Minicourses
September 1, 2022 @ 10:00AM — December 31, 2025 @ 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
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Minicourses Fall 2025
The Fall Minicourses will be held in the Chase Room at the Madison Library.
Art of Ancient Greece
Rita Keane, Professor of Art History, Drew University
5 Tuesday afternoons, 2 - 4 pm.
September 16 (skip Sep 23, Rosh Hashanah); Sep 30; October 7, 14 and 21, 2025
In this course we will survey ancient Greek art chronologically and thematically, from the
cultures of the Bronze Age Aegean through Hellenistic art of the first century in Italy. We will
consider topics such as the ideal, mimesis, myth, and funerary and political commemoration, in
vase painting, sculpture, and architecture. We will pay special attention to works of art
accessible in American museum collections, especially the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Environmental Policy
Dr Phil Mundo, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Environmental Studies and Sustainability Program, Drew University
5 Wednesday mornings, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8 and 15, 2025
This course examines environmental problems and policies intended to address them. The course has two main parts: 1) U.S. environmental policy, and 2) Global environmental policy. Each part reviews main problems and what has been done to date to address them. This examination includes a brief review of the main technical aspects of the problem under consideration, a history of policies designed to deal with the problems, and an analysis of the extent to which they have been successful.
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