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Monday (cont.)Cultural AstronomyFrance: From Roman Gaulto the PresentBryan MéndezNoon—1:30 p.m.Livestreamed RecordedPrice AThis course will examine cultural expressionsof astronomy throughout human history.We will study how astronomy has influenced— and been influenced by — calendars,language, literature, mythology, folklore,entertainment, agriculture, arts, fashion,architecture, religion, politics, and science.We will examine the ways that artifactsfrom ancient cultures, such as famous ruinsof ancient civilizations, can be interpretedthrough their physical alignment toastronomical events. To better understandmodern astronomical influences incontemporary culture, we will also brieflyreview the state of our knowledge about thelives of stars, the nature of planetary systems,and the evolution of the cosmos.Bryan Méndez is an astronomer andeducation specialist dedicated to sharingthe inspirational wonder and beauty of theuniverse. He develops educational resourcesfor students, teachers, and the public;conducts professional development forscience educators; and teaches astronomyand physics at UC Berkeley.Illustration credit: Instruments for theRestoration of Astronomy via Library of CongressBert Gordon2:30—4 p.m.Livestreamed RecordedPrice AIllustration credit: Kate DeCiccio, artist;Amplifier, sponsor via Library of CongressWorld Poets of Resistancedevorah majorNoon—1:30 p.m.Livestreamed RecordedPrice APoets have lost their lives, been incarcerated,and been forced to leave their own countriesbecause of the power of their words. Thiscourse will look at the ways that poetryhas been used as an act of resistance in avariety of contemporary domestic and globalstruggles. We’ll study poems by soldiers,revolutionaries, and abolitionists, andexamine the lines between rhetoric, dogma,and art in “social” poetry.We will trace French history from Caesar andRoman Gaul to the current day. We’ll movefrom medieval kings to France’s overseasempire and Louis XIV and Versailles. We’ll studythe 1789 Revolution and the Reign of Terror,Napoleon’s empire, and the 19th centuryrevolutions through the 1871 Paris Commune.We’ll look at the 20th century’s Belle Époque,the growth of cinema and high fashion in Paris,and the two world wars. We will close withFrance from 1945 to the present, exploring theAlgerian war, the 1968 student revolt, Francein the European Union, its increasing ethnicdiversity, and its struggle against Covid-19.Bert Gordon is professor emeritus of historyat Mills College. His most recent book is WarTourism: Second World War France fromDefeat and Occupation to the Creation ofHeritage (Cornell, 2018). He is associate editorof the Journal of Tourism History and a coremember of the tourism studies working groupat UC Berkeley.Image credit: Hyacinthe Rigaud - wartburg.edu,via commons.wikimedia.orgWriter devorah major is the author ofseven books of poetry, two novels, andmany essays and short stories. She is a senioradjunct professor at California College ofthe Arts, where she teaches in the criticalethnic studies and writing and literaturedepartments.4Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.

Starts 3/29Bay Area DocumentaryFilmmakersMichael Fox10 a.m.—noonIn–Person Only @ F&SPrice AIn nonfiction films, which are more essentialthan ever, the subject matter is oftenperceived as overshadowing the artistry of thefilmmaking process. In truth, the filmmaker’snarrative, thematic, and aesthetic choices areas important as the material itself. Each classmeeting will include a screening of a recent orin-progress documentary film followed by acandid discussion with the film’s director.Michael Fox is a film journalist and critic forKQED Arts, among other outlets. A memberof the San Francisco Bay Area Film CriticsCircle and inductee of the S.F. Film Society’sEssential SF, he has taught documentaryclasses at the OLLI programs at UC Berkeleyand San Francisco State for 15 years.iPhoneographyYoni Mayeri10 a.m.—noonLivestreamed OnlyPrice CNote: An iPhone 7 , 8 , or newer isrecommended; software should be iOS 15or newer.Yoni Mayeri is a professional photographerwho began her career at Polaroid andNikon and had studios in San Francisco andBerkeley. Her iPhoneography workshopshave been presented at UC Berkeley,Stanford University, Saint Mary’s College, theGarden Club of America, Google, the PacificArt League, Rancho La Puerta, StanfordResearch Park, and elsewhere.Diving Into the MoviesHarry Chotiner1—3 p.m.In–Person @ F&SLivestreamed RecordedPrice AIn this course, we’ll look at six films of specialinterest because of the engaging nature oftheir themes, issues, storytelling, and acting.Before each class, students will receive notesregarding what to look for when they watchthe film. After the lecture, there will be adiscussion of the film’s elements and whetherTuesdayor not the piece merits its designation asa work of art. The class aims to foster thefun, vitality, and warmth of friends sharing aconversation about a great film they’ve justseen. Note: Films will not be screened duringclass time. The list of films that students willwatch will be provided before the start of thecourse.Harry Chotiner has served as an editorof Socialist Review magazine, a reader atZoetrope Studios, and a story editor at CBS.He was also vice president of developmentat 20th Century Fox and InterscopeCommunications, and has taught history andfilm courses at a college preparatory highschool and in the school of professionalstudies at New York University.iPhoneographyYoni Mayeri1—3 p.m.Livestreamed OnlyPrice CFor course description and faculty bio, pleasesee listing above for the 10 a.m. session.Photo credit: Alina Fiene via unsplash.comBy the end of this workshop, you willunderstand the ins and outs of iPhonephotography and take your photos fromso-so to wow. You will expand your technicalknowledge to expertly capture images, edit, andcreate extraordinary photographs with youriPhone; and you will gain inspiration to honeyour creative vision. Presentations will coverphotography techniques and tips for shooting,exposing, and processing using an iPhone;a review of all the iPhone camera’s built-inshooting features and the Photos app’s editingand image-organizing features; and live demosof third-party apps for editing, special effects,and image manipulations. We will review saving,printing, accessories for the iPhone, and waysto share your photography.OLLI @Berkeley 5

Wednesday Starts 3/30Paris: Its Cultural Legacy inArchitecture and Other ArenasPierluigi Serraino9:30—11 a.m.Livestreamed RecordedPrice AParis enjoys mythological standing inWestern civilization. A contemporary hubof groundbreaking thinking and a distinctstyle of living, Paris draws passionateadmirers from all over the world. This coursewill explore the city’s magic through the lensof diverse disciplines, revealing its distinctionin the fine and performing arts, architecture,literature, and science. A lively and dynamicgroup of speakers representing manydifferent perspectives will address Paris’senduring appeal.Pierluigi Serraino is a practicing architect,author, and educator. He holds multipleprofessional and research degrees inarchitecture from both Italy and theUnited States. He is the author of eightbooks on architecture, and his work andwriting has been published in professionaland scholarly journals.The Art of VariationAlexandra Amati9:30—11 a.m.Livestreamed OnlyPrice AThis class will explore the various techniquesand styles of variations on a theme, and theevolution of variation techniques from theBaroque period onwards. We will analyze andlisten to representative examples of musicfrom the 17th to the 20th century writtenfor various performing forces — from theharpsichord and other keyboards to the fullorchestra — as well as music based on awide array of themes, including compositionswritten using just eight notes taken from aBach cantata.6Alexandra Amati, originally from Italy,holds a B.A./M.A. in Slavic studies andphilology from the University of Pisa (Italy),degrees in piano from the Conservatoryof Music of Lucca (Italy), and both an M.A.and a Ph.D. in musicology from HarvardUniversity. She is a professor of music atthe University of San Francisco.Great Voices: An In-DepthLook at Eight Iconic Rock andR&B SingersPete ElmanNoon—1:30 p.m.Livestreamed OnlyNo class 5/18Make-up session 5/6Price AThis course covers the careers of eightlegendary rock and R&B singers from 1955 tothe present. Although they are also knownas songwriters, these artists made their markas vocalists who could rock our socks offone minute and in the next breath cajole thesweetest melodies from the material they sopassionately tackled. Taught chronologically,the class will be presented as a culturaland musical journey through the lives andwork of these artists while they were at theforefront of popular music.Pete Elman is a musician, producer, teacher,writer, and author of a book on unsungminority sports heroes, In the Shadow ofObscurity. He has taught many OLLI classes,including “A Rock ’n’ Roll Road Trip,” andcourses on country, folk, motown, andperformers such as Bruce Springsteen andVan Morrison.Great LeadershipGeorge BreslauerNoon—1:30 p.m.Livestreamed RecordedPrice AIn this course, we’ll investigate what thetheoretical literature teaches us about therequirements for great leadership. We willthen examine seven types of leaders, sortedaccording to the challenges they faced andthe ambitions they entertained. They will bechosen from diverse types of political leaders(state-builders, democratizers, authoritarianpopulists, and wartime leaders); leaders ofcorporations; leaders of social movements;and university presidents. What did they eachaccomplish? How did they pull it off? Andwhy do we dub them great?George Breslauer has been a UC Berkeleyprofessor since 1971. He is the author oreditor of thirteen books on the USSR,post-Soviet Russia, and the evolutionof communism around the world. ADistinguished Teaching Award recipient,Breslauer is also a Fellow of the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Black German Literatureand FilmMarion Gerlind and JB2:30—4 p.m.Livestreamed OnlyPrice AIn 1984, white German scholar and activistDagmar Schultz invited Audre Lorde, whodescribed herself as a “Black, lesbian, mother,warrior poet,” to teach in Berlin. Uponarriving, Lorde asked, “Where are the BlackGermans?” Inspired by Lorde’s teaching, AfroGermans made themselves visible in a societywhich invalidated their existence, creating amovement in the 1980s and 1990s with theirgroundbreaking work. That period is thefocus of this course, which will be conductedin English. You will receive a course readerVisit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.

Starts 3/31and study questions for discussion. Activeparticipation is strongly encouraged.Marion Gerlind, Ph.D., is the founder andexecutive director of the Gerlind Institutefor Cultural Studies (GICS), an educationalnonprofit organization in Oakland. She enjoysinteractive classes.JB is the technical director of GICS. She alsoteaches computer technology and createsartwork and websites at her graphic designcompany DRAGA design.Forever Young: Writingfor ChildrenMina Witteman2:30—4:30 p.m.Livestreamed OnlySix sessions . Final class May 4Price CBoth beginning and advanced children’sfiction writers will learn techniques forcreating short picture books and longer,non-picture books for middle schoolers. Wewill read and analyze children’s books; exploretechniques for developing story structure,plot, pacing, narrative voice, and character;and practice techniques through writingexercises. We will dive into world-building anddiscuss the function of illustrations. We willalso examine the importance of revision andpolishing. At the end of the course, studentswill have a deeper understanding of what ittakes to write prose for children and will havetested their own writing.Mina Witteman is a Dutch author of aLittle Golden Book and seven middle-gradenovels. She has also published more than40 short stories for children in a variety ofmagazines and anthologies. An exophonicwriter, she writes in English and Dutch.She is the International Published Authors’Coordinator of the Society of Children’sBook Writers and Illustrators and speaksand teaches regularly at conferences andinstitutions in the U.S. and Europe.Tiny Politics: Is SmallerAny Better?Darren Zook10 a.m.—noonIn–Person @ F&SLivestreamed RecordedPrice ASuperpowers may grab the headlines, buttiny politics can be endlessly fascinating. Thiscourse will take a close look at small-scalepolitics both locally and globally to revealthe infinitely strange world of micro-politics.We’ll read and discuss case studies such aspolitical events in Pitcairn Island (population67), Vatican City, and the landlocked republicof San Marino to see what changes whenpolitics gets really small.Darren Zook teaches in the political scienceand global studies programs at the Universityof California, Berkeley. His areas of interestinclude comparative politics, human rights,international law, and cybersecurity.Building a Great MemoirLouise Nayer10 a.m.—noonLivestreamed OnlyPrice CIn a comfortable and safe environment, you’lluncover potent moments from your past —such as swinging through the trees at twilightas a child, or gazing out a window after thedeath of a loved one. You’ll learn about thebasic elements of memoir such as sensorydetail, scene versus summary, dialogue, timeshifts, and narrative arc. We’ll read excerptsfrom great memoirists for inspiration, doin-class exercises, and share work withpeers. You’ll hand in pages and will receivecomprehensive instructor feedback; andyou’ll leave the class with a body of writingand new writing friends.ThursdayBurned: A Memoir, an Oprah Great Read andwinner of the Wisconsin Library AssociationAward. She teaches at OLLI and at theWriter’s Grotto, where she is also a member.Learn more at www.louisenayer.comHistory of California andCurrent Events — Case Study:Berkeley, CAPam Gleason1—3 p.m.In–Person @ F&SLivestreamed RecordedPrice AThis course is a survey of California’s multiethnic history with a focus on the historicinfluences and implications that affectculture and current events in California.Berkeley, California provides plenty ofcolorful examples of how individual agencychanged the course of history. Class topicswill link the historic context of California’scurrent crises and challenges — a severehousing shortage, global warming, out-ofcontrol fires in the wildland-urban interface,economic disparity, and systemic racism— alongside California’s extraordinaryinternational leadership in innovation,technological development, and affluentliving.Pam Gleason is a local history buff andtour guide whose Guidebook to Berkeleywill be on bookshelves soon. She’s workedat UC Berkeley’s Graduate School ofJournalism since 2007 and has degrees inpolitical economy and history. She misses the“How Berkeley Can You Be?” parade and isintrigued when individual agency changes thecourse of history.Louise Nayer is an educator and theauthor of five books, including Poised forRetirement: Moving from Anxiety to Zen andOLLI @Berkeley 7

Friday Starts 4/1Friday SpecialEventsFriday Special Events are open to the publicunless otherwise noted. Events includelectures in our America’s Unfinished Workseries, an ongoing investigation of racein America; Town Halls, panel discussionsaddressing issues of social and politicalimport; and intergenerational dialogues.Events take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.unless otherwise noted. Zoom links arelisted in the calendar on our website(olli.berkeley.edu/programs/events).April 1TOWN HALLDefending DemocracyWith Ira Harkavy, associate vice-presidentand founding director of the Barbara andEdward Netter Center for CommunityPartnerships at the University ofPennsylvania. Facilitated by M. Brian Murphy,an associate at the Center for Studies inHigher Education, UC Berkeley.OLLI members only.April 8AMERICA’S UNFINISHED WORKRacial ProfilingWith Jack Glaser, professor at the GoldmanSchool of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.April 22 10:30 a.m.—noonWORDS OVER TIME: ANINTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUEREGARDING DEMOCRACYFacilitated by Darren ZookPhoto credit: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona via unsplash.comApril 8 (1—2 p.m.)Is the American Dreama Nordic Reality?With Robert Strand, executive director ofthe Center for Responsible Business andfaculty member, Haas School of Businessat UC Berkeley.April 29Beaten Down, Worked Up:The Past, Present, and Futureof American LaborWith Steve Greenhouse, New York Timesreporter and author; introduced by Bay Arealabor lawyer Bill Sokol.Saving DemocracyThis intergenerational dialogue will focus on the state of democracy, mostly but notexclusively in America. Democracy in the United States currently faces challenges fromboth domestic and international sources. Will the November 2022 elections reset andrejuvenate American democracy? Will partisan acrimony ever end? Will totalitarian rulemake a resurgence or overtake democracy in global politics? Is democracy worth saving?This dialogue explores these and related questions in an engaging, transformative, andempowering way.Attendance is limited to 60 OLLI members. Please RSVP to secure your space bysending an email to berkeley olli@ berkeley.edu8Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.

Encore CoursesEncore CoursesThe Politics of “We”:Is America Still Possible?Why Shakespeare Matters inToday’s WorldEncore courses are recordings of previouscourses that were especially well-receivedby members during their live run. Encorevideos are made available on the first day ofthe term (Monday, March 28) and remainavailable through the last day of the term(Friday, May 20). Encore courses include onelive conversation with the instructor.Sandra BassLive Conversation: Friday, May 611 a.m.–noonPrice DMichael MoranLive Conversation: Friday, May 69–10 a.m.Price DSince our country’s inception, the idea ofwho “we” are (who belongs and who doesn’t,who determines belongingness, and howbelonging impacts privileges, protections,and rights) has been a defining issue inAmerican politics. Today, while fracturesanimate our politics in ways that threatenour democracy, there are also active effortsto organize and mobilize around articulatinga new “we.” This course will introduce thephilosophies and strategies of organizationsadvocating to reimagine criminal justice,foster civic engagement, and combat climatechange and white nationalism, among othercauses. What are the perils and possibilitiesof moving forward together?Why do Shakespeare’s plays remain relevantcenturies after they were written? This classwill examine how and why these works havefascinated and inspired artists for centuries.We will focus on Richard III, The Merchantof Venice, Measure for Measure, and TheTempest, revealing the way these plays speakto our current moment, remaking our worldamid a pandemic and unfathomable tumult.Taking the perspective of an actor anddirector, we’ll study the timeless paradoxes atthe center of these classics and

brilliant comic writers such as Oscar Wilde, Stephen Sondheim, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. We’ll consider how comedy has changed over time, how it reflects and critiques society, and why having bodies and faces is just hilarious. Playwright and educator Anthony Clarvoe