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June 16 Thursday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerLocations: Online OnlyIn the 18th century it was a milestone in a young gentleman’s life to make the Grand Tour of Europe... read more -
November 6 Wednesday1:30 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Vincent YoungLocations: Online OnlyVincent Young plays, sings, and discusses music from The Great American Song book, which is the collection of songs from... read more -
March 11 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterIn western philosophy the field of ethics has been dominated by two competing theories – utilitarianism and deontology. Utilitarianism, first... read more -
January 26 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Mark Carlson, Historian & AuthorLocations: Online OnlyOne of the most popular WWII movies was “The Great Escape” starring Steve McQueen. Based on an actual escape from... read more -
October 29 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Mark Carlson, Historian & AuthorLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterOne of the most popular WWII movies was “The Great Escape” starring Steve McQueen. Based on an actual escape from... read more -
December 16 Wednesday6:00 PM → 7:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Philip J. Goscienski, M.D.Locations: Online CourseInfluenza and coronaviruses are different from each other but the lessons that they taught, the medical advances they spawned and... read more
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June 9 Thursday1:30 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Stephen Siek, Ph.D. Honorary Associate, Royal Academy of Music, LoindonLocations: Online OnlyAs Jazz entered the 1950s, it achieved mainstream status in the musical world. Ensembles led by George Shearing, Fave Brubeck,... read more
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June 8 Wednesday1:30 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Stephen Siek, Ph.D. Honorary Associate, Royal Academy of Music, LoindonLocations: Online OnlyProfessor Siek begins with the 1940’s and the “Titans,” pianists whose command of the instrument was so overwhelming that they... read more
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July 19 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterAt the center of the philosophy of existentialism is the work of Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) and his lifelong companion Simone... read more
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June 14 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterWhile for some “Marxist” is a dirty word, we would be hard-pressed to find a more impactful philosopher than Karl... read more
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May 31 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterAny discussion of Existentialism begins with Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Weary to his bones of the pointless and ineffectual... read more
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May 15 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterAlgerian-born philosopher Albert Camus (1913-1960) firmly rejected the label “existentialist” his whole life. Nevertheless, his work stands as its most... read more
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July 31 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterAlgerian-born philosopher Albert Camus (1913-1960) firmly rejected the label “existentialist” his whole life. Nevertheless, his work stands as its most... read more
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July 26 Tuesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: In-Person or Online | Lifelong Learning CenterThe most important pupil to emerge from Plato’s Academy in Athens, Aristotle (384-322 BCE) would end up challenging Plato’s core... read more -
August 25 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterThe most important pupil to emerge from Plato’s Academy in Athens, Aristotle (384-322 BCE) would end up challenging Plato’s core... read more
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August 7 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterThe most important pupil to emerge from Plato’s Academy in Athens, Aristotle (384-322 BCE) would end up challenging Plato’s core... read more
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October 20 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterAugustine (354-430) lay on his death bed as the Vandals lay siege to his town of Hippo in Roman North... read more
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March 26 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterAugustine (354-430) lay on his death bed as the Vandals lay siege to his town of Hippo in Roman North... read more
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September 27 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterNo two names are more associated with the influential ethical theory of Utilitarianism that Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and his protégé... read more
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May 10 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterNo two names are more associated with the influential ethical theory of Utilitarianism that Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and his protégé... read more
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July 19 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterAnother of the British Empiricists, Scottish philosopher David Hume took Locke’s work to its logical conclusion, and shocked the philosophical... read more
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March 8 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterAnother of the British Empiricists, Scottish philosopher David Hume took Locke’s work to its logical conclusion, and shocked the philosophical... read more
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August 12 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterAnother of the British Empiricists, Scottish philosopher David Hume took Locke’s work to its logical conclusion, and shocked the philosophical... read more
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August 9 Tuesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Online OnlyIn the first century a Roman slave named Epictetus earned his freedom. Literate, well-read, and lame from torture, Epictetus rose... read more
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September 1 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning CenterIn the first century a Roman slave named Epictetus earned his freedom. Literate, well-read, and lame from torture, Epictetus rose... read more
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January 29 Wednesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Grossmont Lifelong Learning CenterIn the first century a Roman slave named Epictetus earned his freedom. Literate, well-read, and lame from torture, Epictetus rose... read more
