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2009-10 Wednesday University Courses Register now for the 2009-10 Wednesday University Series! All courses begin at 7:30pm. The Fall and Winter courses take place in the UW's Kane Hall; the Spring course in Brechemin Hall. More information on Wednesday University registration. Teachers: Wednesday University courses are approved for 7.5 Washington State clock-hour credits per course. Please indicate when you register if you would like to receive clock-hour credit. Fall: Art, Dissent, and Social Change Focusing on the 1930s, the era of the Great Depression and fascism, five professors look at how artists in drama, cinema, dance, and the visual arts responded to national economic and political crises, making art and social change. Winter: Mixed Race in the United States Is it coincidence that the first nonwhite president of the United States comes from a multiracial background? This course examines changing notions of race, power, and privilege using a multimedia approach. Spring: Blues for Hard Times—and for All Times Explore the music that has gotten folks through good times and bad times—the Blues. The course investigates this amazingly varied and expressive genre, integral to American music, history, and culture and resonant far beyond. Wednesday University, a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities provides Puget Sound residents with an intellectually stimulating and fun way to continue their education in the arts and culture. Each year, the Wednesday University offers three courses taught by distinguished professors at the University of Washington known for their scholarship and their teaching ability. These courses, which meet on Wednesday evenings in the UW's Kane Hall and Brechemin Hall, are open to anyone—from high school students to senior citizens. Past courses have included Early Modern Art, Greek Myth, Silent Film, and Race in the American West, among others.
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