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FeaturedSessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-04-2021 to 08-04-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:15 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Michael Cude, Ph.D., Schreiner UniversityTerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Antonio OasisThis lecture will provide a summary overview of the Ancient and Classical Greeks in the first millennium BC. While informing about the key events, people, and ideas of the Ancient Greeks, the course will illustrate how the Greeks proved so influential to the world in ancient times and why their legacy persists... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-17-2021 to 08-17-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Betty BursonTerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Antonio OasisUnlike humans, math lineage is more a mosaic than a direct line. What commonality do German beer barrels, a Welsh physician, and a French fly on a ceiling share? All contributed to the mathematical symbols and concepts that we readily recognize and commonly use. Zooming in on their fascinating origins, we will span many miles and... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-17-2021 to 08-17-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 03:00 PM-04:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Blaine Davies, MATerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Diego OasisA national holiday commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King. Movies portray the lives of Jackie Robinson and Malcolm X. Even so, the civil rights leader that brought about the most significant, lasting change in the 20th century is Thurgood Marshall. Beginning his legal work with the NAACP in 1934, Thurgood Marshall often at great personal risk won case after... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-18-2021 to 08-18-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:30 PM-03:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Timothy C. GrahamTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Albuquerque OasisA remarkable aspect of the Christian tradition has been the production of richly illustrated copies of the Scriptures. The most beautiful Bibles were produced during the European Middle Ages. Learn about the major stages in the history of medieval Bible decoration and illustration, beginning with the oldest surviving complete copy of the Vulgate and... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-18-2021 to 08-18-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Richard BellTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisThe French and Indian War was a war for the future of America; an epic struggle between Britain and France for control of the American continent. Unfolding over the two decades before the Revolution, the French and Indian War sowed the seeds of the imperial crisis that would soon culminate in American... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-18-2021 to 08-18-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 03:00 PM-04:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Nick GlakasTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisThe tale of the siege of Troy as told by Homer in the Iliad is the oldest work of literature in the western world. But there is another story almost as exciting - the modern quest behind the reality of Homer's epic. This lecture will explore archeological efforts to prove that Troy did exist and that the Trojan War was... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-19-2021 to 08-19-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 01:30 PM-03:00 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: George OvittTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Albuquerque OasisOn January 19th, the day before he left office, Donald Trump issued a report on the teaching of American history titled 1776. In many ways, this controversial view of the history of the United States was a response to the New York Times's issuance of a surve, titled 1619, of the history of slavery and racism in America. In this talk, Ovitt summarizes and... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-27-2021 to 10-27-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:15 PM - Central Daylight TimeInstructor: Michael Cude, Ph.D., Schreiner UniversityTerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Antonio OasisThis course will examine the history of Halloween traditions in the United States. We will begin by looking at the historical roots of the holiday from its Celtic origins and how it was adapted by medieval Christians. We will then examine how modern Americans adopted the holiday and the ways in which they modified and built upon the older... read more