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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 03-09-2021 to 03-11-2021Day(s) of the week: Tuesday, ThurdsdayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM -Central Standard TimeInstructor: Joan MusbachTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisThe World War II internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans is variously described as wartime necessity, hysteria, economic exploitation, fascist duplication, and unbridled racial prejudice. The evacuation from the west coast and internment inland was authorized by Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt in February, 1942. In 1943 the U.... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 03-25-2021 to 03-25-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM -Central Standard TimeInstructor: John GuentherTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisAntonio Barluzzi is best known as “the architect of the Holy Land.” His churches grace such major religious sites as Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives, Bethlehem, Mount Tabor, and Galilee. Barluzzi’s designs for each church was specific to its site, historic context, and is expressive of the event it commemorates. Each building is formally simple,... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 03-30-2021 to 03-30-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central Standard TimeInstructor: Andrew Michael CoopermanTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisThe Roman Empire did not fall in 476 AD. It lived on in the eastern Mediterranean as what historians call Byzantium until 1453. Although based in modern Greece and Turkey, the people of this Greek-speaking Christian empire referred to themselves as Romioi – Romans. This presentation will tour the lands, peoples, society and government of this medieval... read more -
Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 04-12-2021 to 04-26-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central Standard TimeInstructor: Roy OvermannTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisHumanism has a rich history beginning in the Renaissance with a focus on human values, concerns and perspectives, and evolving into a contemporary philosophy of life. Explore and discuss this history and the modern philosophy of humanism. Roy Overmann teaches political philosophy and international relations at Webster University in Webster Groves. He is the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-12-2021 to 04-12-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Central Standard TimeInstructor: Joan MusbachTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisA poor president, ill-suited for the job. Impeached by an angry Congress, hoping to remove him. Failed to do so by the slimmest of margins. Despite similarities to our own time, this was 1868 and the President charged was Andrew Johnson. This was the only presidential impeachment proceeding in the first 200 years of American history. There is no denying... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-22-2021 to 04-22-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM -Central Standard TimeInstructor: John GuentherTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisNorway is a country of contrasts, from its great natural beauty to its magnificent cities, from its southern Oceanic climate to its Tundra climate above the Arctic Circle, from its nearly continuous daylight in summer to its limited daylight in winter, and from its ancient Stave churches to its modern architecture. John C. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP will... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-27-2021 to 04-27-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central Standard TimeInstructor: Andrew Michael CoopermanTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - St. Louis OasisThis presentation will explore the history of the Norsemen from their humble beginnings in Scandinavia to the legacy they left Europe and the world. Learn about their culture, government, religion, and how Viking commerce and exploration were as important to the Norse as were raiding and conquest. Although, it was the latter activities that led the... read more