UPCOMING SERIES

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Dates: Thursdays, March 6, 13, 20 & 27
Time: 1:00-2:30 PM ET
This set of 4 lectures will examine the 100 years+ after the fall of the Julio-Claudian emperors in the 1st century AD. It began with the disastrous “Year of Four Emperors” (68 AD) through the dictatorship of Domitian to the ultimate resurrection of Rome as the dominant empire of all of Europe in the early 2nd century AD. The main focus will be on the rise of the energetic Nerva-Antonine dynasty and its extraordinary emperors, Hadrian, Trajen and Marcus Aurelius, ultimately coming to an end with the catastrophic rule of Commodus.

Dates: Thursdays, March 6, 13, 20 & 27
Time: 10:30-Noon PM ET
In America’s Gilded Age, there were the Robber Barons/Captains of Industry. This set of 4 lectures will examine their 21st century counterparts: advanced technology magnates. There will be special focus on the rise of leaders such as Elon Musk, Jeff Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreesen and others who have inspired and intimidated a generation of young entrepreneurs – even as they have instigated profound political shifts based on the application of (1) new technologies and (2) unprecedented wealth directed at cash hungry political parties and individuals.

Dates: Mondays, March 3, 10, 17 & 24
Time: Mondays, 10:30-Noon ET
FIRST series in the NEW US History Survey!!
This set of 4 lectures will examine the history, society and culture of native peoples in the easter half of north America before 1600. We will give special focus to the Algonquin and Iroquois nations that dominated the eastern seaboard and great lakes regions. We will explore the way these societies were organized, their politics, economies and distinct folkways, both their broad similarities as well as the many ways they differentiated themselves. We will also look to dispose of many of the myths and caricatures that have de-historicized this time of native history.

Dates: Fridays, March 7, 14, 21 & 28
Time: 10:30 - Noon ET
For 100 years, the Reformation had torn at the basic political and social fabric of Europe. In this set of 4 lectures, we will examine the conflict that brought this era to a close, doing so with levels of violence, upheaval, famine and unprecedented brutality that would not be matched in European history until World War One. Begun in 1618 by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, the war gradually pulled in all of the great powers of Europe. And, by its end in 1648, it would leave several empires in the dust and clear the way for new or revitalized powers to emerge such as Great Britain, France and Holland.