Winter Term 2026

Term Dates: January 12 - March 20, 2026

Today's Schedule:

Registration opens Monday, November 24, 2025. 

2026 Winter Catalog

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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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

     
  • THURSDAY: (page 45) "Introduction to AI - How Can AI Fit Into My Life?" with Simon Stone, Barbara Knauff, and Jean Brown. The catalog description states that devices will be available to participants if needed. This is incorrect; participants must provide their own device for use in class.
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MONDAY

Time

Study Leader(s)

Title

Format

Location

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Lynne Miller Adventures on Horseback In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Stephen Hackman Poetry Workshop In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
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
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Jürgen Ewert Landing on a Different Planet: My Personal Economic Transformation HyFlex
(In-person & Zoom)
1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Ellen Jonsson Creative Photography: Imagination and the Ordinary In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Larry Canepa America the Beautiful: 50 States, Fifty Tastes Zoom 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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Click on any course title to visit the registration page for that course. NOTE: HyFlex courses have different pages for in-person and Zoom options; click on the option you prefer under the 'Format' column to register.

TUESDAY

Time

Study Leader(s)

Title

Format

Location

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Dave Smith Be Scam Savvy: Recognizing and Reducing Risk Zoom Online
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tom Urgo Modern Fairy Tales and Myths In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
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 Mark McNamee Unravelling the Mystery of Human Consciousness In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
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
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Robert Grafstein Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About Taxes Zoom Online
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Ford Daley & Maynard Goldman The Genius of Tom Lehrer In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Gloria Finkelstein Active French: Famous French Women Zoom Online
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Daniel Seligman Western Gunslingers: The Truth Behind the Westerns Zoom Online
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Vic Henningsen Portrait of a Mind: Three Letters from Thomas Jefferson 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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Click on any course title to visit the registration page for that course. NOTE: HyFlex courses have different pages for in-person and Zoom options; click on the option you prefer under the 'Format' column to register.

WEDNESDAY

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
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Samantha Davidson Green Inside White River Indie Fest 2026 HyFlex (In-person & Zoom) 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Edward Bradley Homer’s Odyssey 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 Lynnwood Andrews & Alice Schori Winter Botany In-person Various outdoor locations
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Robin Fisher The Art of Narrative Storytelling In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM David Grant Before James—Three Earlier Novels by Percival Everett Zoom Online

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Click on any course title to visit the registration page for that course. NOTE: HyFlex courses have different pages for in-person and Zoom options; click on the option you prefer under the 'Format' column to register.

THURSDAY

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
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Bradley Truax Woodlands & Wildlife HyFlex (In-person & Zoom) 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Jeanne Shafer Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Making Colors in Europe, 1400-1800 at the Hood Museum of Art In-person Hood Museum, Hanover, NH
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Jonathan Stableford Tunnels, Towers, and Everything Imaginable Between Zoom Online
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM L. Jon Grogan “Root Hog or Die!”: Famous Last Stands in History Zoom Online
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM James Byleckie The Pleasures of X and the Joys of Knowing Y In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM Gael Clauson & Patti Warren Put Some ART in Your Heart — 4th edition In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH
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 Morris Kaplan Intermediate Spanish Grammar & Conversation, Year 2 Zoom Online
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Alan Schnur Does the U.S. Constitution Need a Tune-up? Zoom Online
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Simon Stone, Barbara Knauff, & Jean Brown Introduction to AI – How Can AI Fit Into My Life? In-person 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH

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Click on any course title to visit the registration page for that course. NOTE: HyFlex courses have different pages for in-person and Zoom options; click on the option you prefer under the 'Format' column to register.

FRIDAY

Time

Study Leader(s)

Title

Format

Location

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Paul Etkind The Tiny Tyrant: The Outsized Impact of the Mosquito on Human History HyFlex (In-person & Zoom) 1 Court St, Lebanon, NH & Online
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Maryanne Garbowsky Poetry Seminar: Modern American Poets Zoom Online

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Click on any course title to visit the registration page for that course. NOTE: HyFlex courses have different pages for in-person and Zoom options; click on the option you prefer under the 'Format' column to register.

SPECIAL SCHEDULES

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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Click on any course title to visit the registration page for that course. NOTE: HyFlex courses have different pages for in-person and Zoom options; click on the option you prefer under the 'Format' column to register.


Don't forget, we also have Osher Online courses available! Here's a list of winter courses; visit the Osher Online page for more information on how to participate!

OSHER ONLINE COURSES - WINTER 2026

Weekday

Time

Study Leader(s)

Title

Video

Monday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Elena Labkovsky Brain and Behavior in the Era of Digital Technology No video available
Monday 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Douglas Kenning History of Sicily Watch the video!
Monday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Jonathan Duncan Landscape & Adventure Photography: An Introduction Watch the video!
Monday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Jim McKairnes The History of American Television Watch the video!
Monday 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Lauren Weingarden Post Impressionism and the Birth of Abstraction Watch the video!
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Peter Kaye The Noir Novel: Three American Classics Watch the video!
Tuesday 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Andrew Fraknoi Einstein Without Tears: His Theories Explained Without Math and in Everyday Language Watch the video!
Tuesday 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Megan McClory Japanese History Through the Lens of Shōgun Watch the video!
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Gordon Josephson Milestones in Medicine Watch the video!
Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM David Smith The Virtues Watch the video!
Wednesday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Howard Kerner Heroes of the Holocaust: Lights in the Darkness Watch the video!
Wednesday 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Mike Agron The Magic Behind Film Scores: Exploring the Role of Music in Great Movies Watch the video!
Wednesday 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Chelsea King Using Google Workspace Tools with Confidence Watch the video!
Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Eric Simon John James Audubon and the Birds of America Watch the video!
Thursday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Johnnie Hendrickson Pharmaceuticals and Poisons: Chemistry at the Edge Watch the video!
Friday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Michele Waslin How the US Immigration System (Usually) Works Watch the video!
Friday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM The Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health Osher Integrative Health: Navigating Chronic Illness in a Complex Healthcare System Watch the video!
Saturday 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Rick Bell The American Revolution Beyond the British Empire Watch the video!
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