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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 09-21-2020 to 09-21-2020Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Megan Merriman, MPH, San Antonio OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom2020 marks 100 years of women having the ability to vote in the United States. Where did it all begin and how far have we come? We will discuss the past, present and future of women's rights in the United... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 09-21-2020 to 09-21-2020Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Elaine Turney, Ph.D., San Antonio OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomThe Texas Revolution was fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas' independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas. Come learn about the various battles of the revolution that was bookended by the Battles of Gonzales and San... read more
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Sessions: 6Class Date(s): 09-22-2020 to 10-27-2020Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 12:00 PM-02:00 PM-Central Daylight TimeInstructor: James Carroll Ph.D., Syracuse OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom“…nor shall any State…deny to any person…the equal protection of the laws.” Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the “equal protection” clause has resulted in numerous Supreme Court cases that have impacted people because to their race, gender or sexual orientation. Dr. Jim Carroll uses visuals of landmark Supreme Court cases... read more -
Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 09-22-2020 to 10-01-2020Day(s) of the week: Tuesday, ThurddsayTime: 03:00 PM-04:00 PM Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Blaine Davies, MA, San Diego OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomFrom Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima, Professor Blaine Davies describes battle by battle how the United States ultimately defeated the Empire of Japan and ended World War II. Inspired in part by Blaine's recent trip to the South Pacific, Blaine discusses the big picture and the American strategy that ultimately forced the Empire of Japan to surrender. We'll... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-01-2020 to 10-01-2020Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg College, Washington Metro OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomNo thinker has been more foundational to human thought than Aristotle who launched virtually every field of study from Physics, chemistry, and biology to law, literary theory, and economics. We know him as a philosopher, but his system encompassed all of human thought at the time and provided the launching point from which so much of what we now believe... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 10-02-2020 to 10-23-2020Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Peter Kastor, Ph. D , The Oasis InstituteTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomAre we really in a new Presidential era? This is the question people have asked ever since Donald Trump was elected. This explores answers that question in four meetings by situating the current Presidential moment within the long view of the American Presidency, extending from George Washington to Donald Trump. It does so by viewing the Presidency in... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-05-2020 to 10-05-2020Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Oliva Espín, San Diego OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomWho was Joan of Arc? Was she a hero, a saint, a witch, a martyr, a patriot, a mentally ill person or a visionary? Artists have depicted her in paintings, films, books, posters, sculptures. She is part of the Western imaginary as a woman who challenged traditions and stereotypes and changed the course of French history during her short life. Contradictory... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-07-2020 to 10-07-2020Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 03:00 PM-04:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Philip Goscienski, San Diego OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomInfectious diseases have always been a part of human existence, but man has manipulated his environment to allow new patterns of disease to emerge. We no longer fear smallpox, but can this terrible disease return? Should we worry about Ebola, Zika, or the newest virus dominating the headlines – COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Learn the real story of influenza,... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 10-07-2020 to 10-28-2020Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Katie Hagerty Young, St. Louis OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomHow did the French monarch, from the throne that was once the paragon of European absolutism, fall victim to the intense animosity and brutal "justice" of his own subjects? Why did a seemingly stable state descent into a revolution so violent, abrupt and powerful as to revoke the authority of the Catholic Church, abolish traditional titles and privileges... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-12-2020 to 10-12-2020Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 01:00 PM-03:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Andrew Michael Cooperman, St. Louis OasisTerm: 2020-2Location: ZoomElizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian countess, and Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia, prove that truth is infinitely more terrifying than fiction. Both are known for their thirst for blood and each has inspired decades of horror tales. Dracula is a standard of vampire lore and Countess Bathory has been featured in numerous films and even video games. Join... read more