One Day University

Fall/Winter: ONE DAY UNIVERSITY

Partnering with One Day University, Shannondell is proud to offer these live and archived single-session classes streamed from New York and more than fifty additional locations. Top professors from the finest universities present special versions of their best lectures.

The American Revolution:

Remarkable Stories You’ve Never Heard Before (live stream) By Professor Richard Bell, University of Maryland September 14, 12:30 – 1:35 p.m. (Bradford Movie Theater)

The American Revolution, including the Founding Fathers, is a topic that most people have some knowledge of. But, the full story of the Revolution requires us to look beyond the lives of Washington, Hamilton, Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson. Probing unexpected corners of the war, this lecture expands the cast to include the immigrant who wrote the pamphlet giving colonists the confidence to believe they could beat Britain ... the woman who disguised herself as a man so she could serve in Washington’s Army ... and the widow who became the most important Native American leader during the war. Studying these and other exploits will reveal the breadth of sacrifices colonists made. Richard Bell has served as the Mellon Fellow in American History at Cambridge and is a Resident Fellow at the John W. Kluge at the Library of Congress.

1968: The Extraordinary Events

of a Memorable Year (archived lecture) By Prof. Leonard Steinhorn, American University October 11, 2 p.m. (Ashcroft Movie Theater)

The Sixties was an era animated by youthful idealism and frustrated by political disappointment. The decade ended still clinging to those ideals, but also sobered by the realities of war, protest and unrest. To grasp the Sixties generation, we must journey through 1968. It was a year when the country looked to larger-than-life leaders to guide us out of war and division, only to see them felled by assassins’ bullets. We saw no light at the end of the tunnel in Vietnam. We saw Black Power meet law and order. 1968 was like an electrical storm that charged the emerging culture war – defining us for decades. Leonard Steinhorn (American U.) serves as a political analyst for CBS News and is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post.

A Grand Tour of Italy (archived lecture) By Professor Joseph Luzzi, Bard College November 8, 2 p.m. (Bradford Movie Theater)

Thanks to its glorious architecture, epic history, exquisite fine arts, and majestic landscape, Italy has long been an irresistible magnet for travelers. Today, it remains a special mecca – fascinating and enchanting all who visit. But what is behind Italy’s remarkable appeal? Award-winning author and Italian scholar Joseph Luzzi leads us on a whirlwind tour of Italy’s “greatest cultural hits,” as we explore the fascinating world of Italian art, music, film, and literature, and discover the fine art of living Italian style. Joseph Luzzi (Bard College) was previously a Visiting Professor at Penn, has taught at Yale, and is the author of The Art of Reading.

Ethical Dilemmas and Modern Medicine:

Questions Nobody Wants To Ask (archived lecture) By Professor Jacob Appel, Brown University December 10, 2 p.m. (Ashcroft Movie Theater)

The same medical technologies that brought us miracle drugs and unprecedented longevity are also forcing us to confront increasingly difficult ethical dilemmas. For instance, should taxpayers spend millions to prolong one patient’s life for one month? Can genes be patented? How should judges respond when doctors and family disagree on the very definition of death? How society ultimately resolves these and similar questions is not simply an abstract matter for debate. Rather, the outcome is likely to affect us all when we or our loved ones become ill. By examining recent cases in the field of bioethics, Dr. Appel offers a framework for the future. Jacob Appel is an author, bioethicist, physician and lawyer. He has taught medical ethics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYU, Columbia, and Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.