OLLI101546 - How Did We Get Here? American and French Revolutions (HYBRID AT TUA)
Course Description
HOW DID WE GET HERE? AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS
Instructor: Steven Pollack
Day of Week: Thursday
Dates: Feb 1 – Mar 14 (6 sessions)
No Class: Mar 7
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: Hybrid at Ambler
The American and French Revolutions were inspired by the same principles of independence, freedom and fair treatment under the law. Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity were the inspirations of both uprisings - yet one country ended their turmoil with a constitutional government and the other ended theirs with a dictatorship. The
Sons of Liberty, The Committees of Public Safety, Samuel Adams, Robespierre - common goals, common passions - yet different outcomes. This class will explore the issues that led to these revolutions, and why they became so divergent.
Maximum Online: 150
Maximum In-Person: 150
Instructor Bio:
Steve Pollack is a performer, director, lecturer and actor who has appeared in venues ranging from Grand Opera to Blues and Pop; an actor and director of stage plays; and as a lecturer and teacher in schools, community organizations, and private associations. He has performed in many local and regional theaters in opera, concert, and musical theater and was one of the original members of Peter Nero’s Voices of the Pops in Philadelphia. He lectures often on subjects of culture, art, history, music, and social change with specific focus on the critical, ironic, or trivial connections between historical events. He was educated at Franklin & Marshall College and Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.Notes
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