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Seminars
Updated: April 13th, 2012
GENERAL INFORMATION In 2006 seminars were added to Durham Lifelong Learning's program to provide an opportunity for broader coverage of subjects and issues. Seminars are offered in September and May, at Whitby Public Library, Dundas Street, Whitby, in Conference Room 1B. Hours are from 1:00 to 3:00 -- usually on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays. There is no homework in connection with seminars, but many members continue with their own research and reading after hearing the discussions and questions raised. For topics covered so far, refer to Past Seminars (see below). Registration fees are now included in the annual 2011 payment fee of $75.00 for regular DLL registrants.SPRING 2012
| DATE | TOPIC | PRESENTER | TITLE
| Tuesdays, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
| "History of Contemporary and Modern Art" | This series will offer an overview of the development of "modernist" art in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, focusing on key movements and concepts. Beginning with the Post-Impressionists, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Orphism, Futurism, Dada, Suprematism, Constructivism, and de Stijl will also be covered. The idea of the "avant-garde," the artists' inspirations (the unconscious, the primitive, modern life), and the kinds of works they produced (abstract paintings and sculptures, readymades, and manifestoes) will be explored. Artists to be studied include Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian, Kandinsky, among others. Alison Syme
| Professor of Art, U. of T.
| Thursdays, May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
| "Shakespeare: Then and Now" | A three-part examination of Shakespeare as a 16th and 17th century historical figure, as a formative influence on world literature, and as he is seen and discussed today. The 4th lecture will examine the so-called "authorship question". Holger Schott | 
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FALL 2012
| DATE | TOPIC | PRESENTER | TITLE
| Tuesdays, | Sept. 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th "Exploring Music Through 'Armchair' Travel" | Participants will be taken on musical journeys through 4 countries > England, France, Germany & Italy. Aspects that shaped music, such as culture, architecture, geography and language will be explored. Musical examples will include recordings, live performance and audience participation! Laural Griffen | & Cathy Pavlik-Griffen Durham Music Educators
| Thursdays, | Sept. 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th "Four Windows On Our World" | Each session will examine the following countries located on 4 different continents > Russia, Indonesia, Malawi and Uruguay.The focus will be on its history, economy and social setting for the 20th century, and then a look ahead to the possibilities for our century. Dave Williams
| Former Durham Educator
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Past Seminar Series
A couple notes...
If further information is required about Seminars, please click on the following email link... dllseminars@rgbell.ca Durham Lifelong Learning's purpose is to promote intellectual stimulation through presentations on a variety of topics. The views and opinions expressed by an individual presenter may not be those shared by Durham Lifelong Learning.
Do you have a suggestion for seminars?
If you would like to suggest a subject for seminars, please email us at dllseminars@rgbell.ca (Just click on the email address on the line above.)Reference Library Page A new page has been added to the site to provide references that speakers have left for participants who may be interested in pursuing a topic of a speech or lecture that was presented by the DLL. Click the following link... Reference Library Page