Summer 2016 - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

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OSHER LIFELONG
LEARNING INSTITUTE
Enrichment
Through Lifelong
Learning
16-1004
Summer 2016
Register online at olli.ucsd.edu
Message from the President,
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego
I am continually surprised by the experience of listening to a speaker who has mastered a
subject in depth and in a way that I have never even conceived of. Barry Edelstein spoke, in
October 2014, on “The Longevity of the Bard: Why Shakespeare is Relevant Today.” He deftly
drew insights and hidden gems out of a short passage by Shakespeare illustrating the ageless
meaning contained therein. I remembered experiencing Othello a few months before and
hearing things in the text that I had never noticed before. The production was directed by
Barry Edelstein and starred Blair Underwood as Othello and, surprisingly, Richard Thomas as Iago. I immediately connected
the genius (Edelstein) at work. Thus, last week we went to see the first musical that Barry Edelstein has directed, Rain. Again
I experienced the work of the master. I might not have gone to this new musical if it were not for hearing Barry speak at
Osher and knowing that I would be seeing something very special.
Our Osher program offers 130-140 offerings each quarter, covering a broad array of subjects, including art, science, medicine, literature, economics, politics, history, theater, and musical performances. We also have special tours and social events.
This curriculum provides our members with the unique opportunity to pursue their intellectual curiosity wherever it takes
them and to experience the exceptional scholarly depth of the lecturers we bring to our podium. Our program differs from
those of many other Osher groups: our curriculum is unusual in its breadth; our speakers are typically at the forefront of
their academic fields; and our members can attend as many lectures (or as few) as they like without additional cost (except
for the nominal fee for Master Classes).
In the same way, listening to Erica Miner has reawakened within me an interest in opera. In New York, season tickets were
just too expensive, but listening to Erica bring several operas to life led us to get season tickets here in San Diego. As I write
this I am eagerly anticipating Madame Butterfly next week. Erica brings a special perspective to her presentations because
she spent 21 years as a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera. She knows all the notes and how they are played to create just
the right sound. She talks from those years of experience, and her love and enthusiasm for the music brings it to life for us.
I could go on. Lectures on the Cold War suggested prominent themes that I had been too close to see as I lived through that
era. They brought new perspective and understanding. One lecturer made it clear that destroying ISIS while there are two
civil wars going on in the area provides fertile ground for new ISIS-like groups to emerge. It reminded me of the importance
of thinking about the complexity of events.
This summer we begin another journey through many subjects and look forward to many extraordinary presenters. Those
who have seen the early drafts of the catalog say it will be an excellent quarter. I hope you will find that to be true for you.
Jim Wyrtzen
President
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Summer 2016
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Osher—For Adults Who Thirst
for
Knowledge
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute invites all who are 50 years of age or older to renew their enthusiasm for
learning in a relaxed environment. Designed and run by its members, Osher offers a stimulating program of
classes, seminars, lectures, and discussion groups, entirely free of the pressures of grades and exams.
Classes are taught by distinguished faculty, scholars, and community and national leaders in an array of
subjects: history, art, science, literature, economics, politics, medicine, and many more. Live drama,
music, and movies add to the choices. Osher members choose as many or as few activities as they wish;
there are no requirements.
Enrichment through lifelong learning—that’s Osher.
Membership benefits include:
•Use of UC San Diego’s libraries, cafeterias,
and other facilities
• Access to Osher’s online video archive
of lectures
•Discount on some UC San Diego Extension courses
•Eligibility to audit many regular UC San Diego
courses on a no-fee, space-available basis with
permission from the instructor
•Quarterly catalog of all classes, programs, trips,
and special events
•Some university events at discount rates
•With a UC San Diego student affiliate ID card
(available to all Osher members for a one-time
charge of $15 in building C), members are
eligible for various local discounts
For more information about becoming an Osher
member at UC San Diego, contact the Osher office:
Location: 9600 N. Torrey Pines Road
UC San Diego Extension Campus
Rubinger Center Bldg. D
La Jolla, CA 92093-0176
Registration can be completed online
at olli.ucsd.edu or with Extension
Student Services, Building C.
See page 38 for more details.
Parking and transportation - see page 41
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Office Monday–Friday
Hours:8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Telephone: (858) 534-3409
Fax:
(858) 534-4928
Email:[email protected]
Website:olli.ucsd.edu
Classes Monday–Thursday (Summer Only)
Hours:
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and
1:00–3:00 p.m.
This is a membership organization.
Summer Quarter Membership: $115
Monthly Membership: $75
Affiliate Membership
Join Osher as an Affiliate Member to
receive access to our extensive online video
library of lectures. For individuals who are
unable to attend classes on campus, this is a
convenient option that allows participation
in the program and continued enrichment
through lifelong learning.
Fee $25 per year.
For more information OR to JOIN TODAY:
http://olli.ucsd.edu/membership
(858) 534-3400
Summer 2016
Osher Council
Officers and Executive Committee
Term Ending June 2017
President: Jim Wyrtzen
Vice President Administration: Bob Morgan
Vice President Planning: Steve Clarey
Secretary: Carol Roberts
Treasurer: Neil Perl
and
Committees
Program Manager
Amy Patterson
Curriculum Committee
Chair: Steve Clarey
Vice Chair: Reed Sullivan
Eileen Coblens, Dick Dahlberg, Joel Dimsdale, Mark
Evans, Pat Ford, Candace Gietzen, Steve Jenner,
Lyle Kalish, Jerry Kent, Marsha Korobkin, John
Kroon, Ira Nelson, Linda Shirer, Joe Urich,
Doug Webb, Jim Wyrtzen, Steve Wyte
Newsletter: Howard Aksen
Council Members
Website: Neil Perl
Activities Committee
Chair: Carol Roberts
Gerald Kent
Al Korobkin
Finance Committee
Bob Morgan, Neil Perl, Jim Wyrtzen
Peter Levine
Pete Rodman
Membership Committee
Chair: Ilene Hubbs
Judy Russell
Open House Committee
Co-Chairs: Joan Jacobs and Grace Lee
Blythe Doane
Fundraising Committee
Co-Chairs: Marlese Pinney and Amy Patterson
John Kroon
Ira Nelson
Dick Dahlberg, Stanley Faer, Alan Haubenstock,
John Kroon, James McCall, Jim Wyrtzen
Paul Page
TLC Committee
Judi Miller
Marlese Pinney
Potluck Lunch: Natalie Holtzman
Stella Bolog
Marketing and Communications Committee
Ed Coblens
Chair: Mike McDade
Paul Markowitz
Steve Clarey, Pat Fleming, Elaine Olds,
Carol Roberts, Jim Wyrtzen
Mike McDade
Roger Saunders
Ex-Officio Member
James Forcier, Representative for the
Dean of UC San Diego Extension
Summer 2016
Osher Catalog Editors
Mark Evans, Linda Shirer, Candace Gietzen,
Reed Sullivan, Jim Wyrtzen
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Table
of
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
International Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Master Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Commonwealth of Independent States
in the Post-Soviet Era. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Brazil: An Assessment of its Political
Crisis and its Impact on the Geo-Politics
of the Americas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
An American Diplomat’s Perspectives on Syria
and the Middle East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Rise of the Chinese National-Security State
Under Xi Jinping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Master Class I: Robert Schumann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Master Class II: Great American Gardens . . . . . . . . 6
Premier Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Integrative Medicine: Science and
the Healing Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Activities and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Early Bird Exercise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Arts and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How the West Rejected “Nice Music”
a Century Ago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Ancient Art of Japanese
Bamboo Sculpture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Documentary Films by Dale Schierholt . . . . . . . . . 11
Living Will: The Legacy of
William Shakespeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
What Is Poetry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making A Scene: An Acting Workshop. . . . . . . . . 12
China in Delft: Vermeer, Precious Porcelain,
and Common Kitchen Tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Street Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Law and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Supreme Court’s 2015-16 Term. . . . . . . . . . . 16
Understanding the Principles Governing
Law and Lawmaking in the United States . . . . 16
Appearing before the United States
and California Supreme Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When Is Litigation a Proper Tool for
Social Change? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Modern and Contemporary Authors. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Best Short Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Medicine and Life Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Second Acts: A Retired Surgeon Takes
on a New Medical Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Telomeres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Major Historical Trends: The Birth of Europe. . . . . 13
Memoirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Table
of
Contents
Osher Presenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
North Korea: Is It Knowable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
U.S. Prescription Drugs: Hope, Anger,
and Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Administrative Judging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Beautiful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Politics and Current Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The War in Japan: Did It Need to End
the Way It Did?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Reflections on the Application of U.S.
Foreign Policy in the Middle East and
North Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wasteland or Wonderland: Shifting Cultural
Perceptions of Desert Environments
from Genesis to Joshua Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Toward the Good Society: An American Path. . . . 32
San Diego Center for Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Town Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Summer Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Science and Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Digital Photography for Smartphone Users:
Introduction to Smartphone Photography . . . . 33
Parlons Français!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Françoise Shah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Blending Art and Science: Nanoscale
Imaging of the Beauty of the Brain
and Beyond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Geology of National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves,
Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape
the Southern California Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Feedback Control: The Hidden Technology
That You Meet Every Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Isotope Geochemistry and Global Warming . . . . . 28
Global Climate Change: Evidence and
Implications for California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5G Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Structural Determination of
Membrane Proteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Objective Metrics for Fall Risk Assessment . . . . . . 30
Tracking Coastal Change through
Ocean Observations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Our Next Earthquake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wednesday at the Movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wednesday at the Movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
THE OSHER AFFILIATE
MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Upcoming Events:
Academic Calendar
Summer Quarter: July 5–August 25, 2016
Fall Quarter: September 26–December 2, 2016
Key Events
Master Class Registration: June 22, 10 a.m.
Participating in this educational program does not in itself provide preference in admission to the University of California degree programs. Students interested in applying to
UC degree programs should refer to the UC Admissions website or the admissions office of the UC campus they wish to attend for details about the admissions process.
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Program
MASTER CLASSES
Master Class I: Robert Schumann
Gustavo Romero
Robert Schumann was the arch-Romantic composer, thoroughly committed intellectually and
emotionally to the idea of music being composed to register the feelings, thoughts, and
impressions garnered by a sensitive spirit on its
journey through life. Romero will present four
lectures covering many aspects of Schumann’s
life and music. These lectures will include
live piano performances and CD excerpts of
Schumann’s piano works.
July 13: Nineteenth-Century Romanticism and
the Early Years in Leipzig
July 20: Clara Wieck
July 27: Symphonies and Songs
July 29: Illness and Madness
(NOTE: this is a Friday lecture)
Presenter: Gustavo Romero is a native
San Diegan who first performed at the
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library as a young
boy and attended the Juilliard School at the
age of 14. He has become an internationally
renowned concert pianist and educator, who
has presented four lectures to Osher each
summer for many years. Romero will also perform four concerts for the Athenaeum this
summer at 4:00 p.m. on Sundays, July 10, 17,
24, and 31, at The Scripps Research Institute.
Master Class II: Great American Gardens
Diane Kane, PhD
A judicious balance of topography, plant
material, water features, patience, and vision,
gardening is a pursuit for the ages. Although
garden design parallels architectural design,
fashions wax and wane, and most plant materials have a brief shelf life. Nonetheless, outstanding gardens can take a century or longer
to mature. Due to our expansive space, wide
climatic range, technological innovation, and
cultural influences from around the globe,
American gardening is some of the most varied and inventive in the world. This class will
take us on a brief romp through some great
American parks and gardens from the last 150
years to explore our contribution to the North
American Continent, originally described as a
“Garden of Eden.”
August 3: British Gardening Tradition,
1700-1940
American gardens are rooted in the English
gardening tradition. This brief overview of
the major English landmarks from 1700-1940
provides the stylistic framework for understanding American approaches to landscape
art. Included are the Dutch-inspired formal
gardens at Hampton Court Palace, the English
picturesque garden of Stourhead, the Victorian
horticultural collections of Tresco and Biddulph
Grange, and the twentieth-century Arts and
Crafts gems of Hestercombe and Hidecote.
Coordinator: Reed Sullivan
Time/Date: W&F 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 13-29
Location: Rm. 129, UCSD Extension Complex
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August 10: Frederick Law Olmsted and the
American Parks Movement, 1850-1900
This lecture will focus on Frederick Law
Olmsted’s contribution to American landscape
aesthetics — our public parks, suburbs, boulevards, college campuses, and private estates
— that are based on his understanding of
English precedents modified for the American
continent, where a democratic political system,
land tenure, geography, climate, and topography prevailed. Included are Central Park; the
park systems of Buffalo, Boston, and Louisville;
Riverside, Illinois; the Stanford campus; and
Biltmore Estate in Ashville, North Carolina.
August 17: American Parks and Gardens,
1900-1945
The Gilded Age laid the foundation for many
of America’s great English-inspired estate
gardens from Acadia, Maine, to Newport,
Rhode Island, Long Island, and Philadelphia’s
Main Line. In contrast, estates like Filoli, El
Fuerdis, the Huntington Gardens, Vizcaya,
and Lotusland extolled exotic cultures and an
entirely different horticulture possible in warmer enclaves. Meanwhile, the completion of the
National Parks System interpreted stunning
geologic features through Transcendentalist
concepts of the sublime. In fusing natural science, highway engineering, and landscape art
into legible and iconic places, our enviable park
system became “America’s Greatest Idea.”
Subsequently, our auto “parkways” morphed
into “freeways” that provided a “space/time”
experience of the American landscape.
August 24: American Gardens, 1950-Present
Desert gardens, tropical gardens, contemporary
gardens, and land reclamation are some of
the landscape trends from the past half century. Art, poetry, philosophy, and horticulture
inform design choices and produce stunning
new approaches to total sensory environments
that surprise, delight, and calm the viewer
while restoring the environment. We will
explore the ground-breaking work of Lawrence
Halprin, Thomas Church, Dan Kiley, Garret
Eckbo, Isamu Noguchi, Peter Walker, Martha
Schwartz, Richard Haag, James Corner, Robert
Irwin, and Kathryn Gustafson.
Presenter: Diane Kane has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in European,
American, and California Architectural History
and City Planning for over three decades. She
is currently Vice President of Programs for the
California Preservation Foundation, where she
regularly speaks on preservation and planning topics through statewide conferences,
workshops, and webinars. A perennial Osher
favorite, Kane received her PhD in architectural
history from UC Santa Barbara.
Coordinator: Steve Clarey
Time/Date: W 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Aug. 3-24
Master Class Registration
for the Summer Quarter
Opens Wednesday, June 22 at 10 AM
Register Online ([email protected]),
Call 858-534-3400, or in person at
Extension Student Services (Building C)
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PREMIER CLASS
Integrative Medicine: Science and the
Healing Arts
The UC San Diego Center for Integrative
Medicine is dedicated to healing-oriented
medicine that engages each individual’s unique
values and needs to promote whole-person
wellness in all aspects of life. The Center operates across UC San Diego’s departments and
divisions, focusing on wellness by addressing
physical as well as lifestyle, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. Blending the science
of medicine with the art of healing creates an
environment throughout the UC supports the
best in clinical care, but also offers opportunities
for research, education and partnership.
This lecture series will introduce Osher members
to three practitioners of the healing arts at
UC San Diego Center.
July 28: Eat Long and Prosper: Optimizing
Diet for Healthy Aging, Disease Prevention,
and Longevity
Gordon Saxe, MD
Drawing upon the wisdom of ancient healing
systems, the scientific understanding of modern biomedicine, and the findings of nutritional
epidemiology, this lecture will examine what
constitutes an optimal way of eating and how
food and natural therapeutics can be used as
medicine to revitalize our bodies, help prevent
or control chronic diseases associated with
aging, and thereby promote longevity.
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Presenter: Gordon Saxe is the Medical Director
of Integrative Nutrition and a Preventive Medicine
physician with the UC San Diego Center for
Integrative Medicine. A national expert in the
use of food as medicine, Saxe leads a team of
researchers at UCSD Medical Center in designing a comprehensive research program that will
examine the impact of diet, lifestyle, natural
therapeutics, and the microbiome on a myriad of
chronic diseases. Saxe received his MD at Michigan
State University, his PhD in Epidemiology at the
University of Michigan, and his MPH in Nutrition
at Tulane University.
August 11: Acupuncture and
Chinese Medicine
Aaron Cook
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a
3,000-year-old system of medicine with many
applications in the modern world. Based on
an assessment of one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual condition, the TCM practitioner employs therapies such as acupuncture
and acupressure, nutrition, herbs, and exercises such as Tai Chi or Qigong. In 1997, the
U.S. National Institutes of Health documented
and publicized acupuncture’s safety and efficacy for treating a wide range of conditions.
Acupuncture is now covered by many insurers
and is used most broadly to relieve pain.
Presenter: Aaron Cook is a founding member
and Director of Acupuncture Services at the
UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine.
A WebMD Fellow, Cook created acupuncture
programs at the UC San Diego Student-Run
Free Clinic Project (SRFCP), Camp Agape, and
U.S. Navy. He received his Master’s in Oriental
Medicine from Pacific College.
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ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
August 25: Jin Shin Jyutsu for
Enhanced Function
Early Bird Exercise
Susie Plettner
Jin Shin Jyutsu is a traditional form of acupressure therapy that harmonizes the life energy of
the body, mind, and spirit through light touch.
Translated as “the art of the Creator through
the person of knowing and compassion,” this
gentle hands-on art accesses the innate healing ability within each of us and awakens our
capacity for living in harmony. Jin Shin Jyutsu
facilitates deep relaxation and circulatory reawakening, allowing for greater vitality and
well-being. In this class you will learn basic
Jin Shin Jyutsu theory and practice, as well as
simple self-care techniques to support immune
function and emotional balance.
Presenter: Susie Plettner is a certified acupressure therapist with advanced certifications in
Jin Shin Jyutsu. She is also a licensed massage
therapist and certified classical homeopath,
naturopath, and doula. Plettner specializes in
the areas of cancer, acute and chronic pain,
and family and women’s health.
Coordinator: Marsha Korobkin
Time/Date: Th 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,
Jul. 28–Aug. 25
Laura and Herb Wolfson
Start your day with some aerobic exercise and
a bit of music. These weekly classes will keep
your body fit, leave you with a sense of wellbeing, and put a smile on your face. Join Laura
and Herb on Tuesdays from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Have fun and feel better all day.
Laura Wolfson is a retired nurse. She has
previously given these classes on the east coast
and at the Glenner Center in Encinitas with
great success.
Tuesdays 9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Time/Date: Tu 9:00-9:45 a.m., Jul. 5–Aug. 23
Luncheons
All luncheons take place in Room 128 and
begin at 12:00 PM.
Tuesday, July 12: Brown Bag Luncheon hosted
by the Executive Committee
Thursday, July 7: New Members’ Luncheon
(RSVP: [email protected])
Tuesday, August 16: Brown Bag Luncheon
hosted by the Curriculum Committee
Events: none scheduled during the
summer quarter.
Time/Date: Jul. 12–Aug. 16
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ARTS AND HUMANITIES
How the West Rejected “Nice Music”
a Century Ago
Professor Steven Cassedy
Going beyond UC San Diego’s Making of the
Modern World program, this lecture explores
the “magic” that is music. The concept was
featured on UCSD-TV as part of the What Does
It Mean to Be Musical series. An accomplished
pianist, Steven Cassedy will explore the emancipation of dissonance — a psychoacoustic
account of dissonant music and a history
from the tonal Chopin to the atonal works of
Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Copland. Fasten
your seat belts for this musical journey.
Presenter: Steven Cassedy is Associate Dean
of Graduate Studies and Professor of Slavic
and Comparative Literature at UC San Diego
and a frequent Osher lecturer. He received his
undergraduate degree from the University of
Michigan and his PhD in comparative literature
from Princeton. He has been a member of
UCSD’s Department of Literature since 1980.
Coordinator: Linda Shirer
Time/Date: M 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 11
The Ancient Art of Japanese
Bamboo Sculpture
Steve Halvorsen, MFA
Bamboo baskets have been used for thousands
of years in Japan for storing rice, carrying sake,
and harvesting tea. Bamboo baskets as an art
form came to Japan from China when they
were first used for floral displays and the elaborate tea ceremony. This lecture will trace the
development of the purely Japanese bamboo
aesthetic and will examine the works of today’s
major bamboo artists, including both those
designated as Living National Treasures, as well
as the leaders of the next generation of bamboo artists seeking to preserve this difficult art
form. Examples of Japanese bamboo sculpture
from the Tai Modern in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
will be on display during the lecture.
Presenter: Steve Halvorsen earned a BFA in
Painting and Drawing from the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in
Painting and Drawing from the University of
Oklahoma. While working as an artist, he
taught at Columbia College in Chicago and
worked at the Art Institute of Chicago for
nearly a decade. Since 2000 he has been a collections manager for Japanese bamboo art at
the TAI Modern in Santa Fe.
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 20
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Documentary Films by Dale Schierholt
Dale Schierholt
Filmmaker Dale Schierholt will screen and discuss two of his original film portraits of visual
artists. At each session, he will introduce and
provide background on the production of the
week’s featured film, sharing insights into the
development and process of the production.
July 21: Burton to Burton
In Burton to Burton, Schierholt tells the story
of two artists, California sculptors and sisters
Jane Burton and Tyler Burton, offering insight
into the artists’ inspirations and motivations. By
profiling two creative personalities in one film,
Schierholt explores the common thread that
runs through the artistic persona — one that in
this case is heightened by the sibling bond.
August 4: Conversations with Robert Indiana
Best known as the creator of the 1960s’ iconic
LOVE design that adorned everything from art
to a U.S. stamp, Pop artist Robert Indiana is
the creator of countless other paintings and
sculptures that feature typography as a primary
element. Schierholt’s film is an intimate visit
with this artist, who was recently the subject of
a major retrospective at New York’s Whitney
Museum. Throughout, Indiana shares the motivations behind some of his most important
works and gives the viewer a comprehensive
look at a fascinating career.
Presenter: Dale Schierholt is known for his
conversational film portraits of artists. With a
degree from Miami University’s fine arts program, Schierholt began his career as a print
designer and photographer. He started making
short advocacy films for clients in the 1990s
before switching to full-time filmmaking.
His films have screened at venues across the
country and on PBS Affiliates from New York
to California.
Living Will: The Legacy of
William Shakespeare
Richard Lederer with John Polhamus
This year marks the 400th anniversary of
William Shakespeare’s death, but Union-Tribune
columnist Richard Lederer will demonstrate
through excerpts from the Bard’s plays and
sonnets that Shakespeare is alive and well and
living robustly in San Diego. Joining Lederer will
be actor/singer/pianist John Polhamus, who will
perform excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays and
offer musical interpretations.
Presenters: Richard Lederer is the author of
more than 50 books about language, history,
and humor, including his best-selling Anguished
English series and his current books, Amazing
Words, Lederer on Language, and Challenging
Words. Lederer’s syndicated column, Lederer on
Language, appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the country, including the
San Diego Union-Tribune, and he is a founding
co-host of KPBS’s A Way With Words. He earned
a PhD in Linguistics from the University of New
Hampshire.
John Burt Polhamus has had a varied career in
opera, operetta, musical theater, and acting,
including performances with the Lamb’s Players
Theatre, the Bach Collegium San Diego, the
Welk Musical Theater, Starlight Opera, and the
San Diego Symphony.
Time/Date: M 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 25
Coordinator: Marsha Korobkin
Time/Date: Th 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 21–Aug. 4
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What Is Poetry?
Professor Jerry Farber
For most people, poetry has been only a school
subject — and for some of them not an especially gratifying one. But poetry isn’t classwork
any more than are music and film. This lecture
will suggest a possible answer to the question
“What Is Poetry?” and will offer some reasons
why we should all bring poems into our lives.
Presenter: Jerry Farber, currently a lecturer
in English at the University of San Diego, is
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative
Literature at San Diego State University. He has
published three books and a number of scholarly articles. His most recent article, “On Not
Betraying Poetry,” appeared in the Spring 2015
issue of Pedagogy.
Coordinator: Candace Gietzen
Time/Date: M 1:00-3:00 p.m., Aug. 1
Making A Scene: An Acting Workshop
Kristianne Kurner
This theatrical workshop is a rare opportunity
for thespians, would-be thespians, and ordinary
theater buffs. Kristianne Kurner will give the
class the chance to experience the approach
to scene work that she learned as a student in
the famed Actors Studio Drama School in New
York. The class will include warm-up exercises
and group scene work that will focus on how
to approach action, objective, and relationships
of characters. Everyone is invited to participate.
Presenter: Kristianne Kurner is the co-founder,
president, and executive artistic director of New
Village Arts, Carlsbad’s award-winning professional theater. She has a BA in Theater from
the College of William and Mary and an MA
in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School.
Over the past 15 years, Kurner has worked in
San Diego as a director, actor, designer, and
producer. She has received numerous awards
from the San Diego Theater Critics Circle
and KPBS.
Time/Date: M 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Aug. 8
China in Delft: Vermeer, Precious Porcelain,
and Common Kitchen Tiles
Professor Hilda van Neck-Yoder
Exotic luxury objects, especially blue and white
porcelain made in Jingdezhen during the reign
of Wanli, profoundly influenced seventeenthcentury Dutch art and culture. In 1602 there
was the capture of the Portuguese ship
St. Iago, filled with porcelain. In 1604 there
was an auction of about 100,000 pieces of
Wanli porcelain captured from the Portuguese
ship St. Catharina. Most midde-class Dutch
seventeenth-century families proudly exhibited
porcelain cups, plates, and saucers — objects
associated with wealth and nobility in the rest
of Europe. Between 1602 and 1650, more
than three million pieces of Chinese porcelain
were transported to the Dutch Republic by the
Dutch East India Company. This lecture will
explore this massive influx of “Kraak” porcelain on artists and artisans of Delft, placing
Vermeer’s paintings, in particular, within the
context of this global artistic interaction.
Presenter: Hilda van-Neck Yoder was educated
in the Netherlands and in the United States.
She was Professor of Comparative Literature
at Howard University. After her retirement, she
became a Docent at the San Diego Museum of
Art and at San Diego Opera.
Time/Date: M 1:00-3:00 p.m., Aug. 15
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Summer 2016
Street Photography
HISTORY
Dana Levine and Janine Free
Major Historical Trends: The Birth of Europe
No longer does anyone dispute that photography is a legitimate art form. It communicates
an idea, a concept, a feeling, or a thought in
a visual way. Street photography has been the
most vibrant form of photographic art since
Henri Cartier-Bresson discovered the Leica camera in the 1930s and began a lifelong passion
for taking images. This presentation will trace
the beginnings of street photography in Europe
to its transplantation to the United States up to
the present day, emphasizing the well-known
artists who make this medium so exciting.
Professor Neil Heyman
Presenters: Osher member Dana Levine
received her PhD in biochemistry from
Columbia University and spent her career as a
scientist and science educator. After retiring to
San Diego, she renewed her interest in art.
Born and raised in France, Janine Free grew
up traveling and taking pictures throughout
Europe. She moved to San Francisco and then
worked at Qualcomm as a senior research
librarian. She is still a traveling street photographer looking for humor in city scenes, particularly mannequins in shop windows.
Time/Date: M 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Aug. 22
Affiliate Membership
Join Osher as an Affiliate Member to
receive access to our extensive online video
library of lectures. For individuals who are
unable to attend classes on campus, this is a
convenient option that allows participation
in the program and continued enrichment
through lifelong learning.
This quarter we will be reading Patrick Geary’s
provocative study of the early Middle Ages,
The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of
Europe. At a time when loud patriotism bordering on xenophobia is heard in Europe,
common opinion holds that today’s national
populations derive purely and directly from
the groups formed after the collapse of the
Roman Empire. Geary takes issue with such
views, stressing that historians should look
more closely at post-Roman Europe. We should
recognize the vague and shifting ethnic groups
inside and outside Roman territory. To Geary
a slogan like “France for the French” needs to
be challenged by proper history. The Myth of
Nations is available in hardback and paperback
from Amazon. There is a single copy in the
San Diego Public Library.
July 11: Introduction, Chapter 1
July 25: Chapters 2 and 3
August 8: Chapters 4 and 5
August 22: Chapter 6
Presenter: Neil Heyman is Professor Emeritus
of History at San Diego State University. He
received his BA in history from Yale and his
PhD from Stanford. He is a specialist in the history of the twentieth century, World War I, and
film and history. He has published five books as
well as numerous articles and reviews
Time/Date: M 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 11–Aug. 22
Fee $25 per year.
For more information OR to JOIN TODAY:
http://olli.ucsd.edu/membership
(858) 534-3400
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The Commonwealth of Independent States
in the Post-Soviet Era
David Edick, Jr.
In the aftermath of the unexpected dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS) was formed to
promote cooperation in trade, finance, and
security among the former Soviet republics.
Twenty-five years later, much has changed
in the CIS and its member states: profound
demographic and social change, an oil boom,
the rise of China, increasing religiosity, and
war in Afghanistan. This lecture will review the
formative roots of the CIS as well as the present and future prospects of member states and
their relationships with the outside world.
Presenter: David Edick, Jr. is an international
business consultant focused on energy, political
risk assessment, and global finance. He worked
in Russia in the food trade and in investment
banking. Edick is the immediate past-president
of the San Diego World Affairs Council and
the San Diego-Vladivostok Sister City Society.
He received his BA in Global Political Economy
from San Diego State University.
Time/Date: Tu 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 5
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Brazil: An Assessment of its Political
Crisis and its Impact on the Geo-Politics
of the Americas
Ambassador Jamal Khokhar
Prior to his selection as President of the
Institute of the Americas in 2015, Ambassador
Jamal Khokhar served as the Canadian
Ambassador to Brazil from 2010-2015. This
lecture will offer his assessment of the current political crisis in Brazil and its regional
and global impacts. He will also discuss a
new vision and role for the Institute of the
Americas, a non-profit, independent public policy institute, which, for over 30 years, has been
at the forefront of advancing collaborations
between the public and private sectors in order
to promote economic prosperity and development and to improve the quality of life in the
countries throughout the Americas.
Presenter: Prior to his selection as President
and CEO of the Institute of the Americas,
Jamal Khokhar was a career diplomat for 30
years with Canada’s Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade. He previously
was Director General for Latin America and the
Caribbean, responsible for Canada’s bilateral
and multilateral engagement throughout
the Americas.
Time/Date: W 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 6
Summer 2016
An American Diplomat’s Perspectives on
Syria and the Middle East
The Rise of the Chinese National-Security
State Under Xi Jinping
George Novinger, MA
Professor Tai Ming Cheung
The Syrian conflict continues unabated, and
despite recent initiatives to broker a peaceful
resolution among the combatants and their
supporters, prospects remain grim. The Syrian
government and its military forces are on one
side with disparate rebel factions and ISIS fighting against them, each with its own agenda. In
this presentation, a retired American diplomat
will offer his perspectives on those involved
in the conflict and his thoughts on what the
future might bring to this troubled country as
well as to the broader Middle East.
Economic development has been China’s paramount priority since the late 1970s. Increasing
attention, however, is being paid to nationalsecurity issues as the country’s leaders worry
about mounting challenges from abroad and
domestically. President Xi Jinping has established a new set of institutions, laws, strategies, and operational postures that have made
China a more assertive and expansive nationalsecurity state. China’s muscular approach to
maritime sovereignty claims in the South China
Sea and a new sweeping national-security law
earlier this year are but two examples. What
will the rise of China as a national-security
state mean for China’s future development?
Presenter: George Novinger spent 23 years
as an American diplomat, including a posting
as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American
Embassy in Damascus, Syria, from 2008 to
2010. During his career he served multiple
diplomatic tours in Japan and had postings
in South Korea, Hong Kong, Brunei, and
Paraguay. He received a master’s degree from
the Eisenhower School of National Security and
Resource Strategy, in Washington, DC.
Time/Date: Tu 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 19
Presenter: Tai Ming Cheung is the director
of the University of California’s International
Center for Global Conflict and Cooperation
(IGCC). He is also an associate professor at the
School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San
Diego, where he teaches courses on Asian and
Chinese security and technology. He received
his PhD from the War Studies Department at
King’s College, London University.
Time/Date: Tu 1:00-3:00 p.m., Aug. 16
Summer 2016
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LAW AND SOCIETY
The Supreme Court’s 2015-16 Term
Professor Glenn Smith
By the time the Supreme Court adjourns for
the summer in late June, it will have handed
down potentially blockbuster decisions on public-employee-union dues, abortion rights, immigration reform, voting rights, affirmative action,
the death penalty, and other high-profile
issues. Will these rulings add up to the “conservative rout” that some Court-watchers had
been predicting? Will Justice Scalia’s absence
significantly affect the outcomes? Professor
Smith will recap the Term’s most important
decisions and will offer some thoughts on what
they tell us about the Court’s direction and the
role of its individual Justices.
Presenter: Glenn Smith is Professor of Law
at California Western School of Law, where
he teaches and writes primarily about the
Supreme Court and constitutional law.
A longtime Osher favorite, he is also a Visiting
Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego,
a frequent media commentator on current
constitutional controversies, and co-author of
Constitutional Law for Dummies. This will be his
fifth annual summer lecture wrapping up the
Supreme Court’s just-completed Term.
Understanding the Principles Governing
Law and Lawmaking in the United States
Professor Grant Morris
This talk will focus on how laws are made in
the United States. Congress makes laws for
the entire country; state legislatures make laws
for their individual states. The Constitution
places certain constraints on the authority of
those legislative bodies. For example, the Bill of
Rights prohibits legislatures from enacting any
laws that interfere with certain fundamental
rights of individuals. Courts interpret language
contained in statutes that have been enacted.
The talk will examine the whole process and
draw differences between court decisions in
the United States and in Europe.
Presenter: Grant Morris is Professor Emeritus
at the University of San Diego School of Law.
He received a JD from Syracuse University and
an LLM from Harvard. Morris has written or
contributed to numerous books and law review
articles. Most of his writings focus on the interface between law and psychiatry.
Coordinator: Lyle Kalish
Time/Date: Th 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 7
Coordinator: Mark Evans
Appearing before the United States and
California Supreme Courts
Time/Date: Th 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 7
Judge Jay Bloom and Judge Louis Hanoian
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Before their appointment to the San Diego
County Superior Court, Judges Bloom and
Hanoian were deputies in the Criminal Division
of the California Attorney General’s Office,
where they presented numerous cases before
the California Supreme Court. Each also
argued one case before the United States
Supreme Court: Judge Hanoian’s case involved
whether police must obtain a warrant to search
a motorhome; Judge Bloom’s case involved the
factors a jury must consider before imposing
the death penalty. The judges will discuss some
of their most memorable cases and will relate
the experience of preparing and arguing cases
in the California Supreme Court and the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Summer 2016
Presenters: Judge Jay Bloom, a graduate of
UCLA School of Law, was appointed to the
Superior Court in 1991. Judge Louis Hanoian, a
graduate of USD School of Law, was appointed
to the San Diego County Municipal Court in 1993
and to the Superior Court in 1998. Prior to their
judicial service, both judges served as Deputy and
Supervising Deputy Attorneys General.
Coordinator: Jack Carney
Time/Date: Th 1:00-3:00 p.m., Aug. 4
When Is Litigation a Proper Tool for
Social Change?
Carl Bisgaier, JD
Under what circumstances may courts properly
require legislators or executive-branch officials
to enact changes in public policy? In a famous
and controversial case known as Mount Laurel,
the New Jersey Supreme Court interpreted the
state constitution to require municipalities to
use their zoning powers affirmatively to foster
the availability of low- and moderate-income
housing. After eight years of inaction, the court
imposed an extraordinary regime of judicial
oversight, empowering a panel of judges to
compel municipalities to comply with the prior
constitutional ruling. We will hear from the
lawyer who conceived and prosecuted the lawsuit that led to these consequential rulings.
Presenter: Carl Bisgaier is a land-use expert
who practices law in New Jersey. While working with Camden Regional Legal Services and
the New Jersey Department of Public Advocate,
Bisgaier was the lead lawyer in the Mount
Laurel litigation, establishing a precedent with
nationwide ramifications. He received his BA
from Hamilton College and his JD from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Coordinator: Mark Evans
Summer 2016
LITERATURE
Modern and Contemporary Authors
The class will read and discuss two books,
allowing curious readers the opportunity
to gain insight into the writing process
through class discussion with the two
San Diego-based authors.
Prisoner Moon, by John Van Roekel, was
published in 2012, ISBN 9781477511817.
Paperback and Kindle version available
on Amazon.
The novel is set in a Michigan POW camp during World War II, where the lives of a young
German solider and a local German-American
family become intertwined inside and outside
the barbed wire. Prisoner Moon is John Van
Roekel’s second book. Van Roekel is a
UC San Diego-Osher member.
July 5: Chapters 1-5 (Pages 1 - 142)
July 19: Chapters 6-End (Pages 143 - 283)
Where I Lost Her, by T. Greenwood, was published in 2016 by Kensington Publishing Corp.,
ISBN-13: 9780758290557.
The novel follows one woman’s journey as she
searches for the truth about a missing halfdressed child she sees run into the Vermont
woods. That this search happens after the
woman’s failed fertility treatments and an
attempt at adoption raises questions about
doubt, hope, and her need to salvage herself.
Where I Lost Her is T. Greenwood’s tenth novel.
August 2: Pages 1 - 143
August 16: Pages 144 - 286
Facilitator: Mary Thompson retired from
ViaSat Inc. in 2005 and now promotes
deliberative democracy with the League
of Women Voters and the San Diego
Deliberation Network.
Time/Date: Tu 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 5–Aug. 16
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Early Bird Exercise - 9:00am
Date
Monday
Tuesday
July 4
July 5
10 A.M.
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OSHER PRESENTERS
Faye Girsh: North Korea: Is It Knowable? p. 24
10 A.M.
128
MEMOIRS p. 23
HOLIDAY
1 P.M.
129
1 P.M.
128
Date
10 A.M.
129
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS p. 17
Prisoner Moon
July 11
July 12
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Steven Cassedy: How the West Rejected “Nice
Music” a Century Ago p. 10
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Keith Meldahl: Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves,
Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California
Coast p. 27
10 A.M.
128
1 P.M.
129
David Edick, Jr.: The Commonwealth of Independent States
in the Post-Soviet Era p. 14
Brown Bag Luncheon (EC) p. 9
MAJOR HISTORICAL TRENDS
Neil Heyman: The Birth of Europe p. 13
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Jeffrey Gee: Geology of National Parks: Parks of the
Colorado Plateau p. 26
July 18
July 19
TOWN HALL
Pete Rodman p. 26
OSHER PRESENTERS
Jim Mannion: U.S Prescription Drugs: Hope, Anger. and
Politics p. 24
1 P.M.
128
Date
10 A.M.
129
10 A.M.
128
MEMOIRS p. 23
1 P.M.
129
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Samuel Yamashita: The War in Japan: Did It Need to
End the Way It Did? p. 31
George Novinger: An American Diplomat’s Perspectives on
Syria and the Middle East p. 15
1 P.M.
128
BEST SHORT STORIES p. 22
Prisoner Moon
July 25
July 26
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Richard Lederer with John Polhamus: Living Will: The
Legacy of William Shakespeare p. 11
Jeff Severinghaus: Isotope Geochemistry and Global
Warming p. 28
Jeffrey Gee: Geology of National Parks: Yosemite p. 26
Date
10 A.M.
129
10 A.M.
128
1 P.M.
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Wednesday
Thursday
July 6
July 7
Ambassador Khokhar: The Political Crisis in Brazil
p. 14
Grant Morris: Understanding the Principles
Governing Law and Lawmaking in the United States
p. 16
MASTER CLASS overflow
PARLONS FRANÇAIS! p. 25
(New Members Luncheon) p. 9
Thomas Deerinck: Blending Art and Science:
Nanoscale Imaging of the Beauty of the Brain and
Beyond p. 26
LAW AND SOCIETY
Glenn Smith: The Supreme Court’s 2015-16 Term
p. 16
WEDNESDAY AT THE MOVIES
St. Vincent p. 33
July 13
July 14
MASTER CLASS I
Gustavo Romero: Robert Schumann p. 6
Robert Bitmead: Feedback Control: The Hidden
Technology That You Meet Every Day p. 27
Leonard Glass: Second Acts: A Retired Surgeon
Takes on a New Medical Mission p. 22
COUNCIL MEETING
(Everyone Invited)
A Hijacking p. 33
July 20
July 21
MASTER CLASS I
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Dale Schierholt:
Burton to Burton p. 11
Steve Halvorsen: The Ancient Art of Japanese
Bamboo Sculpture p. 10
Jack Rippy: Reflections on the Application of U.S.
Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
p. 31
July 27
July 28
MASTER CLASS I
PREMIER CLASS
Integrative Medicine: Science and the Healing Arts:
Gordon Saxe: Optimizing Diet for Healthy Aging,
Disease Prevention, and Longevity p. 8
NOTE: Gustavo Romero MC on Friday , July 29 at
10:00 AM p. 6
Tony Cesare: Telomeres p. 23
Alexander Gershunov: Global Climate Change:
Evidence and Implications for California p. 28
WEDNESAY AT THE MOVIES
Manchurian Candidate p. 33
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Date
10 A.M.
129
Monday
Tuesday
August 1
August 2
TOWN HALL
Pete Rodman p. 26
OSHER PRESENTERS
Beth Jacobs: Administrative Judging p. 24
10 A.M.
128
MEMOIRS p. 23
1 P.M.
129
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Jerry Farber: What Is Poetry? p. 12
Matthew Herbst: Wasteland or Wonderland: Shifting
Cultural Perceptions of Desert Environments, from Genesis
to Joshua Tree p. 32
1 P.M.
128
Where I Lost Her
August 8
August 9
HUMANITIES
Kristianne Kurner: Making a Scene: An Acting
Workshop p. 12
Sujit Dey: 5G Wireless p. 29
Lane Kenworthy: Toward the Good Society: An American
Path p. 32
August 15
August 16
Date
10 A.M.
129
A.M.
10 128
1 P.M.
129
1 P.M.
128
Date
10 A.M.
129
TOWN HALL
Pete Rodman p. 26
10 A.M.
128
OSHER PRESENTERS
Jay Berman and Janet Hammer: Beautiful p. 25
MEMOIRS p. 23
Brown Bag Luncheon (CC) p. 9
1 P.M.
129
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Hilda van Neck-Yoder: China in Delft: Vermeer, Precious
Porcelain, and Common Kitchen Tiles p. 12
Tai Ming Cheung: The Rise of the Chinese National-Security
State Under Xi Jinping p. 15
1 P.M.
128
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
Where I Lost Her p. 25
Date
August 22
August 23
HUMANITIES
Dana Levine and Janine Free: Street Photography
p. 13
Hari Garudadri: Objective Metrics for Fall Risk Assessment
p. 30
1 P.M.
129
Jennifer McWhorter: Tracking Coastal Change through
Ocean Observations p. 30
1 P.M.
128
10 A.M.
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Wednesday
Thursday
August 3
August 4
MASTER CLASS II
Diane Kane: Great American Gardens: British
Gardening Tradition, 1700-1940 p. 6
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Dale Schierholt:
Conversations with Robert Indiana p. 11
SUMMER WORKSHOP
Kevin Linde: Digital Photography for Smartphone
Users p. 33
LAW AND SOCIETY
Jay Bloom and Louis Hanoian: Appearing Before the
United States and California Supreme Courts p. 16
Chariots of Fire p. 34
August 10
August 11
MASTER CLASS II
Diane Kane: Great American Gardens: Frederick
Law Olmsted and the American Parks Movement,
1850-1900 p. 7
PREMIER CLASS
Integrative Medicine: Science and the Healing Arts
Aaron Cook: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
p. 8
SUMMER WORKSHOP
Users p. 33
COUNCIL MEETING
(Everyone is invited)
99 Homes p. 34
August 17
August 18
MASTER CLASS II
Diane Kane: Great American Gardens: American
Parks and Gardens, 1900-1945 p. 7
Stanley Opella: Structural Determination of
Membrane Proteins p. 29
SUMMER WORKSHOP
Users p. 33
LAW AND SOCIETY
Carl Bisgaier: When Is Litigation a Proper Tool for
Social Change? p. 17
Mr. Holmes p. 34
August 24
August 25
MASTER CLASS II
Diane Kane: Great American Gardens: American
Gardens, 1950-Present p. 7
PREMIER CLASS
Integrative Medicine: Science and the Healing Arts:
Susie Plettner: Jin Shin Jyutsu p. 8
Debi Kilb: Our Next Earthquake p. 31
Moises Baron: San Diego Center for Children p. 32
Spotlight p. 34
Summer 2016
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Best Short Stories
The following stories showcase the exceptional
talents of award-winning authors. To quote
writer Richard Ford: “They clean out the clutter, shove aside the impediments between
readers and stories, treat us to gorgeous language, and stir our moral imaginations.” Our
discussions are wonderfully rich and lively!
We will be using The Art of the Tale: An
International Anthology of Short Stories, edited
by Daniel Halpern. ISBN 978014007949
July 18 Distant Episode by Paul Bowles
Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan Boyle
August 1 Ceil by Harold Brodkey
Seven Floors by Dino Buzzati
August 15 The Adventure of a Traveler
by Italo Covino
The Adulterous Woman by Albert Camus
August 22 Children on Their Birthdays
by Truman Capote
Fat by Raymond Carver
Facilitator: Before retiring to San Diego from
suburban Chicago, Jane Jellinek was an owner
of a small independent bookstore. She has
been involved in many literary conferences
and has facilitated book-club discussions for
many years.
Time/Date: Tu 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 12–Aug. 23
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MEDICINE AND LIFE SCIENCES
Second Acts: A Retired Surgeon Takes
on a New Medical Mission
Leonard Glass, MD
Concerned that there are not enough primarycare physicians to meet the surging needs of
baby-boomers enrolling in Medicare plus the
millions of individuals newly insured under the
Affordable Care Act, Dr. Leonard Glass began
analyzing ways to bolster the industry’s workforce. In 2010, he built the foundation that, in
2013, became Physician Retraining and Reentry
— an online educational program designed, in
collaboration with the UC San Diego School
of Medicine, to help expand the pool of
experienced physicians with the training necessary to practice adult outpatient primary care.
Dr. Glass will discuss his goal of fixing the doctor shortage by helping physicians return to the
root of why they went to medical school in the
first place: to take care of people.
Presenter: Leonard Glass served as an army
surgeon and chief of surgery in MASH hospitals in the Vietnam War. He retired from the
practice of medicine and as clinical professor
of plastic surgery at UC San Diego in 2005.
Glass is the founder and president of Physician
Retraining and Reentry.
Coordinator: Ira Nelson
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 13
Summer 2016
Telomeres
MEMOIRS
Tony Cesare, PhD
Germaine and Paul Markowitz
Telomeres — the protective structures at the
ends of chromosomes — shorten throughout
one’s life, a process that contributes to aging
and sometimes to cancer. Telomere shortening
during normal aging, however, can also be a
critical anti-cancer mechanism that prevents the
growth of tumors. Emerging evidence shows
that telomeres also provide an additional anticancer benefit, independent of their length:
they signal cell death when a cell’s genome has
been exposed to certain forms of stress that
could be cancer-promoting. This talk will focus
on the multifaceted role of telomeres as positive or negative regulators of human health.
Every class at Osher is a promise of discovery.
In this expanded writing class it might be the
discovery of your own ability to write, to harness the expressive power of language. This
class invites you to learn by putting words on
paper and finding your own voice. Recollecting
important moments of your life provides readymade content and is a great starting point for
those taking their first plunge into writing for
pleasure. For those who wish to venture further, other genres such as essays, scripts, or
poetry may beckon. Writing is done at home
then read in class to fellow writers and to others who simply come to listen and enjoy.
Presenter: Tony Cesare received his PhD from
the University of North Carolina. He worked
at Salk Institute until 2013, when he moved
to the University of Sydney in Australia where
he heads the Genome Integrity Group of the
Children’s Medical Research Institute.
Facilitators: Germaine Markowitz is a retired
high-school French and English teacher.
Paul Markowitz is a retired dentist and dentaltrauma consultant.
Time/Date: Tu 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 5–Aug. 16
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 27
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North Korea: Is It Knowable?
Faye Girsh, EdD
Faye Girsh spent a week in July 2015 in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with Koryo
Tours. She will show pictures of what she saw and
will summarize what she has read about this mysterious, changing, nuclear-armed country, whose
young leader likes Dennis Rodman and maybe
free enterprise. Maybe you can figure it out.
Presenter: Faye Girsh is a retired psychologist
and a travel junkie, who has visited (and tried
to understand) almost 200 countries. She has
presented many of her travel stories here at
Osher and is always a source of
stimulating discussion.
Coordinator: Doug Webb
Time/Date: Tu 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 5
U.S. Prescription Drugs: Hope, Anger,
and Politics
Jim Mannion, PhD
Prescription drugs are in the news almost daily.
The latest miracle cure may offer new hope for
patients with cancer, hepatitis, or Alzheimer’s,
but it may cost thousands of dollars. The issues
surrounding the medicines we take are complex, comprising research and advertising costs,
insurance participation, and political influence.
This lecture will peek behind the headlines and
hype and offer some facts to help you evaluate
the issues affecting the drug-development process and the prices of U.S. prescription drugs.
Presenter: Jim Mannion is a pharmacist, drug
developer, inventor, and entrepreneur who has
spent more than 30 years in various sectors of
the biopharmaceutical industry. He received his
PhD in Clinical Pharmacy from Purdue University
and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in
clinical drug research/drug development at
Burroughs Wellcome/The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most recently he was
founder and CEO of Galleon Pharmaceuticals,
a small biotech located in the Philadelphia area.
Administrative Judging
Beth Jacobs, JD
The California Office of Administrative Hearings
hears administrative disputes between members
of the public and certain state agencies. The
cases range from professional and vocational
licensing issues — such as when an administrative agency seeks to revoke or suspend the
license of a medical professional or a teacher
— to disputes involving zoning issues or police
discipline. This lecture will provide a glimpse
into this important but largely hidden system
of administrative adjudication, presented from
the perspective of one who has served both
as a prosecutor for agencies in administrative
actions and, more recently, as an administrative
law judge.
Presenter: Beth Faber Jacobs recently
retired after serving for three years as an
Administrative Law Judge with the Office of
Administrative Hearings. For 32 years before
becoming an Administrative Law Judge, Jacobs
was a deputy attorney general with the state
Attorney General’s Office, where she represented state officials and client agencies in
administrative hearings and on all levels of judicial review. Jacobs is a new Osher member and
participant in Theater World.
Time/Date: Tu 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Aug. 2
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Beautiful
PARLONS FRANÇAIS!
Jay Berman and Janet Hammer
Françoise Shah
The performance will include much of the
music from the play Beautiful, about the life
and music of Carole King in the 1960s and
1970s. Also included will be selected slides
and videos from the play, as well as some of
the music of James Taylor, who was and still is
Carole King’s frequent touring musical partner.
Ce cours est une continuation des trimestres
precedents qui correspond au niveau III d’un
cours de conversation. Les eleves voulant continuer ce cours doivent pouvoir comprendre les
textes presentes, avoir une bonne connaissance
de la grammaire francaise ainsi que posseder
un solide vocabulaire pour pouvoir converser en
groupes de deux ou trois instantanement sur
des sujets simples. L’etude du materiel distribue
est indispensable pour pouvoir continuer ce
cours. Une partie du cours reflete la culture
Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King’s
remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of
a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry
Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers
and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann,
to becoming one of the most successful solo
acts in popular-music history. Along the way,
she made more than beautiful music; she wrote
the soundtrack to a generation.
Presenters: Jay Berman and Janet Hammer,
known as J2, have performed as a piano/vocal
duo partnership throughout San Diego and
beyond for 10 years. They have previously presented shows at Osher on George Gershwin,
Cole Porter, and Johnny Mercer. Berman is an
Osher member and has been instrumental in
the presentation of numerous musical plays by
Osher Theater World.
Instructor: Françoise Shah graduated
with a Master’s Degree in Music from “Le
Conservatoire de Musique de Paris.” She taught
music and French to American personnel in
Paris; she also taught French at St Andrews
HS, in Pasadena and Ramona Convent HS in
Alhambra, CA. Françoise has conducted several
conversational French workshops and taught
music and conducted workshops at the FrenchEnglish Academy known as “ La Petite Ecole”.
Time/Date: Every Thursday, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Rm. 128
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POLITICS AND CURRENT EVENTS
Town Hall
Town Hall is a lively discussion of events that
affect our lives and our wallets. Any matter that
has political or social significance is fair game.
All points of view are welcome. The moderator will provide a list of topics ranging from the
courts to marriage to money. Come and bring
your opinions. You will discuss issues in an
academic environment in which all participants
learn from one another.
July 18, August 1, 15
Moderator: Pete Rodman was born and
raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from
UCLA followed by graduate work at TCU in
Fort Worth, Texas, he spent 20 years in the
cosmetics industry. He left as a Vice President
with Revlon and moved to Montreal where he
served as president of an apparel manufacturing company. He returned to California in the
1980s and worked in the security industry
before his retirement.
Time/Date: M 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 18–Aug. 15
Blending Art and Science: Nanoscale Imaging
of the Beauty of the Brain and Beyond
Thomas Deerinck
The National Center for Microscopy and
Imaging Research (NCMIR) at UC San Diego is
at the forefront of imaging at the microscopic
scale, producing stunning beauty and complexity that blur the line between science and art.
This presentation will showcase imagery of the
amazing microscopic world around us. From
work using brain imaging robots, to the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks, to the first synthetic
form of life, the images will amaze and astound
the viewer.
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Presenter: Thomas Deerinck is a research scientist at NCMIR and for 40 years has worked
to create new approaches to advance microscopic imaging. He has won numerous awards
and co-authored over 200 scientific papers. His
imagery has been featured in periodicals such
as National Geographic, Scientific American, and
Time and has been displayed at airports as well
as in museums and galleries around the world.
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 6
Geology of National Parks
Professor Jeffrey Gee
When you stand on the rim of the Grand
Canyon or when you look up at the massive
walls of white rock in Yosemite, it is hard not
to wonder how these features formed. In this
series we will explore how geologic processes
control the landscapes and features in our
parks and how the rock record can be used to
reconstruct the geological story of the parks.
July 12: Parks of the Colorado Plateau
In this lecture we will examine the geological
story of the brightly colored sediments of the
Colorado Plateau, home to Grand Canyon,
Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Canyonlands
National Parks, and the processes that shape
the vertical cliffs, mesas, canyons, and arches
that characterize the modern landscape.
July 26: The Geological Story of Yosemite
National Park
In this lecture we will examine the origin of the
granitic rocks in the Sierra Nevada, the mechanisms responsible for uplift of the mountain
range, and the role of glaciation in sculpting
the landscape, and how we can unravel the
extent and motions of past ice cover.
Summer 2016
Presenter: Jeffrey Gee is Professor, Associate
Vice Chancellor, and Deputy Director for
Research in the Geosciences Research Division
of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of
Oceanography. Gee’s research focuses on using
the record of Earth’s magnetic field to address
a variety of geological problems. For the past
decade, he has taught a class on the Geology
of National Parks.
Coordinator: Steven Jenner
Time/Date: Tu 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 12-26
Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves,
Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape
the Southern California Coast
Professor Keith Meldahl
Southern California is sandwiched between
two tectonic plates that grind relentlessly past
one another. Over the last several million years,
movements of these plates created rugged
landscapes and seascapes riven with active
faults. Movement along the faults triggers
earthquakes and tsunamis, pushes up mountains and islands, and lifts sections of coastline
high above the sea. Over geologic time, beaches come and go, coastal bluffs retreat, and the
sea rises and falls. Nothing about Southern
California’s coast is stable. How will the coast
change in the future and how we can
best prepare?
Feedback Control: The Hidden Technology
That You Meet Every Day
Professor Robert Bitmead
Feedback control underpins the regulation of
systems. It is evident in vehicle emission control, energy management in buildings, network
congestion control, and temperature regulation
of the shower. Effective feedback systems look
deceptively simple and function in the background. But behind that “invisibility”
lurks considerable complexity. This lecture will
provide insight into the hidden world of
feedback control.
Presenter: Robert Bitmead Is Professor of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at
UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering.
He was awarded the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Control Systems Society
Transition to Practice Award in 2015 and the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Rufus Oldenburger Control System Medal in
2014. A theoretician, he has a long history in
industrial control. He brews his own beer and
is an accredited and active Australian Rules
Football umpire.
Coordinator: Joel E. Dimsdale
Time/Date: Th 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Jul. 14
Presenter: Keith Meldahl is Professor of
Geology and Oceanography at Mira Costa
College. He earned his BA from the University
of Chicago and his PhD in geology from the
University of Arizona. He is the author of Hard
Road West and Rough-Hewn Land.
Coordinator: Steve Jenner
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Isotope Geochemistry and Global Warming
Professor Jeff Severinghaus
Understanding the Earth’s climate system is one
of the grand challenges of our time because
of the urgent need to predict the impacts of
human-induced warming over the next century.
This lecture will discuss the technology that
enables scientists to probe Earth’s responses
to heating by identifying the record of past
climates. The technique involves analyzing
gases trapped in air bubbles in glacial ice from
Antarctica and Greenland, revealing how past
atmospheric composition amplified natural
warming episodes. Isotopes of atmospheric
oxygen found in ice cores show that tropical
rainfall belts can shift abruptly southward in
response to strong ice-melting events in the
North Atlantic region. Human activities that
inadvertently contribute to these events may
cause large-scale tropical drought in regions
where billions of people depend for their livelihood on rain-fed agriculture.
Presenter: Jeff Severinghaus is Professor
of Geosciences at UC San Diego’s Scripps
Institution of Oceanography. He is a member
of the International Partnerships for Ice Core
Sciences Steering Committee and co-chair of
the “Oldest Ice” project, which aims to extend
the ice-core record of atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate back 1.5 million years.
Global Climate Change: Evidence and
Implications for California
Alexander (Sasha) Gershunov, PhD
This lecture will describe geographic patterns
in recent temperature trends, the geophysical
mechanisms at work, and the analytical tools
available for examining global climate change.
It will discuss current and projected impacts of
climate change around the world and focus
progressively on California, addressing recent
trends in regional weather extremes, drought,
and reduced snowpack, as well as impacts on
water resources, agriculture, and human health.
Presenter: Alexander (Sasha) Gershunov is
a research meteorologist at UC San Diego’s
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
His research focuses on understanding the links
between weather extremes and climate variability. He holds a BS in mathematics, an MS in
applied probability and statistics, and a
PhD in geography.
Coordinator: John Kroon
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5G Wireless
Structural Determination of
Membrane Proteins
Professor Sujit Dey
Over the next 5 to 10 years, the communication industry will conceive, design, and implement the fifth generation (5G) of wireless
systems. This fundamental overhaul of communication technology and infrastructure will
enable orders-of-magnitude increases in connectivity, capacity, and speed, thus enabling a
new generation of applications. To help shape
research and increase its impact on this major
technology, the Qualcomm Institute-affiliated
Center for Wireless Communications has been
organizing a series of 5G Forums, where major
industry and research leaders share their visions
of next-generation connectivity, from the new
commercial opportunities it will open up to the
technical challenges that must be overcome.
This presentation will explore these exciting
opportunities and challenges.
Presenter: Sujit Dey is Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego’s
Jacobs School of Engineering and Director
of the Center for Wireless Communications.
He also serves as the Chief Scientist, Mobile
Networks, at Allot Communications. He founded Ortiva Wireless in 2004, where he served
as its founding CEO and later as CTO and
Chief Technologist until its acquisition by Allot
Communications in 2012. Dey received his PhD
in computer science from Duke University.
Professor Stanley Opella
Proteins are the machinery of life and are
responsible for nearly all functions. One-third
of all proteins are associated with cell membranes, and many of these are responsible for
signaling or communication. The largest class
of membrane protein, known as “G-protein
coupled receptors,” are chiefly responsible for
detecting chemical signals on the outside of
cells and conveying them to the interior of cells
where the biology is carried out. This lecture
will describe the development of spectroscopic
methods, chiefly nuclear magnetic resonance,
for characterizing these proteins and their interactions with other biomolecules.
Presenter: Stanley Opella is Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC
San Diego. He received his PhD in chemistry
from Stanford University and participated in
postdoctoral research at M.I.T. Opella started his academic career at the University of
Pennsylvania and moved to UC San Diego in
2000. His research is focused on the development and application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to large protein systems.
Time/Date: Th 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Aug. 18
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Objective Metrics for Fall Risk Assessment
Hari Garudadri, PhD
Balance stability and gait disturbances are correlated with fall risk among adults over the age
of 65. The consequences of falls include decline
in functional status, increased nursing-home
placement, greater use of medical devices, and
reduced quality of life. Qualcomm Institute is
investigating objective metrics for the assessment of fall risk, focusing on “off-body” (visual)
sensors and Computer Vision algorithms to
supplement current best practices. The system
promises to be of great value to caregivers
to facilitate early detection of fall risk and to
trigger timely intervention for fall prevention.
This lecture will provide an update of current
advances in this field.
Presenter: Hari Garudadri is a research scientist at UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute,
where his research interests include technologies to reduce the cost of healthcare delivery
and expand the reach of caregivers’ expertise.
Before he joined Qualcomm Institute in 2013,
Garudadri spent 16 years at Qualcomm Inc.
working on systems engineering, video-processing technologies, and body-area networks. He
obtained his PhD in electrical engineering from
the University of British Columbia.
Tracking Coastal Change through Ocean
Observations
Jennifer McWhorter, MAS
Southern California has felt the effects of a
strong El Niño year, with large surf, heavy
rainfall, and coastal flooding. The Coastal
Data Information Program and the Southern
California Coastal Ocean Observation System
track and measure the impacts on our dynamic
coastline. As we are moving into a predicted La
Niña, various oceanographic instruments will
continue measuring these changes. This lecture
will discuss what to expect during a La Niña
versus an El Niño and how these organizations
monitor coastal and ocean conditions.
Presenter: Jennifer McWhorter holds a Masters
of Advanced Studies in Marine Biodiversity and
Conservation from UC San Diego’s Scripps
Institution of Oceanography. As the Public and
Government Relations Coordinator at Scripps,
she communicates oceanographic data to a
broad audience of users and directs related
research initiatives. She is also a Scientific and
Rescue Diver assisting with the maintenance of
wave buoys and other oceanographic sensors.
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Our Next Earthquake
Debi Kilb, PhD
Research based on plate tectonics suggests that
we are overdue for a large earthquake on the
southern part of the San Andreas Fault. The
uncertainties in these calculations, however, are
large — the fault could rupture today, tomorrow, or 100 years from now. This presentation
will demonstrate that we need to be prepared,
not scared.
Presenter: Debi Kilb, a nationally acclaimed
earthquake expert, is a Project Scientist with the
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her primary research interest is in mainshock/aftershock
sequences, with a focus on earthquake source
mechanics and earthquake triggering processes.
Kilb received a BA from UC San Diego, an MS
from UCLA, and a PhD from the University of
Memphis, specializing in seismology.
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Aug. 24
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The War in Japan: Did It Need to End
the Way It Did?
Professor Samuel H. Yamashita
On August 15, 1945, the Japanese government
surrendered to the Allies, bringing to an end a
horrific conflict that caused the deaths of nearly
three million Japanese and perhaps 12 million
total in Asia and the Pacific. This presentation
will review the sequence of events that began
with the Allies’ formal proposal for ending
the war, continued with the dropping of the
atomic bombs, and closed with the surrender.
Professor Yamashita will offer a counterfactual
narrative of how the war might have ended
without nuclear intervention.
Presenter: Samuel Yamashita is the Henry
E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona
College, where he has received many awards.
He has written extensively about early modern
and modern Japanese intellectual and cultural
history, focusing on Japan during World War
II. He has most recently published Leaves from
an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the
Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese and Daily
Life in Wartime Japan, 1940-1945. Yamashita
earned his PhD at the University of Michigan.
Time/Date: M 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 18
Reflections on the Application of U.S.
Foreign Policy in the Middle East and
North Africa
Jack Rippy, JD
The speaker will recount his experiences as a
Staff Officer in the U.S. European Command in
the mid 1980s and as a Defense Attaché under
the Defense Intelligence Agency at the U.S.
Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, in the early 1990s.
The lecture will explore current policy concerns
in the Levant, or Eastern Mediterranean, and
North Africa.
Presenter: Jack Rippy enlisted in the Marine
Corps in 1966 and in rapid succession went to
Officer Candidate School, Naval Justice School,
and U.S.A.F. Pilot Training. He completed a
number of military and diplomatic colleges,
concluding with the U.S. State Department
Foreign Service Institute. Rippy completed
numerous combat missions with the Marines,
ending his military career as U.S. Defense
Attaché in Rabat. He currently practices law in
San Clemente, where he is an enrolled Member
of the Cherokee Tribe with Certificate of
Degree of Indian Blood.
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Wasteland or Wonderland: Shifting Cultural
Perceptions of Desert Environments from
Genesis to Joshua Tree
Professor Matthew Herbst
This lecture explores western perceptions of
desert environments, from Biblical sojourns and
monastic ascetics to the incorporation of desert
into the American landscape. It will consider
how this setting was perceived, the ways it was
valued (or not valued), and the technological
and historical changes that made a grand
cultural transformation possible in the
twentieth century.
Presenter: Matthew Herbst is a teaching professor at UC San Diego and directs the Making
of the Modern World general education world
history program. Herbst leads world history
programs abroad each summer, offers quarterly
seminars in Californian deserts and mountains,
and is launching a free, online world history
course for non-college students, funded by
edX, an online-course provider.
Coordinator: Eileen Coblens
Toward the Good Society: An American Path
Professor Lane Kenworthy
Government taxes and spends less in the
United States than in most other wealthy countries, and much of our political debate centers
on how much to cut from key programs. Over
the next several decades, however, America’s
public safety net is likely to increase rather than
decrease in size and scope. This presentation
will explain why and how.
Presenter: Lane Kenworthy is Professor of
Sociology and Yankelovich Chair in Social
Thought at UC San Diego, where he studies the
causes and consequences of living standards,
poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, social policy, taxes, public opinion, and politics in the United States and other
affluent countries. His books include The Good
Society: How Big Should Our Government Be?,
Social Democratic America, Progress for the Poor,
Jobs with Equality, and Egalitarian Capitalism.
Kenworthy received his MA and PhD from the
University of Wisconsin.
San Diego Center for Children
Moises Baron, PhD
The San Diego Center for Children helps children ages 3 to 21 who are struggling with
behavioral-health disorders, along with their
families, caregivers, and teachers, touching
the lives of thousands of individuals every day.
Founded in 1887, the Center is the oldest children’s nonprofit in San Diego. Today, in eight
locations and hundreds of homes across the
county, the Center provides a Continuum of
Behavioral Healthcare that includes prevention
and assessment, outpatient counseling, specialized education, foster care, wraparound care,
residential treatment, and transitional skills
education that each child needs to thrive in life.
The lecture will review the objectives and operating parameters of the Center.
Presenter: Moises Baron has a PhD in Clinical
Psychology. He was a professor at the University
of San Diego and director of the COMPASS
program. He is now President of the San Diego
Center for Children.
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SUMMER WORKSHOP
Digital Photography for Smartphone Users:
Introduction to Smartphone Photography
Kevin Linde
Wednesday at the Movies
July 6
St. Vincent 2014 PG-13 102 minutes
This summer workshop will explore the basics
of using your smartphone to snap, edit, and
share your photographs. The series will explore
tips and tricks for taking great photographs and
will explain how and where to share your photographs with family and friends. All supplies
are provided — just bring your smartphone on
the first day. (Note: The class is not limited to
iPhone users. We will cover all types of phones
and tablets, as long as they have a
camera feature.)
August 3: Photo Basics
This first session will investigate the building
blocks of a great photograph and will share tips
and tricks for taking compelling photographs
with your smartphone.
August 10: To Crop or Not to Crop
Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a struggling single
woman, moves to Brooklyn with her 12-yearold son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). Having to
work very long hours, she has no choice but to
leave Oliver in the care of Vincent (Bill Murray),
a bawdy misanthrope next door. Vincent takes
Oliver along on his trips to the race track, strip
club, and dive bar, and an unlikely friendship
is born. The man is a mentor to the boy in his
hedonistic way, and Oliver sees the good in
Vincent that no one else can.
Cast: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy,
Chris O’Dowd
July 13
A Hijacking (Danish) 2012 R 103 minutes
This second session will discuss the pros and
cons of editing and storing your photographs
and will explore some built-in tools for getting
great results on your smartphone.
Tension mounts when a Danish cargo ship
bound for harbor is hijacked by Somali
pirates and held for a hefty ransom, prompting
the shipping company’s CEO to hire a
professional negotiator.
August 17: What’s a Hashtag?
Cast: Soren Malling, Pilou Asbaek, Dar Salim
Social media is all the buzz nowadays, but what
is it really good for? This session will discuss
how to wade into social media and how it can
help to keep in touch with friends across town
and family across the country.
July 27
Presenter: Kevin Linde is the Adult Programs
Manager for the Museum of Photographic
Arts. He received his AFA in Photography from
the Corcoran College of Art and Design in
Washington, D.C., and his BA in liberal arts
from the New School University in New York.
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Aug. 3-17
Summer 2016
Manchurian Candidate 1962 PG-13 129 minutes
Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is a Korean
War hero with a lethal secret: He’s been brainwashed by the Communist Chinese. With one
phone call, the Reds can transform Shaw into a
deadly assassin — unless fellow veteran Bennett
Marco (Frank Sinatra) can stop them first.
Some thrillers remain as suspenseful and timely
as when they were first released, and this classic from director John Frankenheimer is one of
the best.
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra,
Janet Leigh
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August 24
Chariots of Fire 1981 PG 124 minutes
Spotlight 2015 R
Two very different runners — hotshot Jewish
Cambridge scholar Harold Abrahams (Ben
Cross) and rigid Presbyterian missionary Eric
Liddell (Ian Charleson) — compete for the
British team in the 1924 Olympics, facing
intense pressure and complex personal tests of
faith. Hugh Hudson directs this edifying 1981
Best Picture Oscar winner, which is based on
a true story. Ian Holm co-stars as Abrahams’s
mentor, Sam Mussabini.
Revealing a string of cover-ups stretching back
decades, a team of Boston Globe reporters
exposes the Catholic Archodiocese’s history
of keeping reports about child molestation
and other priest-initiated abuse under wraps.
Winner of the 2016 Academy Awards for Best
Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell
Facilitator: Darlene Palmer
August 10
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel
McAdams
Time/Date: W 1:00-3:00 p.m., Jul. 6–Aug. 24
99 Homes 2015 R 112 minutes
After being evicted from his home by a
flinty real-estate dealer, jobless Dennis Nash
unexpectedly ends up working for the man.
But to Nash’s dismay, his new boss soon begins
ordering him to turn other families out of
their houses.
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon,
Laura Dern
August 17
Mr. Holmes 2015 PG 103 minutes
Long retired to a country farmhouse, 93-yearold Sherlock Holmes tends his apiary and
reflects on his remarkable career. But the legendary sleuth, whose mental powers are fading, remains haunted by the unsolved case that
caused him to call it quits.
Cast: Ian McKellen, Larua Linney, Milo Parker
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Classroom Locations
UC San Diego Extension Campus
9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., Bldg. D, La Jolla, CA 92037
UC SAN DIEGO EXTENSION CAMPUS
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in the Osher office.
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or you, Annual, Monthly or a 10 Day Occasional
Use Pass. Parking permits can be purchased
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THE OSHER AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
What is the Affiliate Membership Program?
A membership level that provides online access
to the extensive video library of recorded lectures that Osher has cultivated over the years.
Who is this program for?
Anyone who cannot attend classes in person
at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on the
UC San Diego campus. This membership option
is available for individuals and groups who
would like to participate in the Osher program
and continue to enrich their lives through lifelong learning.
What is the cost?
Individuals can join Osher as an Affiliate
Member for just $25 per year.
How to Join
interested in establishing this program at
your current facility.
A sample of lectures available in the Osher
Online Video Library
*The entire listing of available videos can
be found here: http://olli.ucsd.edu/documents/OsherVideoLibrary.pdf
Art History:
· Derrick Cartwright: Transforming American
Art: The Harlem Renaissance: Archibald
Motley and Jacob Lawrence
· Linda Blair: Renoir and Degas: A Fresh Look
at French Impressionism
Humanities:
· David Miano: The History of the New
Testament: The Apostolic Period
· John Putman: History of the Cold War (series)
Call UC San Diego Extension Students Services
at 858-534-3400
International Relations:
Online at http://olli.ucsd.edu/membership
· Collin Laverty: Change in Cuba: A Society
and System in Motion
Affiliate Member Partnerships
Osher at UCSD has collaborated with the following local senior living and retirement facility
complexes to make the Affiliate Membership
program and online video library available to
their residents:
· Sandy Lakoff: Murder and Mayhem in the
Middle East
Law and Society:
· Glenn Smith: Inside the Marble Palace:
The Supreme Court (series)
• Vi at La Jolla Village
· Donald Dripps: Race and Crime in the
Twenty-First Century
• Casa de Manana
Medicine and Life Sciences:
• Ocean Hills Country Club
· Garth Powis: Cancer Research at Sanford
Burnham Prebys Institute
• Seacrest Village
· Vinko Zlomislic: The Aging Spine
*Have your Activities or Lifestyle Director
contact Osher at [email protected] if you are
Science and Engineering:
· Martin Chrispeels: False Food Fears and
Science-Based Agriculture (series)
· James Conca: Is a Global Energy
Policy Achievable?
Summer 2016
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440
Geneva
442
North Torrey Pines Road
Latin
America
Oceania
422
Earth 425
North
South
America
426
423
424
451
Institute of the
Americas
453
P353 443 P353
Kathmandu
444
Great Hall
447
Eleanor
Roosvelt
College
P354
481
San Diego
Supercomputer
Center
IR/PS
463
Thurgood Marshall Lane
325
Marshall College
Apts. II (Upers)
Ridge Walk
P310
345
Scholars Drive North
Extended Studies
& Public Programs
P354
Hopkings
Parking
Structure
495
Voight Lane
Oceanview
Terrace
305
P304
482
Social
Sciences
490
Pangea Drive
Residence Halls
301
RIMAC Arena
470
455
Cuzco
445
Asante
446
Pangea Parking
Structure
435
RIMAC
Annex
471
Marshall
College
Field
Thurgood
Marshall
College
P303
Economics P308
Sequoyah
Hall
350
Marshall
College
Admin.
360
P302
Media Center/
Communications Eucaliptus
Point
390
391
Social
Sciences
Research
P301 393
361
380 Fireside
Lounge
387
370
Muir College Drive
P208
Marshall College
Apts. I (Lowers)
375
P309
Europe
421
Middle
East
Earth 428
North
429
427
Mesa Verde
441
International Lane
Asia
420
P207
Solis
Hall
395
Cognitive
Science
397
Directions to Hojel Hall (Institute of The Americas):
•
•
•
•
•
Coming from the north on N. Torrey Pines turn left into Pangea Dr.
Coming from the south on N. Torrey Pines turn right into Pangea Dr.
Turn left into the Pangea parking structure driveway (P435).
Walk across Scholars Dr. to Institute of The Americas building number 453.
See map.
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O SHER
LIF EL O NG
LEA RNING
INSTITUTE
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr., Dept. 0176-A
La Jolla, CA 92093-0176
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San Diego, CA
Permit No. 1909
Not Printed at State Expense
OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
olli.ucsd.edu
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego
features over 120 classes per quarter, plus tours and
social events each year. Class subjects include art,
science, medicine, literature, economics, politics,
history, theater, distinguished lectures by national
and local leaders in government, and live musical
performances.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members enjoy:
• Convenient daytime class hours
• No prerequisites, grades or tests
• Opportunity to audit most UC San Diego classes
• Free use of the UC San Diego libraries
• Social opportunities
For more information:
call (858) 534-3409
e-mail [email protected] or
visit olli.ucsd.edu
SU16-1004

Summer 2016 - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

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