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Upcoming Lectures

Below is a chronological listing of individual lectures offered by Siegal Lifelong Learning. Click on the lecture titles below for the full lecture description, pricing and registration.

READING AND WRITING IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE OF TUDOR HOUSES (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Burgess-Van Aken
Thursday April 13 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

CLEVELAND GEM TOUR: MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY (IN -PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Friday April 14 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

MUSIC AND MAJESTY IN TUDOR ENGLAND (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
David J. Rothenberg
Friday April 14 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

WHO BY FIRE: LEONARD COHEN IN THE SINAI (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Matti Friedman
Thursday, April 20 | 7:30–9 p.m. ET

LITERATURE: WORKS THAT BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN MEMOIR AND FICTION (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Annie Jouan-Westlund
Friday April 21 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

ACE BOOK DISCUSSION DAY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Frederick J Karem (Jeff), PhD
Monday April 24 | 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET

“SHAKE YOUR TUCHAS”: JEWISH PARODY IN HIP-HOP (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Lee Tyson
Friday April 28 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

"SHAKE YOUR TUCHAS": JEWISH PARODY IN HIP-HOP (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Lee Tyson
Friday April 28 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

AFRO-EUROPEAN PAN-AFRICANISM: A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BLACK EUROPEANS’ MOBILIZATIONS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Omar Dieng
Tuesday May 02 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

AFRO-EUROPEAN PAN-AFRICANISM: A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BLACK EUROPEANS’ MOBILIZATIONS (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Omar Dieng
Tuesday May 02 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

MEDICINE: DISCOVERIES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Cynthia Beall
Friday May 05 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

THE NEW NEW HEBREW: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN ISRAELI CULTURE (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Melissa Weininger
Wednesday May 10 | 7–8:30 p.m. ET

NOT SO NEW: 150 YEARS OF U.S. TRANSGENDER HISTORY AND CULTURE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Nicolas Shannon Savard
Thursday May 11 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

NOT SO NEW: 150 YEARS OF U.S. TRANSGENDER HISTORY AND CULTURE (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Nicolas Shannon Savard
Thursday May 11 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

THE LANGUAGE OF TIME: A LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Irena Stanic Rasin
Friday May 12 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

IT’S COMPLICATED: JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Sunday May 21 | 7 p.m. ET

“MOUNTAINS HANGING ON A STRING”: ON THE TWO TORAHS (ORAL AND WRITTEN) (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Thursday May 25 | 7 p.m. ET

PHYSICS: QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Harsh Mathur
Thursday June 01 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

CHEMISTRY: SNAPPING MOLECULES TOGETHER (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Divita Mathur
Friday June 02 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

STRAWBERRY FIELDS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Hilary Plum
Friday June 9 | 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

OHIO ROLLER DERBY AND THE ART OF COLLECTIVISM (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Samantha Tucker and Amy Spears
Tuesday July 11 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET

TRUE RAIDERS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 1909 EXPEDITION TO FIND THE LEGENDARY ARK OF THE COVENANT (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Bradley Ricca
Friday July 14 | 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

SETTLING OHIO, PART I: THE BATTLE FOR OHIO: INDIANS AND AMERICANS, 1786-1814 (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Brian Schoen
Friday July 14 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET

SETTLING OHIO, PART II: MIGRATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF OHIO’S REGIONAL CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, 1790–1850 (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Timothy G. Anderson
Friday July 21 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET

NO LIFE BUT THIS: A NOVEL OF EMILY WARREN ROEBLING (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Diane Vogel Ferri
Friday August 11 | 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

MIRIAM SCHAPIRO, LEADER OF FEMINIST ART: HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HER JEWISH IDENTITY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Carol Salus
Wednesday August 23 | noon–1:30 p.m. ET