BOLLI offers seminars led by Brandeis faculty members in the summer and winter months.
Registration is first come, first served. Need help registering? Please contact Carolyn Cross at 781-736-2992 or bolli@brandeis.edu.
All Winter 2022-2023 seminars will take place on Zoom. All times are Eastern Time.
Pricing
Spring/Summer Seasonal Members or Summer/Fall Seasonal Members: $215
Annual Members: $145
General Public: $285
Spring 2022 or Summer 2022 Trial Members: $285
Discover how Beethoven, against almost insurmountable odds and amidst great personal suffering, eventually rose to become the single most celebrated composer in the Western canon.
Zoom
Gil Harel, Professor of Musicology
Monday, January 16- Friday, January 20, 9:30am-12:15pm ET
Please note Monday, January 16 is Martin Luther King, Jr Day. No BOLLI activities will take place except for this seminar.
**The seminar is full. To be added to the wait list, please email bolli@brandeis.edu.**
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In what Booker prize nominee Jeanette Winterson calls a "cover version" of The Winter's Tale, discover how hedge-fund money, virtual reality, and dangerous liaisons combine to make Winterson's version of the Tale surprisingly relevant and emotionally satisfying.
Zoom
Billy Flesch, Professor of English
Monday, February 20 - Friday, February 24, 9:30am-12:15pm ET
Please note Monday, February 20 is Presidents’ Day. No BOLLI activities will take place except for this seminar.
**The seminar is full. To be added to the wait list, please email bolli@brandeis.edu.**
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A Sample of Past Brandeis Faculty Seminars:
Winter 2021
Hag-seed: Shakespeare's The Tempest retold
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
Beethoven's Shadow
Gil Harel, PhD
Summer 2021
Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
A Night at the Opera
Gil Harel, PhD
Mozart: Man, Myth, Legacy
Gil Harel, PhD
Winter 2020
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
The Rise of the Virtuoso
Gil Harel, PhD
Summer 2020
The Great Gatsby
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
The Plot Against America
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
Music in the Theater: From Madama Butterfly to Wicked
Gil Harel, PhD
The Birth of the Musical Baroque: From Vivaldi and Corelli to Handel and Bach
Gil Harel, PhD
Winter 2019/2020
Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Political Tragedy
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
The Music and the Nations: European Legacies
Gil Harel, PhD
Summer 2019
To Kill a Mockingbird: After Sixty Years
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
Mighty and Immeasurable Beethoven
Gil Harel, PhD.
Winter 2019
Sex, Lies and Literature: Measure for Measure
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
Barber and Beyond: The Poetic Muse in 20th Century American Music
Georgia Luikens, Brandeis Lecturer
Summer 2018
Phil Roth and The Art of the Scam
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
Mozart: The Burden and Gift of Genius
Gil Harel, PhD
Winter 2018:
The First Henry IV play: Encountering the Great Falstaff
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
The World of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music and Purpose in the Baroque Period
Gil Harel, PhD
Summer 2017:
Bogart at His Best: The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca
Billy Flesch, Professor of English at Brandeis
The Artist as Hero: Music and Society in the European 19th Century
Gil Harel, PhD
Justice in Jewish and Christian Scriptures
Jamie Bryson, Near Eastern & Judaic Studies Instructor
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If I drop out of a Brandeis Faculty Seminar, may I expect a refund or a credit toward a future seminar?
You may request a refund of your seminar fee up until the Thursday before the beginning of the seminar. After that time, no refunds will normally be available. In extraordinary circumstances, e.g. related to serious illness, please contact the Director at bollidirector@brandeis.edu.
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Brandeis University
415 South Street, MS 085
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(781) 736-2992
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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.