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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.

ACE BOOK DISCUSSION DAY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Burgess-Van Aken, PhD
Monday April 28 | 9:30 AM - 2 PM ET

ARTHUR SZYK’S WINDOWS: WORLD WAR II AND ITS MEMORY IN STAINED GLASS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Katya Oicherman, PhD
Tuesday April 29 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

ORIGINS SCIENCE: ON DEMIS HASSABIS AND JOHN HUMPER, 2024 NOBEL PRIZES IN CHEMISTRY: DESIGNING AND BUILDING A NEW PROTEIN (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
David Lodowski
Tuesday April 29 | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET

FROM RUINS TO GLORY: NEW FINDINGS FROM THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Oren Gutfeld, PhD
Monday May 05 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

ORIGINS SCIENCE: ON JOHN J. HOPFIELD AND GEOFFREY HINTON, 2024 NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSICS: HOW NEURAL NETWORKS WORK (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Michael Hinczewski
Tuesday May 06 | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET

CANCEL CULTURE AND THE HIGHER ED CONFORMITY GAUNTLET (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Greg Lukianoff
Wednesday May 07 | 7-8:30 PM ET

DAVID, GOLIATH, AND THE MYSTERY OF THE WEAVER’S BEAM (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Laura Mazow, PhD
Monday May 12 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

CLARA BARTON AND HENRI DUNANT: ESTABLISHING HUMAN RIGHTS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jim Lane
Tuesday May 13 | 9:30 AM Breakfast; 10 AM Lecture

ORIGINS SCIENCE: ON VICTOR AMBROS AND GARY RUVKU, 2024 NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE: WHAT DOES MIRNA DO? (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Emmitt Jolly
Tuesday May 13 | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET

WHERE THE HEAVENS MEET THE EARTH: DEFINING SACRED GEOGRAPHY AT AN EARLY WOODLAND EARTHWORK COMPLEX IN NORTHEAST OHIO (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Phil Wanyerka
Wednesday May 14 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH DEAD MAN’S CURVE? AND OTHER REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT CLEVELAND (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jim Sweeney
Thursday May 15 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

ACE ANNUAL MEETING & PROGRAM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Greg Peckham
Friday May 16 | 11:30 AM - 2 PM ET

THE TABERNACLE IN THE DESERT, THE CULT PLACE IN SHILOH AND SOLOMON’S TEMPLE (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
David Ilan, PhD
Monday May 19 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

ORIGINS SCIENCE: ON JOHN J. HOPFIELD AND GEOFFREY HINTON, 2024 NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSICS: APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Michael Hinczewski
Tuesday May 20 | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET

TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN GLOBAL MULTILATERALISM: AFRICA’S ASCENDANT ROLE AND THE CASE FOR GREATER GLOBAL SOLIDARITY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
H.E. Ambassador Erastus Ekitela Lokaale
Thursday May 22 | Evening time to be determined

EARLY MUSIC, JEWS AND ANTISEMITISM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
David Rothenberg, PhD
Friday May 23 | Breakfast: 10 AM Lecture: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

“FROM ALBANY TO BUFFALO”: THREE IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THAT REGION AND WHICH SHAPED THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Irving Kushner
Wednesday June 11 | Breakfast: 10 AM Lecture: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

JEWISH AMSTERDAM: THEN AND NOW (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Emile Schrijver
Thursday June 12 | 1:30-3 PM ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: CONDEMNED (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ayesha Bell Hardaway, J.D.
Thursday June 12 | 10:30 a.m.–noon ET

A SHORT WALK THROUGH A WIDE WORLD, DOUG WESTERBEKE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Doug Westerbeke
Friday June 13 | 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

MIDDLE EAST UPDATE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Monday June 23 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

CREATION, BIRTH, AND REBIRTH: COMPARISONS OF HOW DIFFERENT FAITHS VIEW THE WORLD (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Sean Crum
Thursday June 26 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

PICASSO: THE MAN AND HIS ART (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Carol Salus, PhD
Tuesday July 08 | 9:30 a.m. Breakfast | 10 a.m.–noon Lecture

BOOK DISCUSSION: THERE THERE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jeff Karem, Ph.D.
Thursday July 10 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

THE MUSICAL MOZINSKIS: A NOVEL, SUSAN PETRONE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Susan Petrone
Friday July 11 | 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

THE FLORIDAS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ian Adams
Tuesday July 15 | 10:30 a.m.–noon ET

DIGGING FOR YOUR JEWISH ROOTS-GENEALOGY FROM A TO Z (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ken Bravo
Wednesday July 23 | 10 a.m.–noon ET

FAITH IN FLUX: HOW PEW RESEARCH REVEALS THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN RELIGION (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Tuesday July 29 | 10:30 a.m–noon ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE BY TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ruth Silon
Tuesday August 05 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

BEAUTIFUL HOMES: BEVERLY HOUSE AND THE ROSECLIFF (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Susan Cannavino
Wednesday August 06 | noon–1:30 p.m. ET

SLOW JOURNEY TO MORTALITY, DIANE VOGEL FERI (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Diane Vogel Feri
Friday August 08 | 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

KOL NIDRE: A MUSICAL JOURNEY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Larry Josefovitz
Tuesday August 19 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

ACE TRIP TO SHAW FESTIVAL

Lecturer(s):
Friday, September 19 – Saturday, September 20, 2025