkinNepal,Thailand,SouthKorea,theRepublicofChina,China,andregionalissuesAsia-wide.HeservedasMansfieldProfessorofModernAsianAffairs,ChairofAsianStudies,andworkedattheEast-WestCenter,theUniversityofHawaii,TheLondonSchoolofEconomics,inChinafortheU.S.InstituteofPeace,andintheU.S.StateDepartmentwiththeForeignAffairsCollege(ChineseForeignMinistry).

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