Read our 2018 Winter/Spring Catalog here
5CLIR membership must be current in order to register for seminars and programs.
You may submit your membership application or renewal online here
or to mail your membership application and check, download and print a membership form here
The first round of class assignments deadline was December 8, 2017.
Class assignments after this date are made in waiting list order, or as space is available.
The spring semester begins the week of February 19th.
Most seminars run for 10 weeks, although not all. A few classes begin in the second week.
Please check the listing for schedule details and dates that the class will not meet.
All seminars may continue into the week of April 30 in the event that a make-up class is needed.
To register for 2018 Spring Seminars, please check the tables below for seminars with available space.
Open seminars have course number indicated in RED.
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or to Register By Mail: download a printable registration form here
Spring 2018 Seminars by Day of Week
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| Course# | Seminar Title | Time | Moderators | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18SMS | Music and Social Change in America Additional information: 18SMS -slide 1, 18SMS -slide 2, 18SMS -slide 3 |
Mon AM | Dorin | Smith College, Lilly Hall, Room 308 |
| 18SWP | Writing to Remember (Purple Section) |
Mon AM | Luadtke, Clune | Rockridge Retirement Community Library, Northampton |
| 18SDS | Defensive Statistics Additional information: 18SDS Preview doc |
Mon PM | Armstrong | Applewood Meeting Room, Amherst |
| 18SNH | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fiction | Mon PM | Szlozek | Smith College, Campus Center, Room 102 |
| 18SMN | Medicine in the 19th Century | Mon PM | Berman | Amherst College, Converse Hall, Porter Lounge, Amherst |
| 18SWB | Writing to Remember (Blue Section) |
Mon PM | Lewin, Jolly | Lilly Library, Reading Room, Florence |
| 18SCR | The Crusades | Tue AM | Poli, Aulino | UMass Transit Center, Amherst |
| 18SGR | Great Rivers of the World | Tue AM | Scott | Applewood, The Tavern, Amherst |
| 18SNP | Our National Parks Additional information: 18SNP Preview doc 1, 18SNP Preview doc 2 |
Tue AM | Parrish, Parrish | Smith College, Dewey Common, Northampton |
| 18SRI | The Renaissance in Italy | Tue AM | Hamilton, Edelstein | UMass Renaissance Center Library, Amherst |
| Broadway Musicals – cancelled | Rockridge Retirement Community Library, Northampton | |||
| 18SGA | The Great American Songbook Additional information: 18SGA composers and lyricists-1, 18SGA Resources – 2, 18SGA What Is the – 3 |
Wed AM | Clune, Kosiorek | Amherst Women’s Club, Amherst |
| 18SBC | The Tales of Boccaccio and Chaucer | Wed AM | Barton | Smith College, Lilly Hall, Room 308. Northampton |
| 18SPA | Prehistory of the Americas Additional information: 18SPA – PreColumbian Handout |
Wed AM | Ambs | UMass Renaissance Center Library, Amherst |
| 18SAA | Arctic and Antarctic Explorers Additional information: 18SAA – preview doc |
Wed PM | Gaustad, Gaustad | Smith College, Dewey Common, Northampton |
| 18SEM | Early Massachusetts | Wed PM | Harvey | Amherst College, Converse Hall, Porter Lounge, Amherst |
| 18SLT | In Search of Lost Time: Marcel Proust on memory and art Additional information: 18SLT Proust Preview doc |
Wed PM | Denig, Johnson | Smith College, Lilly Hall, Room 308, Northampton |
| 18SWY | Wish You Were Here!: Vacations then and now Additional information: 18SWH Preview handout |
Wed PM | Honan | Loomis Village, South Hadley |
| 19SET | Europe in the 13th Century
|
Thu AM | Averill | Smith College, Dewey Common, Northampton |
| 18SFE | From Fundamentalism to ExtremismAdditional information: 18SFE The Salafi Movement handout |
Thu AM | Fisher | Applewood, The Tavern, Amherst |
| The Refugee Experience – cancelled | Lathrop Easthampton, Mt. Tom Room, Easthampton | |||
| 18SRT | A Return to Timbuktu | Thu AM | Wofford | Lathrop Northampton, Meeting Room, Northampton |
| 18SWR | Writing to Remember (Red Section) |
Thu AM | Peck, Porter | Grace Episcopal Church, Amher |
| 18SWG | Writing to Remember (Green Section)
|
Thu AM | Trish Callard | UMass/5C Credit Union, Hadley |
Spring 2018 Seminars by Title (alphabetically)
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| Course# | Seminar Title | Time | Moderators | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18SAA | Arctic and Antarctic Explorers Additional information: 18SAA – preview doc |
Wed PM | Gaustad, Gaustad | Smith College, Dewey Common, Northampton |
| Broadway Musicals – cancelled | Rockridge Retirement Community Library, Northampton | |||
| 18SCR | The Crusades | Tue AM | Poli, Aulino | UMass Transit Center, Amherst |
| 18SDS | Defensive Statistics
Additional information: |
Mon PM | Armstrong | Applewood Meeting Room, Amherst |
| 18SEM | Early Massachusetts | Wed PM | Harvey | Amherst College, Converse Hall, Porter Lounge, Amherst |
| 18SET | Europe in the 13th Century | Thu AM | Averill | Smith College, Dewey Common, Northampton |
| 18SFE | From Fundamentalism to ExtremismAdditional information: 18SFE The Salafi Movement handout |
Thu AM | Fisher | Applewood, The Tavern, Amherst |
| 18SGA | The Great American Songbook Additional information: 18SGA composers and lyricists-1, 18SGA Resources – 2, 18SGA What Is the – 3 |
Wed AM | Clune, Kosiorek | Amherst Women’s Club, Amherst |
| 18SGR | Great Rivers of the World | Tue AM | Scott | Applewood, The Tavern, Amherst |
| 18SMN | Medicine in the 19th Century | Mon PM | Berman | Amherst College, Converse Hall, Porter Lounge, Amherst |
| 18SMS | Music and Social Change in America Additional information: 18SMS -slide 1, 18SMS -slide 2, 18SMS -slide 3 |
Mon AM | Dorin | Smith College, Lilly Hall, Room 308 |
| 18SNH | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fiction | Mon PM | Szlozek | Smith College, Campus Center, Room 102 |
| 18SNP | Our National Parks Additional information: | Tue AM | Parrish, Parrish | Smith College, Dewey Common, Northampton |
| 18SPA | Prehistory of the Americas Additional information: 18SPA – PreColumbian Handout |
Wed AM | Ambs | UMass Renaissance Center Library, Amherst |
| The Refugee Experience – cancelled | Lathrop Easthampton, Mt. Tom Room, Easthampton | |||
| 18SRI | The Renaissance in Italy | Tue AM | Hamilton, Edelstein | UMass Renaissance Center Library, Amherst |
| 18SRT | A Return to Timbuktu | Thu AM | Wofford | Lathrop Northampton, Meeting Room, Northampton |
| 18SLT | In Search of Lost Time: Marcel Proust on memory and art Additional information: 18SLT Proust Preview doc |
Wed PM | Denig, Johnson | Smith College, Lilly Hall, Room 308, Northampton |
| 18SBC | The Tales of Boccaccio and Chaucer | Wed AM | Barton | Smith College, Lilly Hall, Room 308. Northampton |
| 18SWY | Wish You Were Here!: Vacations then and now Additional information: 18SWH Preview handout |
Wed PM | Honan | Loomis Village, South Hadley |
| 18SWB | Writing to Remember (Blue Section) |
Mon PM | Lewin, Jolly | Lilly Library, Reading Room, Florence |
| 18SWR | Writing to Remember (Red Section) |
Thu AM | Peck, Porter | Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst |
| 18SWP | Writing to Remember (Purple Section) |
Mon AM | Luadtke, Clune | Rockridge Retirement Community Library, Northampton |
| 18SWG | Writing to Remember(Green Section)
|
Thurs AM | Trish Callard | UMass/5C Credit Union, Hadley |