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FALL 2026 GENERAL REGISTRATION WILL OPEN JULY 31
PLEASE NOTE: 
IN-PERSON COURSE OFFERINGS 
ARE LISTED AFTER THE ONLINE COURSES
THIS SEMESTER WE ARE OFFERING IN-PERSON COURSES IN:
NEW HAVEN, NYC, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND GREENWICH, CT.

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Online Seminar Courses

National Security Polarization in the U.S.
National Security Polarization in the U.S.
Professor Mary Habeck
Tuesdays, Sep 29 - Nov 17,
10am-12pm ET 
Raphael course
“Prince of Painters:” A Close Look at the Artistic Career of Raphael

Professor Kerr Houston
Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 10,
6:30-8pm ET 
Art, Artists and American Society
Art, Artists and American Society: From the Revolution to Post-Modernism, 1750-1970
Professor David Ward
Thursdays, Oct 8-Nov 12

7-8:30pm ET
Practical Economics for Practical Life
Practical Economics for Practical Life
Professor Paul Sullivan
Saturdays, Oct 17 - Nov 21,
10am-12pm ET

Reading Jefferson
Reading Jefferson
Steven Steinbach
Tuesdays, Sep 22 - Oct 27,
7:15-8:45pm ET

Fashion, Passion and Murder in the City of Lights
Émile Zola’s Paris: The Underbelly of the Belle Époque

Robert Barsky
Wednesdays, Sep 30 - Nov 18,
6-7:30pm ET
Plan 2 Prosper-Legacy
Plan 2 Prosper: Legacy
Elisabeth Anton
Mondays, Sep 28 - Nov 16,
6-8pm ET
The Sonnet course
The Sonnet
Professor Priscilla Gilman
Wednesdays, Oct 14 - Nov 18,
6-7:30 pm ET
Job Course
JOB: A Book of Ambiguity and Implication
Rabbi James Ponet
Mondays, Oct 12 - Nov 16,
5:30-7pm ET
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Postwar American Cinema
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Postwar American Cinema
Professor Peter Conolly-Smith
Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 17,
4-6pm ET
WAITLIST ONLY
Native Peoples in the History of the United States
Native Peoples in the History of the United States
Professor James M. Banner Jr.
Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 10,
5:30-7pm ET 

The Iran War Seminar
The Iran War
Professor Mary Habeck
Mondays, Sep 28 - Nov 16,
10am-12pm ET
WAITLIST ONLY
In-Person Seminar Courses

Washington, D.C.

Gods and Bombs
Gods and Bombs: Religion and the Ethics of Violence
Professor Lester Kurtz
Wednesdays, Sep 30 - Nov 18,
7:30-9:30pm ET
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Washington, D.C.
Brotherhood Within, War Without
Brotherhood Within, War Without-Dramas of Group Identity

Professor James Magruder
Thursdays, Oct 8 - Nov 19,
6-8pm ET
(No Class October 15)
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Washington, D.C.
Documentary Films
Documentary Films: As Big As The World
Professor Noah Morowitz
Mondays, Oct 5 - Nov 9, 
7-8:30pm ET
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Washington, D.C.

New Haven, CT

Painting as Inquiry
Painting as Inquiry
Matthew Watson
Wednesdays, Sep 23 - Nov 18,
6:30-9pm ET
(No class October 21)
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New Haven, CT
Beatles late period
The Beatles' Late Period, 1967–1970
Professor Mark Spicer
Mondays, Oct 5 - Nov 23,
6-7:30pm ET
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New Haven, CT

Greenwich, CT

Shining Light on Truth: Enslavement and Its Legacies in Connecticut
Shining Light on Truth: Enslavement and Its Legacies in Connecticut
Professor Michael Morand
Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 10 
5:30-7pm ET
Greenwich, CT

New York City

Origins of Ancient Greece
Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece
Professor Robert Hahn
Mondays, Oct 5 - Nov 9,
5:30-7:30pm ET
WAITLIST ONLY

New York City
Nothing is Lost Writing Course
Nothing is Lost: A Generative Fiction Workshop
Professor Alexandra Shelley
Wednesdays, Sep 23 - Nov 18,
5:30-7:30pm ET
(No class November 11)
WAITLIST ONLY

New York City
Origins of Ancient Geometry
Ancient Geometry and the Hidden Order of Reality:Toward a New Theory of the Greek Discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem
Professor Robert Hahn
Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 10,
5:30-7:30pm ET
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New York City
Harmonizing Minds
Harmonizing Minds - Musical Conscious Listening
Hsing-ay Hsu
Wednesdays, Oct 7 - Nov 18, 
6:30-8pm ET
(No class Oct 14)
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New York City
Origins of American Indeendence
Eighteenth-Century Britain and the Origins of American Independence: Looking Back at 250
Charles Ludington
Thursdays, Oct 1 - Nov 19,
6-8pm ET
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New York City
Soft Pastel Drawing
Soft Pastel Color Drawing
Danny Greenberg
Thursdays, Oct 15 - Dec 10,
6-8pm ET
(No class Nov 26)
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New York City

Rye, NY

Celebrating Opera
A Night at the Opera: Great characters, Great Arias, Great Voices
Professor Daniel Egan
Mondays, Oct 5 - Nov 9,
4-6pm ET
Rye, NY

Upcoming Events

Yale Center for British Art
The Expanded Field: Landscape Photography at the Yale Center for British Art
LECTURE SERIES (3 sessions)
Tuesdays, October 6 - October 20,
3-4:30pm ET
In-Person Sessions
New Haven, CT
The Many Lives of Sandro Botticelli
LECTURE SERIES (2 sessions)
Professor Joseph Luzzi
Tuesdays, Nov 10 - Nov 17
4-5:30pm ET
ONLINE SESSIONS
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