Workshops By Category (2023 – 2024)

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Each workshop meets every other week for 6 sessions in each of the Fall and Winter terms beginning as follows:
Week 1 Start (Fall Term / Week Starting September 11, 2023), Week 2 Start (Fall Term / Week Starting September 18, 2023)
Week 1 Start (Winter Term / Week Starting January 8, 2024), Week 2 Start (Winter Term / Week Starting January 15, 2024)

 

For questions, to register for another workshop, remove or change a workshop, or request to be added to a waiting list, email registerattheacademy@gmail.com.

 

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Canada

The Supremes: Function and Impact of the Supreme Court **NEW**

 

Biographies

Artists’ Lives

Dames: Lives of Notorious Women **NEW**

Extraordinary Lives: Workshop on Biographies

 

Discussion

Economist Readers

Events of the Fortnight

The New Yorker Readers

 

Film

Contemporary Film A

Contemporary Film B

Documentary Film **NEW**

Extraordinary Lives: Workshop on Biographies

 

 

Health and Personal Interests

Object lessons **NEW**

Travel Adventures

 

 

History

1848:  Springtime of the Peoples **NEW**

China in the Evolving World Order

Tales of Two Cities

The History of Women **NEW**

The Persian Empire **NEW**

The Supremes: Function and Impact of the Supreme Court **NEW**

 

Literature/Reading

Class and the City **NEW**

Economist Readers

Extraordinary Lives: Workshop on Biographies

For the Love of Poetry

Memoir Writing and Reading

Short Stories: The Long and SHORT of It! **NEW**

The New Yorker Readers

 

Music

Celebration of Song

Jazz Appreciation

The World of Opera: Listening and Learning

 

Philosophy

Democracy: Past, Present and Future **NEW**

 

Science and Technology

Exploring the World of Podcasts **NEW**

The Brains Behind Scientific Revolutions **NEW**

The Web of Natural Science

 

Socio-Political

1848: Springtime of the Peoples **NEW**

Class and the City **NEW**

China in the Evolving World Order

Democracy: Past, Present and Future **NEW**

Economist Readers

Events of the Fortnight

Opinions **NEW Format**

Tales of Two Cities

The History of Women **NEW**

 

Visual and Performing Arts

Artists’ Lives

 

Travel

Travel Adventures