U of W 55+ classes

Course Description This course will provide an overview of many ways Greeks, Romans, and neighbouring peoples waged war. There will be a special emphasis on war experiences of soldiers, civilian and military families. The topics covered include: Warfare in Archaic and Classical Greece, 600-404 BCE. look at famed Greek hoplite and phalanx the use of […]

COURSE DESCRIPTION The skepticism, cynicism, and even violence directed towards the institutions, processes and persons of politics are symptomatic of its obsolescence. This is a tragedy because politics is what makes possible modern civilized life.  What if the core tragedy of the 21st century is that the price of surviving climate breakdown is authoritarianism?  Of […]