50+ OLLI Program >> History
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The first war on terror, the burning of the White House, the Lone Star Republic, bloody conflicts with native-Americans, American imperialism in the l ...  View More

This lecture/discussion course continues the study of America’s war on terror from 1978 to the present. Topics include the Unabomber, the roots of 9/1 ...  View More

August Wilson was the first African American playwright to have a Broadway theater bear his name, honoring his powerful portrayal of African American ...  View More

This course explores the Trans-Mississippi Department, which encompassed the Confederate states of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and western Louisiana, a ...  View More

Explore the arms race between Britain and Germany before the Great War, following the introduction of HMS Dreadnought. Examine the revolutionary techn ...  View More

Explore family history with confidence at every stage of the research journey. Discover how to examine records, evaluate evidence, organize findings, ...  View More

Explore digital family history databases more effectively and examine AI chatbots that can help identify hard-to-find genealogical resources. Learn pr ...  View More

This course traces the seventeenth-century global conflict between the Dutch and the Portuguese. We’ll examine how myth and chance spurred diverse peo ...  View More

Attention all movie-loving history buffs!! Take an in-depth look at how Hollywood portrays real life historical events that took place, from c. 73 B.C ...  View More

This course is a history class with a laugh track. We will analyze the 20th and 21st centuries against their historic context, using humor as the plat ...  View More

American Revolution naval operations involved the British Navy, Continental and State Navies, Privateers, and French Navy. The course will cover block ...  View More

From new industrial materials to innovations in housing, mid-20th-century designers worked to shape an aesthetic that reflected post-World War II idea ...  View More