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Monday 1:00 p.m Distinguished Lecture Series March 11 Rob Sidner Art of the People Founded by Martha Longenecker, Mingei International Museum has brought art to the people of San Diego since 1978. This presentation will start with the museum’s beginnings at University Town Center and will trace its myriad contributions as an art institution dedicated to the “arts of daily life,” located since 1996 in Balboa Park. The museum’s exhibitions present historical (from third century BCE) and contemporary folk art, craft, and design from 141 countries comprising Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Museum. He received a B.A. in English from Saint Meinrad College, a bachelor of sacred theology from Gregorian University in Rome, and an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame. He joined the Mingei staff in 1993 as membership coordinator and served as director of public relations and assistant director of the museum before becoming director in 2005. Coordinator: Pat Fleming Rob Sidner is director of the Mingei International Monday 1:00 p.m Europe, 1850-1914 (Part II) Classroom 128 Instructor: Neil Heyman, Ph.D This class will consider the second half of the 19th century by examining the career of Otto von Bismarck. The text used will be Jonathan Steinberg’s recent biography Bismarck: A Life. This book has stirred controversy with its critical approach to Bismarck, but has received praise from noted scholars who have called it “a remarkable achievement” and a “masterful study of Prussia-Germany’s Iron Chancellor.” The book is available in the public library and from Amazon. Neil Heyman received his B.A. in history from Yale, summa cum laude, and his Ph.D. from Stanford. He is a specialist in modern European history with a particular interest in 20th-century Russia and Germany, World War I, as well as history and film. He has written six books and dozens of articles and reviews. January 14: Introduction, Chapters 1 through 4 February 4: Chapters 5 and 6 February 25: Chapters 7 through 9 March 11: Chapters 10 though 12 10
Early Bird Exercise Tuesday and Friday 9:00 a.m. Classroom 129 Join Herb and Laura Wolfson in starting the morning two days each week with some limbering and stamina-building exercises. Peer Presenters Classroom 129 Coordinator: Doug Webb Dates: January 8, 22 Neil Wolf, Ph.D. Light in Art and Science We are immersed in light. Light makes life possible. But what is light? Priests, philosophers, and scientists have tried to answer this question. We know the physics and have many useful applications of light, yet some aspects remain mysterious. How can light exist as a “point particle” and an “infinite wave?” Why do humans respond to it with such emotion? Why have artists struggled to express it? This presentation will discuss the history of the vital connections between the science and art of light. Works of art from ancient Egypt to modern America will be presented to aid our comprehension of light’s elusive nature. Neil Wolf has a Ph.D. in plasma physics. He taught at Dickinson College for 30 years, while doing research at UC Irvine and General Atomics. After retiring in 2004, he became a full-time painter in watercolor and acrylics. February 5 Edward Goldberg, M.D The Tortuous Road to Hiroshima This presentation will acknowledge the great controversy that continues over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It will highlight some differences between the United States and German approaches to building the bomb. Time will be spent on the important battle Tuesday 10:00 a.m. for the Marianas in the summer of 1944, but the major focus of the lecture will concern the summer of 1945, especially Harry Truman’s incredible journey to Potsdam. Edward Goldberg is a retired physician who has been a “snowbird” member of Osher for the past ten years. Although his career was in medicine, he majored in American studies as an undergraduate at Cornell University. This led him to the study of the health of U.S. Presidents — a lecture topic that he presented at the Brandeis University Osher. His study of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in particular, led to his interest in the Manhattan project. February 19 Paul Page Tales and Tidbits from 35 Years of Flying This class begins with an overview of the United States Air Force pilot-training program. Page will then discuss his adventures flying military transports all over the world. Some of his destinations will surprise people, as will the reasons he selected those destinations. After his military service, Page took to the friendly skies of Pacific Southwest Airlines, which subsequently became U.S. Airways. Find out what it is like to spend a career as a professional pilot. Paul Page is a one-year Osher member. He grew up as an Army brat, living all over the U.S. and in Japan and Germany. After graduating from Texas A&M, he went into Air Force pilot training. Five years later, he left the Air Force to work for Pacific Southwest Airlines. 11
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