Minicourses

Constitutional Controversies
taught jointly by:
Dr. Bruce Peabody, Professor of Government and Politics and Co-Director Pre-Law and Legal Studies, and
Madelyn Ferrans, Professor of Law and Director of the Pre-law Program
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Monday afternoons, 1:30-3:30 pm
April 1, 15, 29, May 6, 13 (skipping April 8 and 22 due to other events scheduled at the library)

Week 1 (April 1): Peabody: Constitutional Powers and Liberties
Week 2 (April 15): Ferrans: Free Speech
Week 3 (April 29): Ferrans: The Establishment Clause and Free Exercise of Religion
Week 4 (May 6): Peabody: The Supreme Court Confirmation Process and Who Gets Selected, and How the Justices Decide Cases
Week 5 (May 13): Peabody: The Future of the Constitution, Ferrans: Supreme Court Review and Preview

Art in the United States from Reconstruction to WWII
Dr. Kimberly Rhodes, NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Art History
Drew University
Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
April 10, 24, May 1, 8, 22 (skipping April 17 and May 15 due to other events scheduled at the library)

This course will cover the development of the visual arts in the United States from reconstruction to the 1930s. Topics will include the discussion of exchange between European and American artists, the education of American artists in Europe and the United States, the relationship between political events and visual culture, and the rise of modernism. We will study the work of such artists as Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Marsden Hartley, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Thomas Hart Benton.

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