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! There are some errors in the printed catalog.

Seminar / Catalog pageTitleModeratorsLocation
Monday
a.m.
F23-BHB
p. 8
Boomers Helping BoomersFred BoginLibrary Annex in Hatfield
F23-EAI
p. 14
Exploring Artificial IntelligenceKevin Foleyon line
F23-PON
p. 21
Picture of Nothing: Understanding Abstract Painting and CollageEllen Kosmer and Betsy Siersmaon line
Monday
p.m.
F23-MOS
p. 16
The Motown SoundNancy Clune and Bob CohenHYBRID: Library Annex in Hatfield
F23-PWS
p. 19
Photo Workshop: Studio LightingThomas Clune
UMASSFIVE Credit Union Hadley
F23-WTRB
p. 22
Writing to Remember (Blue): Writing your own storyHenia Lewin and Carol Jollyon line
Tuesday
a.m.
F23-AET
p. 7
Censorship and Banned Books Today †Linda Honanon line
F23-ONS
p. 18
Our Neighbors to the SouthJim Harveyon line
F23-WTRG
p. 23
Writing to Remember (Green): Sharing our stories by writing and respondingFrancie Bordenon line
Tuesday
p.m.
F23-AUS
p. 10
19th Century American Utopian Societies: The rise and decline of selected Utopian communitiesJay RussellHYBRID: Library Annex in Hatfield
F23-OMF
p. 17
Our Mutual FriendNancy Coiner and Antonia Woodson line
F23-NOS
p. 20
The 1619 Project: Exploring a new origin story and the place of slavery in our country’s developmentSara Lennox and Naomi Yanison line
Wednesday
a.m.
F23-BZL
p. 9
Brazil: Beyond the Amazon, Carnival, and soccerBen Jaffeeon line
F23-CRM
p. 11
Civil Rights: Black Americans’ struggle for power and civil rightsKip Fonshon line
F23-DQP
p. 12
Don Quixote, Part I (1650)Nina Scotton line
Wednesday
p.m.
F23-JHS
p. 15
Jewish History: From the Golden Age of Spain to the Founding of the State of IsraelGerald Goldmanon line
F23-WTRP
p. 24
Writing to Remember (Purple): Finding and using our voices in personal writingFinnegan Alford-Cooperon line
Thursday
a.m.
F23-EAI
p. 13
Early America Industrialists: Visionaries, miscreants, and philanthropists who built America before there were rulesEdie Kirkon line
F23-WTTR
p. 25
Writing to Remember (Red): Autobiographical writingCatharine Porter and Patricia Callardon line

† listed as “American Education Today” in the print catalog