Winter Term 2026
Term Dates: January 12 - March 20, 2026
Today's Schedule:
Registration is open!.
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UPDATES
The following changes have taken place since the printed catalog was mailed. Please be aware of the following courses as you begin registration:
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TUESDAY: (page 27) "The Roots of Civilization in Soil and Water" with Bruce James is now a Zoom course taking place from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
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WEDNESDAY: (page 34) "Toxic America: Past, Present and ???" with Jim Wilson will now run for 5 sessions, January 28 - February 25. The course fee is now $70.
MONDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Sally Matless | William James and the Religious Dimension of Human Life | HyFlex (In-person & Zoom) |
1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online |
| 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Stephen Flanders | Reel History: The American Journey in Eight Acts | In-person | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH |
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TUESDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Abe Vorensky | Comedy Teams: When More Than One Made Us Laugh | Zoom | Online |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Martin Jeffries | The Gregs of Quarry Bank Mill: Industrial Revolutionaries of Rural England | HyFlex (In-person & Zoom) | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online |
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Gloria Finkelstein | Active French: Famous French Women | Zoom | Online |
| 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Dennis McGrath | Pauli and Jung: Exploring the Intersection of Physics and Psychology | Zoom | Online |
| 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Marilyn Roberts | Shakespeare’s Roman Plays: From Republic to Dictatorship | Zoom | Online |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Bruce James | The Roots of Civilization in Soil and Water | Zoom | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH |
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WEDNESDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Jim Wilson | Toxic America: Past, Present and ??? | In-person | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | John Masko | Five Great Symphonies | In-person | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Phyllis Deutsch | "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens | Zoom | Online |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Lynnwood Andrews & Alice Schori | Winter Botany | In-person | Various outdoor locations |
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THURSDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Terrance Darcey | More Short Fiction from The New Yorker Magazine | Zoom | Online |
| 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | L. Jon Grogan | “Root Hog or Die!”: Famous Last Stands in History | Zoom | Online |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Scott Rappeport | Ashes and Empires - Volcanoes, Climate, and Civilization | HyFlex (In-person & Zoom) | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | John Peterman | A Place in the Sun: The Movie that Entwined Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift | In-person | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Jim Bays | Benedict Arnold: Hero or Villain? | Zoom | Online |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Alan Schnur | Does the U.S. Constitution Need a Tune-up? | Zoom | Online |
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FRIDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Maryanne Garbowsky | Poetry Seminar: Modern American Poets | Zoom | Online |
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SPECIAL SCHEDULES |
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Time & Days |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Saturday) | John Olszewski | Mind of a Killer | In-person | 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Tuesdays & Thursdays) | Peter LaBelle & Stephen Rauh | Introduction to Curling | In-person | Wendell Barwood Arena, Hanover, NH |
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FILLED COURSES |
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The following courses have filled. Wait lists may be available, but placement is not guaranteed. |
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Study Leader(s) |
Title |
| Jeanne Shafer | Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Making Colors in Europe, 1400-1800 at the Hood Museum of Art |
| David Grant | Before James—Three Earlier Novels by Percival Everett |
| Ford Daley & Maynard Goldman | The Genius of Tom Lehrer |
| Mark McNamee | Unravelling the Mystery of Human Consciousness |
| Ellen Jonsson | Creative Photography: Imagination and the Ordinary |