2023 Fall Seminars

Download the Fall 2023 Catalog.

Register for Fall 2023 seminars.

NOTE: You must join or renew your membership in LIR before your registration can be considered.

Registrations received by Tuesday, June 6, will be considered in the first round of class assignments, which includes a lottery to allocate places in oversubscribed seminars.

The Fall Preview was held on Sunday, May 21.

There may be different expectations for participants depending on the seminar or workshop, but in all of them you will be actively engaged in sharing information, ideas and conversations. The Participants Handbook, Moderators Handbook, and Guidelines for Constructive Participation in Seminars contain comprehensive and useful information that will enhance your active learning experience.

Fall Seminars

Click on clickable titles for additional material for the seminar (“preview handouts”.)

The time slots below are correct! The catalog that you can download above has been corrected from the print version.

The lottery was held on June 7. Seminars shown in red below were filled; new registrants can be wait-listed, but can be admitted only if a current registrant drops out. Seminars shown in red with strike-though are closed (no wait lists.)

Seminar / Catalog page Title Moderators Location
Monday
a.m.
     
F23-BHB CANCELED Boomers Helping Boomers Fred Bogin Library Annex in Hatfield
F23-AIE
p. 14
Exploring Artificial Intelligence Kevin Foley on line
F23-PON
p. 21
Picture of Nothing: Understanding Abstract Painting and Collage Ellen Kosmer and Betsy Siersma on line
Monday
p.m.
     
F23-MOS
p. 16
The Motown Sound Nancy Clune and Bob Cohen HYBRID: Library Annex in Hatfield
F23-PWS
p. 19
Photo Workshop: Studio Lighting Thomas Clune
UMASSFIVE Credit Union Hadley
F23-WTRB
p. 22
Writing to Remember (Blue): Writing your own story Henia Lewin and Carol Jolly on line
Tuesday
a.m.
     
F23-AET
p. 7
Censorship and Banned Books Today † Linda Honan on line
F23-ONS
p. 18
Our Neighbors to the South Jim Harvey on line
F23-WTRG
p. 23
Writing to Remember (Green): Sharing our stories by writing and responding Francie Borden on line
Tuesday
p.m.
     
F23-AUS
p. 10
19th Century American Utopian Societies: The rise and decline of selected Utopian communities Jay Russell HYBRID: Library Annex in Hatfield
F23-OMF
p. 17
Our Mutual Friend Nancy Coiner and Antonia Woods on line
F23-NOS
p. 20
The 1619 Project: Exploring a new origin story and the place of slavery in our country’s development Sara Lennox and Naomi Yanis on line
Wednesday
a.m.
     
F23-BZL
p. 9
Brazil: Beyond the Amazon, Carnival, and soccer Ben Jaffee on line
F23-CRM
p. 11
Civil Rights: Black Americans’ struggle for power and civil rights Kip Fonsh on line
F23-DQP
p. 12
Don Quixote, Part I (1650) Nina Scott on line
Wednesday
p.m.
     
F23-JHS
p. 15
Jewish History: From the Golden Age of Spain to the Founding of the State of Israel Gerald Goldman on line
F23-WTRP
p. 24
Writing to Remember (Purple): Finding and using our voices in personal writing Finnegan Alford-Cooper on line
Thursday
a.m.
     
F23-EAI
p. 13
Early America Industrialists: Visionaries, miscreants, and philanthropists who built America before there were rules Edie Kirk on line
F23-WTTR
p. 25
Writing to Remember (Red): Autobiographical writing Catharine Porter and Patricia Callard on line

† Listed as “American Education Today” in the print catalog.