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Thank you for your interest in Fall 2024 Meeman Courses. Please register using the form below. If you would prefer to register over the phone, please call 901-843-3965.

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We’re pleased to present you with a special offer: sign up for three or more courses, and receive a 10% discount on your total tuition. The discount will be applied at checkout.

For hybrid classes, you will be asked to indicate if you plan to take the class in-person or remote via Zoom. After you register, a member of our staff will email you the appropriate Zoom link, if applicable.

Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning Courses Offerings:

For full course descriptions, please visit www.rhodes.edu/meeman.

Global Political Stories
Professors Eric Henager and Ricardo Martins
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00 per session

Monday, September 9; Latin American Political Stories: Non-fiction

Monday, September 16; Latin American Political Stories: Fiction and Poetry

Monday, September 23; From Cabral to Lula: Brazil, the Country of the Future

Monday, September 30; A Look at Brazilian Politics in Machado de Assis’ Fiction

In Our Time: The Early Hemingway Stories
Professor Marshall Boswell (English)
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00

Tuesday, September 10

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AI: A Guide for the Perplexed
Professor Jared Millson (Philosophy)
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00 per session

Thursdays, September 12; The Mind as Computer

Thursdays, September 19; Good Old-Fashioned AI

Thursdays, September 26; Learning to Learn

Thursdays, October 3; The Computer as Brain

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YA Medieval Fantasy and Historical Fiction
Professor Lori Garner (English)
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00 per session

Tuesdays, September 17; Legendborn (Tracy Deonn, 2021)

Tuesdays, October 15; Hush: An Irish Princess’ Tale (Donna Jo Napoli, 2008)

Tuesdays, November 12; Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife (Susan Signe Morrison, 2016)

Tuesdays, December 10; . The Inquisitor’s Tale; or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (Adam Gidwitz, 2018)

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Baking, Poison, and Murder: A Mystery Party
Professor Kim Brien (Chemistry)
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $75.00

Tuesdays, September 24 and October 1

Black Music and American History
Professor Charles Hughes (Urban Studies)
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00 per session

Mondays, October 7; The Sounds of Freedom: Black Music and the Making of The Nation

Mondays, October 14; Move On Up A Little Higher: Blues, Jazz, Gospel, and the Making of the 20th Century

Mondays, October 28; One Nation Under A Groove: Soul Music and the Making of the Freedom Movement

Mondays, November 4; Rhythm Nation: Hip-Hop and the Making of Modern America

How do we “save the bees”?
Professor Kate LeCroy (Biology)
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00 per session

Mondays, October 10; The ecological diversity of bees

Mondays, October 17; The value of bees

Mondays, October 24; Conservation solutions for bees

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Design Fundamentals
Professor Karl Erickson (Art and Art History)
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00

Wednesday, October 30

Gilgamesh Through the Ages
Professor Scott Garner (Ancient and Mediterranean Studies)
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Tuition $70.00

Wednesday, November 13 and 20

Calling Memphis Home: Voices of African Immigrants
Professor Abou-Bakar Mamah (Modern Languages and Literatures, Africana Studies)
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00 per session

Mondays, November 11; A Geographic, Demographic, and Socioeconomic Portrait of Recent African Immigrants

Mondays, November 18; African Immigrants and the Pursuit of the American Dream

Mondays, December 2; African Diaspora and Cultural Identity

Stories of Elmwood Cemetery
Dr. Erin Hillis (Buckman Center for International Education)
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuition $35.00

Tuesday, October 29

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