BOLLI engages talented graduate students and faculty as Digital Fellows to lead lecture series and study groups online. This teaching has enriched the BOLLI program inestimably, and from all reports, the intellectual life of the Fellows as well. Our Digital Fellows have brought us courses on classical and popular music, Jewish studies, and art history and the list grows.
Please click here to apply for a BOLLI Digital Fellowship.
BOLLI is grateful to count these talented individuals as part of its Brandeis community.
Dr. Michael BoothLecturer in English, University College Cork, Ireland
Spring 2023
Bennett ComerfordPhD Candidate, Harvard University, Committee on the Study of Religion
Fall 2022
Ruth EzraPhD, Art History, Harvard University
Spring 2020 - Fall 2021
“I learned to stay true to what I wanted to accomplish and couldn’t please everyone. Overall I feel a lot more confident about teaching online in the future and I am glad to have had an opportunity to try out an ambitious course with supportive staff.“
Simon Friedland
PhD, University of Chicago, Department of Germanic Studies
Fall 2023
Sam GeePhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
Spring 2023
Akram HaddadComposer and Pianist
Spring 2022 - Present
Gil HarelAssistant Professor of Music, Naugatuck Valley Community College
Winter 2011 - Present
"Leading a BOLLI course is always a tremendously rewarding experience, as it affords me a chance to prepare material and present to intellectually curious 'students' who invariably broaden my horizons in return.”
Matt KammConservation Outreach Coordinator at Franklin Park Zoo
Spring 2022 - Present
PhD Candidate in the Germanic Studies department, University of Chicago
Fall 2022 - Present
Amy KingPhD, Italian Studies, University of Bristol
Fall 2021 - Present
PhD, Modern Jewish History, UCLA
Spring 2020, Fall 2020
"Teaching at BOLLI has been an opportunity for me to think about why it is important to study history at all ages and stages of life."
Senior Editor, Haaretz English Edition and Adjunct Instructor, Tel Aviv U.
Fall 2022 - present
PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies, University of Chicago
Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
PhD, History of Art, University College London
Spring 2023
Assistant Instructional Professor, MA Program in the Humanities & Art History, University of Chicago
Fall 2022 - Present
PhD Candidate, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Fall 2022 - Present
Assistant Instructional Professor, MA Program in the Humanities and English,
University of Chicago
Spring 2023
PhD, International Relations, University of Toronto
Spring 2021 - Present
Senior Lecturer in the Me’ah Program at Hebrew College
Summer 2021
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Summer 2022
Pianist and singer-songwriter
Fall 2021 - Fall 2022
Independent Writer and Scholar
PhD from The Committee on Social Thought, The University of Chicago
Spring 2023
Chair of New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation Department
Spring 2021 - Present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Miami University (2022-23 academic year)
Fall 2022
PhD Professor of English and American Studies Fitchburg State University
Spring 2023
Lecturer in Music Composition and Theory, Seoul National University
Spring 2020 - Present
"Teaching at BOLLI is always an opportunity for me to dive deeper into music which I thought I already knew very well, and then, unfailingly, to be challenged, surprised, made curious, and enriched by the broad knowledge and experience of the lovers of music and culture in my courses."
PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
Fall 2022
Professor of Art and Art History, University of Alabama
Spring 2021 - Fall 2021
PhD Candidate, Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago
Spring 2023
PhD Candidate, Political Science, University at Albany (SUNY)
Fall 2022
ThD in Religion and Society from Harvard Divinity School
Adjunct Theology Professor, Lewis University
Fall 2022
Yiyang Zhuge
PhD Candidate in the Political Science Department at Boston College
Fall 2023
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You're invited to visit us and learn what BOLLI is all about.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Brandeis University
415 South Street, MS 085
Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 736-2992
bolli@brandeis.edu
We are a year-round community of intellectually curious adults, age 50 and above, who explore a liberal arts curriculum through study groups, seminars, lecture series and special presentations and events. Study groups are led by BOLLI members who bring a broad range of life experience and knowledge into their classrooms to enrich the exchange of ideas. Brandeis University instructors, experts in their field and master-teachers, lead seminars and lecture series. Members regularly organize special presentations and events including book discussions, theater and museum outings, poetry circles, photo exhibits, and literary salons.