Minicourses
September 1, 2022 @ 10:00AM — June 30, 2025 @ 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
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Minicourses Winter 2025
The Winter Minicourses will be held at the Florham Park Library, while the Madison Library completes its renovations.
Innovative Italian Directors of the 1950s and '60s: Neorealism and Beyond
Dr. Gloria Pastorino
Professor of Italian and French, Department of Literature, Languages, Writing and Humanities
Fairleigh Dickinson University
5 Thursday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Jan 23, (skip Jan 30), Feb 6, 13, 20, 27
What is Italian Neorealism? How did it change the way films were made nationally and internationally giving rise to the ‘French New Wave’ in the late 1950s and ‘60s? We will watch films by Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio DeSica, Giuseppe DeSantis, Federico Fellini, and Michelangelo Antonioni.
America and The Cold War 1945-1991
Dr. Gary Darden
Associate Professor of History and Chair, Department of Social Sciences and History
Fairleigh Dickinson University
5 Monday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3
This minicourse will analyze the United States and its unprecedented global power in the aftermath of World War II (in contrast to its post-WWI global posture). Spanning the years 1945 to 1991, these lectures will present the era not only from the perspective of the Soviet American rivalry but also from the impact of Decolonization in the Third World.
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