Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute at Brandeis (BOLLI)

3/6

Steve A.N. Goldstein

Provost

Brandeis University

“Brandeis Today and Tomorrow”

3/7

Peter Diamond

MIT Professor and 2010 Nobel Prize winner in Economics

Unemployment and Debt"

3/8

Catherine Mann

Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg, Professor of Global Finance, International Business School, Brandeis Unviersity

"The State of the U.S. and Global Economies: Looking through the International Lens"

3/13

Marjorie Clapprood

Former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; former talk show host

“Facing the Future without Fear”

3/14

Emily Fox-Kales

Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry,

Harvard University; Clinical Associate,

McLean Hospital

“Body Shots: Hollywood and the Culture of Eating Disorders”

3/15

Samantha Wolfe

AmeriCorps VISTA Coordinator of The Massachusetts 

Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau

“The Faces of Homelessness”

3/20

William Fowler

Distinguished Professor of History, Northeastern University and Author

"An American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781-1783"

3/21

Jamie Kaplowitz

 Education Associate and Museum Learning Specialist, The Addison Gallery of American Art

“Education at the Addison Gallery of American Art: A Historical and Contemporary View"

3/22

Henry J. Lukas

Director of Education Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History

"Learning Outside The (Mail) Box"

3/27

Irving R. Epstein

Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry; Brandeis University; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Harvard University

“The Brandeis Science Posse Program”

3/28

Ellen Schattschneider

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women’s and Gender Studies, Brandeis University

"The Fetish Goes to War: War Memory and Material Culture in Japan"

3/29

Kay Kahn

Representative for the 11th Middlesex District of MA

"My Life in the Massachusetts Legislature"

4/3

Samuel Bak

Artist, Writer, and Holocaust survivor

"Is My Art a Testimony of the Holocaust?"

4/4

Isaac Krauss

Professor of Chemistry,Brandeis University

“The Chemistry We See Every Day: From Cleaning Products to Food and Energy”

4/5

Lawrence Bethune,

Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students

and

Richard Boulanger

Professor of Electronic Production and Design at Berklee College of Music

4/17

Jeff Moriarty,

Vice President, Digital Products

The Boston Globe

"Net Gains:  The Changing Business of Media"

4/18

Art Solomon

Owner of three minor league teams

“Operating a Successful Sports Franchise: The Inside Story”

4/19

Christophe Guilhou

Consul General of France in Boston

“The New France”

4/24

Ben Loeterman

Producer/Director/film maker  of historical and current affairs documentaries

 "Fractured Non Fiction: Rants of a Filmmaker"

4/25

Spiro Veloudos

Producing Artistic Director

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston

"Up Close and Personal: From How I Choose Shows for the Season to Funny and Memorable Moments"

4/26

Anne Serafin

Scholar and Writer

“African Women Writing Resistance: Contemporary Voices”

5/1

Christopher Klein

Travel, History and Sports Writer, and Author

“A History of Boston Sports: From Playful Puritans to Football Patriots”

5/2

Arthur H. Reis, Jr.  Ph. D.

Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biology Brandeis University

"Nasty Bacteria and Viruses: Can We Kill Them Before They Kill Us?"

5/3

Open Forum

5/8

Anita Diamant

Author and Essayist

“My Experiences as an Author of Both  Fiction and Non-Fiction”

5/9

Pam Garramone

Executive Director of PFLAG; (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

"What Do We Do When a Child Comes Out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender? "

5/10

Nick Capasso, Ph.D.

Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

“Understanding Modern and Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture”

5/15

Sarah Kornfeld

Soprano

“Mozart’s Heroines”

5/16

Daniel  Stepner

Violinist, Conductor, Professor of the Practice of Music, Brandeis University

“A musical presentation and demonstration of Bach's Dances”

5/17