University Open Air: Origin of Islam
This course will look at the foundations of Islam and how the prophet Muhammad brought the message of God to the world and how his followers divided after his death. It will also overlook the foundations of Islamophobia, the core message of Islam, and how the message became obscured over the…
University Open Air: Heritage Interpretation: Proposals for the National Park Historic: Henry’s Citadel, Sans-Souci Palace, and the Complex of Ramiers in Haiti
The question of conservation and enhancement of the Heritage has always been debated by intellectuals and professionals. In the Nineteenth century, these debates gave rise to both the concept of ‘'monument'’ but also to Art History as a scientific discipline. Indeed, these studies carried out…
University Open Air: Community Development and Participatory Design
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." In this course, citizens and professionals will collaborate to discuss, discover and improve various aspects of their…
University Open Air: Immigration Policy: The Central America Caravans
This course explains why the migrant “caravans” from Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) traveling towards the U.S. border have generated intense interest and will address questions related to the phenomenon by looking at current law and policy, admissions…
University Open Air: The Interpretation of Dreams: Freud and the Origins of Psychoanalysis
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout much of the morning and afternoon hours, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck…
University Open Air: Social Movements and Democracy
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout much of the morning and afternoon hours, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center's Elsie Smith Conference Room located on the lower level of Central…
University Open Air: Thinking Like a Data Scientist
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout much of the morning and afternoon hours, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck…
University Open Air: The Twilight Zone: LGBTIQ Politics in Russia and Its Impact on the Global Queer Agenda
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout much of the morning and afternoon hours, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center's Elsie Smith Conference Room located on the lower level of Central…
University Open Air: What is Tibetan Yoga?
What is the view of physical body, energy body and mental body in the Buddhist world? Is the Tibetan yoga different from the present yogas practices that are mushrooming all over the world? What are the benefits? In this session, Dr. Chok will teach the five movements of the five elements for…
University Open Air: Contemporary Taiwanese Poetry
In this class, students will read original and translated poems by contemporary Taiwanese authors. Pairing individual poems with American poets, students will use thematic concepts as a guide to generate new work; elements include intimacy, magic, suppression and more, to be discussed by…
University Open Air: Lady Fatimah
This course will cover the first lady in Islam, a symbol of women's rights as she was the first to fight for her inheritance. Fourteen hundred years ago, it was unheard of for a woman to go to court to fight for her right to property. Lady Fatimah had no lawyer, so she represented herself…
University Open Air: Thinking Like a Data Scientist
Are you passionate to develop the essential data science skills for your career? This course is structured to get you accustomed and familiar with the key skills used in Data Science.
Eugene Opoku-Mensah is a Computer Science Educator & Researcher with over 6 years of experience in…
University Open Air: Qualitative Research in the Urban Field
This class will provide participants with a brief approach to the different techniques that urban anthropology can offer to qualitative research in an urban environment, such as: participant observation, deep-interviews, focus groups, speech analysis, and observation without…
University Open Air: Sustainable Housing Provision: Challenges and Opportunities in a Metro City
The course evaluates the various types of housing provision and the various approaches used in the delivery of housing units. The course further identifies technologies and processes to improve the provision of housing in contemporary industry and project-based environments. The extension of the…
University Open Air: In Their Own Voices: Iranian Women Bloggers
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout most the day, we have moved Tuesday’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Information Commons, Meeting Room #3, located on the first floor of Central Library. Please enter using the main…
University Open Air: Heritage Interpretation: Proposals for the National Park Historic: Henry’s Citadel, Sans-Souci Palace and the Complex of Ramiers in Haiti
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout most the day, we have moved Tuesday’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Information Commons, Meeting Room #7, located on the first floor of Central Library. Please enter using the main…
University Open Air: Political Ideologies in Latin America
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout most the day, we have moved Tuesday’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center’s 2nd Auditorium Conference Room located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the…
University Open Air: Origin of Islam
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of rain throughout most of the day, we have moved Tuesday’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck Center from the main…
University Open Air: Social Movements and Democracy
Due to the weather forecast and the possibility of early afternoon thunderstorms, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center’s 2nd Auditorium Conference Room located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck Center from…
University Open Air: The Interpretation of Dreams: Freud and the Origins of Psychoanalysis
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the possibility of early afternoon thunderstorms, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Trustees Room, located on the third floor of Central Library. Please enter using the main entrance at Grand Army…
University Open Air: Community Development and Participatory Design
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the possibility of early afternoon thunderstorms, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Information Commons, Meeting Room #3, located on the first floor of Central Library. Please enter using the main…
University Open Air: Lady Fatimah
Due to the weather forecast and the possibility of early afternoon thunderstorms, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center’s 2nd Auditorium Conference Room located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck Center from…
University Open Air: What is Tibetan Pranayama?
In this session, Dr. Chok will teach the most known nine-round of breathings for purifying the stale energies from our bodies. It is like washing a dirty cup, wiping it and filling it with delicious coffee! We wash our body every day but we do not wash inside! He will teach how to wash the…
University Open Air: Graffiti Mutation in a Gentrified Environment: the Case of NYC
This workshop will be centered on trying to understand if the mutation of the “traditional” graffiti has been used as a tool to rapidly gentrify NYC. The participants will explore the story of graffiti in NYC and try to find a link between street art and gentrification in…
University Open Air: Community Development and Participatory Design
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." In this course, citizens and professionals will collaborate to discuss, discover and improve various aspects of their…
University Open Air: Intersex Activism
Who are the Intersex people? What challenges do they face? What is difference between Intersex and LGBTQ? What is an intersex identity? What are Intersex organizations in the US and in other countries? Aleksander Berezkin, Intersex man and a political immigrant from Russia will discuss this and…
University Open Air: Transhumanism: Endless Evolution or the End of Humanity
This course will address challenging limitations, overcoming fears, exploring the nature of the universe, and the endless attempts we make to define who we are. Throughout all of history, humankind has struggled with these questions.
Pavel Ilin is a philosopher of…
University Open Air: Contemporary Taiwanese Poetry
In this class, students will read original and translated poems by contemporary Taiwanese authors. Pairing individual poems with American poets, students will use thematic concepts as a guide to generate new work; elements include intimacy, magic, suppression and more, to be discussed by…
University Open Air: Business Law in Morocco: Legal Amendments and Reforms
This course will discuss the amendments and reforms that Morocco has made in commercial and business laws in order to encourage and attract foreign investors and investments. The focus will be on the role of foreign capital and its relationship to growth of job opportunities in Morocoo.…
University Open Air: In their own Voices: Iranian Women Bloggers
This course will discuss why self-blogging is used by Iranian women as a medium. Their reasons for blogging are varied: some blog simply for the pleasure of writing, while others use the platform as a way to communicate and engage with other activists around the globe. This course will…
University Open Air: Origin of Islam
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of a thunderstorm later this morning, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck Center from the main…
University Open Air: Centrality of Culture and Religion in the Medieval Central Asian landmass
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of a thunderstorm later this morning, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center’s 2nd Auditorium Conference Room located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access…
University Open Air: Theater Workshop: Self-Discovery
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of a thunderstorm later this morning, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center's lobby located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access the Dweck Center…
University Open Air: Thinking Like a Data Scientist
**Please note: Due to the weather forecast and the anticipation of a thunderstorm later this morning, we have moved today’s classes to Central Library. This course will take place in the Dweck Center’s 2nd Auditorium Conference Room located on the lower level of Central Library. You may access…
University Open Air: Linguistic Map of Tajikistan
Tajikistan is home to several ‘remnant’ Iranian languages, which are designated after the geographical zones where the speakers of these languages live. One of the major groups is that Badakhshani, or commonly known as Pamiri languages and are divided into the Shughni-Rushni language group…
University Open Air: Thinking Like a Data Scientist
Are you passionate to develop the essential data science skills for your career? This course is structured to get you accustomed and familiar with the key skills used in Data Science.
Eugene Opoku-Mensah is a Computer Science Educator & Researcher with over 6 years of experience…
University Open Air: Theater Workshop: Creative Fantasy
This workshop will motivate students to use memory and imagination through games based on living experiences and new sensory and human situations.
Asma Thabet is an actress, dancer, theatre teacher, director, and psychodramist graduated from The High Institute of Dramatic Arts in…
University Open Air: Business Law in Morocco: Legal Amendments and Reforms
This course will discuss the amendments and reforms that Morocco has made in commercial and business laws in order to encourage and attract foreign investors and investments. The focus will be on the role of foreign capital and its relationship to growth of job opportunities in Morocoo.…
University Open Air: What is Chod (cutting your ego)?
We live in a conceptual world full of hope and fear, yet we mostly focus on the past and future. Why is there so much anger, destruction and unhappiness in life? Chod is a famous healing practice on the Himalayan plateau. For this session, Dr. Chok will discuss the practice of Chod and perform a…
University Open Air: Centrality of Culture and Religion in the Medieval Central Asian landmass
The region of modern Central Asia was formed in the early decades of the twentieth century. It currently comprises five independent states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and in antiquity included several ethnocultural zones, such as Parthia, Aria, Chorasmia,…
University Open Air: Four Things You Need to Start Your Own Business
The course will cover the core concepts of financing the assets needed for production. Basics of current asset management will be outlined. Topics related to human resource management, such as, team building, performance evaluation and competitive compensation will be reviewed.
Igor…
University Open Air: The Project Quality Management Plan for Sustainable Construction
This course presents a typical plan for the management of quality of the contraction process towards achieving a sustainable construction, which delivers the objectives of the client in terms of satisfaction, delivery within budget, construction quality and timely delivery. An evaluation of the…
University Open Air: Theater Workshop: Storytelling
In this workshop, students will learn how to build a story from small objects using memory and imagination. Big stories come from little things.
Asma Thabet is an actress, dancer, theatre teacher, director, and psychodramist graduated from The High Institute of Dramatic Arts in…
University Open Air: Thinking Like a Data Scientist
Are you passionate to develop the essential data science skills for your career? This course is structured to get you accustomed and familiar with the key skills used in Data Science.
Eugene Opoku-Mensah is a Computer Science Educator & Researcher with over 6 years of experience…
University Open Air: Exiled, Lost, But Hopeful: LGBTIQ Immigration and Queer Politics in the U.S.
Running for their lives, LGBTIQ+ immigrants come to the U.S., mostly to New York, where they settle down in neighborhoods, where people speak the same language and share mutual cultural attitudes (such as Brighton Beach in Brooklyn.) However, quite often those areas are not safe for LBGTIQ+…
