History Lessons in Chicago, IL

Join CourseHorse for our one-hour special virtual trivia night! Test your knowledge across a wide range of topics including music, movies, pop culture, history, sports, frozen foods, dog breeds, Seinfeld characters, ice cream flavors and many other surprises... How this will work: This will take place live over a Zoom conference. You will either...

In the early 20th century, a new generation of thinkers came to believe that European philosophy had reached a dead end. Reacting to what they held was the obfuscatory language and non-sensical direction of post-Kantian philosophy, Cambridge philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore set out to revolutionize philosophy through a fundamental rethinking...

The Protestant Reformation: Theology, History, and Modernity In 1517, the Augustinian monk Martin Luther nailed a set of 95 Theses protesting the corruption of the Catholic Church to the door of his local church in Wittenberg, Germany, starting the Protestant Reformation that would radically transform the religious and political landscape of Europe....

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849 – 1924) was an unlikely garden writer, particularly of the sort to inspire children. Still, The Secret Garden is a perennial favorite of gardeners. Burnett did not cultivate any substantial bit of earth until she was almost 50 years old. We will explore Burnett’s development as a gardener, her gardens in England,...

Full Course Title: From Super8 to VHS: Contemporary Artists Intervene in Home Movies Home movies bring to life some of our most precious memories. They allow you to watch your first-born child blow out their 1st birthday candles again or watch your grandfather fish at the family lake house. Stored on VHS tapes, super 8 films, and more recently, digital...

Compared over the course of her life to Marlene Dietrich, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, a sphinx, a she-wolf, a “foreigner on earth,” and a hurricane, the Jewish Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector moved in mystery. The author of nine novels and a large body of short stories, journalism, and children’s...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Study theories and principles that have shaped the design of landscapes from antiquity to the present. Explore Eastern and Western garden traditions. Survey all types of gardens and landscapes, including corporate and public spaces, through visual presentations,...

Full Course Title: How to Advocate for Transformative & Intersectional Policy Solutions to Prevent Hate Crimes In this workshop, participants will learn about transformative and intersectional policy solutions to prevent hate crimes. Within this workshop, we will discuss cross-sector policy solutions that can work to prevent violence and create...

Create a Successful Nonprofit / Community Service Organization Fill a void in your community – or in society as a whole - by forming and managing a nonprofit or community service organization.  This course will provide you with a roadmap for turning your ideas into viable and valuable programs. You’ll explore how to define who your organization...

Full Course Name: Healing Justice: Taking Personal Responsibility to Dismantle Hate and Violence We believe that greater levels of social change can happen when we have a cultural norm of collective liberation. With that goal in mind, this workshop will provide participants with context and skills to embody inclusive communication strategies...

At a time when we are more physically distant than ever before—how can we reverse the growing trends of disconnection to forge meaningful connections in business and in life? Even before the pandemic gripped the world, we had become a nation engulfed in loneliness. People have hundreds of “friends” on Facebook, and countless “connections”...

When you design or engineer a product, you believe that it will have a positive impact on your target market. But do you have the resources to think about how your technologies might affect society as a whole? This evening workshop will introduce you to the basics of ethical thinking and will help you implement ethics in your working day. ***This...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Perfume can be traced back thousands of years to an Ancient Egyptian tradition, beloved by Cleopatra. Discover the history of perfume and the therapeutic benefits of essential oils in this hands-on workshop! Learn scent-blending techniques and how to identify...

Engage your body with joy, delight, and curiosity. Connect with the rich history of traditional yoga practices through simple and fun mindfulness movements, stretches and breathing techniques. Equipment: YOGA mat (not an "exercise" mat).  Optional- 2 yoga blocks and an 8 foot yoga belt/strap.

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia, will discuss the biology of these potent fungi, their cultural history, and contemporary...