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Text Box:     The Anatomy of Opera      FALL 2007 ________________________   Wednesday Afternoons   1:30 – 3:30 p.m.   Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2007 ________________________    Auditorium O’Shaughnessy Educational Center University of St. Thomas St. Paul Campus       Sponsored by: Center for Senior Citizens’ Education       Text Box:     The Anatomy of Opera      FALL 2007 ________________________   Wednesday Afternoons   1:30 – 3:30 p.m.   Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2007 ________________________    Auditorium O’Shaughnessy Educational Center University of St. Thomas St. Paul Campus       Sponsored by: Center for Senior Citizens’ Education       Text Box:   The Anatomy of Opera   Throughout history, composers, producers, and patrons have interpreted opera to be a unique mixture of music and theater.  From the        Florentine Camerata to the modern day, opera has been reinterpreted to reflect the time period it was produced in.  Anatomy of Opera will look at where opera came from and how it has been constantly redefined to reflect the culture and  era that produced it.  Topics ranging from the role of women as patrons of opera in 17th      century Italy to how literature has inspired   composers, to the elements involved in          producing opera today, will be presented by    local and national opera experts.   ___________________________________   Speakers   Jamie Andrews, Community Education Director The Minnesota Opera   Marcia Aubineau, Language Arts Instruction School of Education, University of St. Thomas   Swen Friedrich, Curator of Wagner Archives Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth, Germany   Kelly Harness, Associate Professor of Musicology University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   William Lutes, Opera Department University of Wisconsin-Madison; Metropolitan   Opera Radio Broadcast Quiz Panelist   Kevin Ramach, Technical Director The Minnesota Opera   Doug Scholz-Carlson, Actor, director         Text Box:   The Anatomy of Opera   Throughout history, composers, producers, and patrons have interpreted opera to be a unique mixture of music and theater.  From the        Florentine Camerata to the modern day, opera has been reinterpreted to reflect the time period it was produced in.  Anatomy of Opera will look at where opera came from and how it has been constantly redefined to reflect the culture and  era that produced it.  Topics ranging from the role of women as patrons of opera in 17th      century Italy to how literature has inspired   composers, to the elements involved in          producing opera today, will be presented by    local and national opera experts.   ___________________________________   Speakers   Jamie Andrews, Community Education Director The Minnesota Opera   Marcia Aubineau, Language Arts Instruction School of Education, University of St. Thomas   Swen Friedrich, Curator of Wagner Archives Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth, Germany   Kelly Harness, Associate Professor of Musicology University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   William Lutes, Opera Department University of Wisconsin-Madison; Metropolitan   Opera Radio Broadcast Quiz Panelist   Kevin Ramach, Technical Director The Minnesota Opera   Doug Scholz-Carlson, Actor, director        

 

China and America
in History:

The Formative Years

 with

Dr. P. Richard Bohr

SPRING 2008
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 Wednesday Mornings
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

March 26 - Apr. 30, 2008
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 Auditorium
O’Shaughnessy Educational Center
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul Campus 

China has been a uniquely American obsession.  From European Enlightenment philosophers, America’s founders inherited an idealized image of a prosperous “Middle Kingdom” governed by an enlightened emperor and a well-educated civil service.  But as America began to move westward and build its own nation, China entered a dark period of domestic decline and foreign aggression.  U.S. missionaries and merchants sought to bring China into a global orbit of Christian civilization and international trade.  Fleeing famine and rebellion at home, thousands of Chinese sought new opportunities in America.  At the same time, the U.S. government supported the creation of the Republic of China and its Nationalist leaders’ campaign for economic development, resistance to Japanese occupation, and Communist insurrection.

Through film, slides, letters, diaries, novels, and other documentary materials, we will survey the history of U.S.-Chinese relations from 1850 to 1950, examine Chinese and American images of each other, and   explore the ways in which the Sino-American encounter has shaped the present and future of these “Asian Century” superpowers.
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P. Richard Bohr, Ph.D., is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at the College of Saint    Benedict and Saint John’s University.   He lectures and consults widely on ways to enhance relationships with Asia.  He has organized conferences, seminars, lectures, and other events on expanding U.S.-Asia relations, advised colleges and universities on creating and enhancing Asian Studies programs, and led delegations to Asia.  He appears on Minnesota Public Radio and Twin Cities Public Television and had done China-related documentary and commentary for PBS Television, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.

1.  March 26    China’s Great Tradition and the Western Mind
                        A survey of two millennia of Chinese achievements in art, culture, religion, society, and
                        institutions and Western admiration of China’s civilization.

2.  April 2        China by 1800:  “The Decline of the Old Order and the Impact of the West”     
An exploration of the demographic catastrophe, government ineptitude, and Western advance which hurled China into crisis.

3.  April 9        The “Heathen Chinee” and the “China Market”:
                        American Missionaries and Merchants in the Middle Kingdom
                        A chronicle of the efforts of American humanitarian and business involvement in a China
                        in decline.

4.  April 16      Chinese America:  From “Good Earth” to Chinatown  
A survey of the Chinese American experience and the formation of America’s popular images of China created by writers like Pearl Buck and Hollywood films.

5.  April 23      America and Its “Youngest Sister Republic”: 
                        From Sun Yat-sen to Chiang Kai-shek  
                       An account of the impact of American democratic and capitalist ideals on the
                       development of Nationalist China.

6.  April 30      America and the “Loss of China”:  Sino-U.S. Relations Since 1949
           An analysis of Chinese communism’s impact on and prospects for Sino-American
           relations after Mao’s victory in 1949.

Registration fee: $60  
Mail your check, payable to the University of St. Thomas and your completed registration form to:       Center for Senior Citizens’ Education   LOR 309
                                          University of St. Thomas
                                          2115 Summit Avenue
                                          St. Paul, MN  55105-1096

                                                                                      Telephone: ( 651) 962-5188

Center for Senior Citizens’ Education Web site:http://www.stthomas.edu/csce


All sessions will be held in the auditorium of the O’Shaughnessy            Educational Center,     University of St. Thomas,
St. Paul campus, on  Cleveland  between     Portland & Ashland     Avenues.

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