Fall seminars begin the week of September 25.
Most seminars are CLOSED to new registrations.
Those with space are highlighted, below, but moderators must approve new registrants.
Next semester’s Preview will be on November 19th, for the Spring 2018 seminar offerings. Please sign up for the newsletter, at right, to be notified.
5CLIR membership must be current in order to register for seminars and programs.
You may submit your membership application or renewal online
or download and print a membership form and mail with your check.
To be included in the first round of class assignments and the lottery, your registration form must be received by the office by May 19, 2017.
Following this date, you may register for seminars up to the start of the semester.
Class assignments after the lottery are made in waiting list order, or as space is available.
Read our 2017 Summer/Fall Catalog here: Fall/Summer Catalog
Most seminars run for 10 weeks, beginning the week of September 25th and end the week of November 27th. A few classes are 8 or 9 weeks.
Please check the listing for schedule details and dates that the class will not meet.
All seminars may continue into the week of December 4 or December 11 in the event that a make-up class is needed.
Click here to register for seminars online
or download, print and mail the paper form
CLICK SEMINAR TITLES FOR MORE INFORMATION
| Open (pre-lottery) |
Seminar | Time | Moderators | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | 18th Century England | Wed AM | Harvey | Smith College Campus Center, Room 003 |
| x | The Arithmetic of Symmetry | Mon AM | Armstrong | Smith College, Dewey Hall Common |
| x | Basic Drawing | Mon PM | Fay | Hitchcock Center for Environment, Amherst |
| x | Going with the Grain | Wed AM | Van Geel | Members’ homes |
| x | Hamilton the Musical & History | Wed PM | Honan | Loomis Village, S Hadley |
| x
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Have an Inkling (seminar cancelled) |
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| x | Hitler & Nazi Germany | Mon AM | Swanson | Smith College Campus Center, Room 102 |
| x | The Immigrants Revisited | Tues AM | Poli | UMass Transit Center, Amherst |
| x | Jane Austen | Thurs AM | Wilson, Price | Smith College Lilly Hall, Room 308 |
| x | Marriage in Literature | Wed AM | Reitt, McKelvey | Amherst Womens Club |
| x | Modern Hard Boiled Crime Fiction | Thurs AM | Novik | Lathrop Easthampton, Mt Tom Room |
| x | Nana & Papa 101 | Tues AM | Bogin | Rockridge Library, Northampton |
| x | New Technologies | Thurs AM | Price | Lathrop Northampton |
| x | The Playwright and the Preacher | Tues PM | Goldman | National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst |
| x | Radiation and You | Mon PM | Rabin | Smith College Dewey Hall Common |
| x | Reading “The Odyssey” | Wed PM | Armstrong | Applewood, Amherst |
| x | The Sultan and the Queen | Tues AM | Wofford | Lathrop Northampton Meeting Room |
| x | The US, 1912-1920 | Wed AM | Szlozek, Loughran | Smith College Lilly Hall, Room 308 |
| x | The U.S. Supreme Court | Wed PM | Russell | Smith College Dewey Hall Common |
| x | A Walk in the Park | Thurs AM | Kosmer, Siersma | UMass Renaissance Center, Amherst |
| x | Watercolor Class | Tues AM | MacCombie | Applewood Craft Room, Amherst |
| x | What is the US Foreign Policy in the Mideast? | Tues PM | Lau | Applewood, Amherst |
| x | Writing to Remember, Blue Section | Mon PM | Lewin, Jolly | Lilly Library, Florence |
| x | Writing to Remember, Purple Section | Wed PM | Levin, Luadtke | Rockridge Library, Northampton |
| x | Writing to Remember, Red Section | Thurs AM | Peck, Porter | Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst |
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