Published january 10, 2022

Several instructors from out of town are reluctant to fly to Mexico, which makes it hard for us to run the program with so many variables.  We know we can run it entirely on Zoom, because we did that last year.

I am therefore announcing that the remainder of the Spring 2022 courses, ALL of them, January through March, will be taught on Zoom.  If you have already enrolled you remain enrolled, and will be sent the Zoom link a few days before the first class.  You don’t have to do anything.

If you have been reluctant to enroll despite our extensive Covid precautions because you are just not comfortable inside a classroom now, you no longer have a problem.  You can attend the courses you like in your pajamas from home.

I have not yet heard from all the remaining instructors.  There may be a couple who decline to teach on Zoom, and in that case those courses will be removed from the website.  But I wanted to give you the earliest notice I could.  You can enroll from the website:  https://instituto-allende.edu.mx/eng/lifelong-learning-program/

If you have friends elsewhere who would be interested in taking our courses, now they can.  Please send them the website and invite them to enroll.

The remaining courses, as far as I know now, are these, and all times listed are in the Central Time Zone.  Full course descriptions and instructor bios are on the website.

JANUARY

• Our Hidden Brain: How Emotions Shape Our Decisions, Carl & Kim Weichel.  3 classes.  Tues Jan 18, Wed 19, Fri 21, 1:00 – 3:00.  $600 pesos.
• The Fourth World:  Minority Peoples in Majority Countries.  David Stea.  4 classes.  Thurs Jan 20, Mon 24, Wed 26, Fri 28.  1:00 – 3:00.  $700 pesos.

FEBRUARY

• Introduction to Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Phillip Silver. One-day course with two classes, Mon Feb 7. 10:00 – 12:00 and 1:00 – 3:00.  $600 pesos
• Historic Legal Cases about Human Rights.  Sylvia Solomon.  Four classes:  Tues Feb 8 and Fri 11, 10-12 and 1-3. $900 pesos.
• Introduction to Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Phillip Silver. One-day course with two classes Thurs Feb 10. 10:00 – 12:00 and 1:00 – 3:00.  $600 pesos (repeat of Feb. 7 course)
• Dreams:  A Gateway to the Self.  Deborah Fausch.  2 classes.  Mon Feb 14 and Tues 15.  1:00 – 3:00.  $500 pesos.
• Mexico Since 1980: The Challenge of Democracy.  Gerie Bledsoe. 3 classes. Mon Feb. 21, Wed 23, Fri 25. 1:00 – 3:00. MXN $600
• From Gilgamesh to Gucci:  The What, Why and Wear of Clothing Through History.  Phillip Silver.  One-day course, two classes, Thurs Feb 24, 10:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:00.  $600 pesos.

MARCH

• The Roberts Court … or Is It the Barrett Court?   Larry Rand.  3 classes.  Wed Mar 2, Fri 4, Wed. 9.  1:00 – 3:00.  $600 pesos.
• Getting Acquainted with Our Beautiful Universe, Phyllis Pitluga.  3 classes.  Mon, March 7, Fri 11, and Mon 14.  1:00 – 3:00.  $600 pesos.
• Which Oedipus?   Geoff Hargreaves, 3 classes.  Tues, Mar 15, Thurs 17, Tues. 22, 1:00 – 3:00,  $600 pesos.
• Ireland 1845-1939: From Famine to Fame and Infamy, Terry Fitzpatrick. Four classes.  Wed Mar 16, Fri 18, Wed 23, Fri 25.  1:00 – 3:00.  $700 pesos.
• How Does My Hair Look?  The History of Portraiture and Self-Portraiture in Art and Photography.  Charlie Goldberg.  Four classes.  Sat Mar 26, Mon 28, Tues 29, Wed 30, 1:00 – 3:00.  $700 pesos.

Jo Sanders

Director, Lifelong Learning Program