HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES

CERTIFICATE IN LIFELONG LEARNING

Fall 2019HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES

CERTIFICATE IN LIFELONG LEARNING

HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES

CERTIFICATE IN LIFELONG LEARNING

This fall, Long Island University is launching a Certificate in Lifelong Learning. You are invited as one of the first members of the inaugural class. This is a selective program taught by the nation’s leading professors and deans, as well as, celebrated musicians and performers.

The program comprises six courses selected to provide you with greater insight into the disciplines of art, music, English literature, history, business, philosophy and science.

The Certificate benefits include:

•University-Level/DoctoralCurriculum •OfficialLIUCertificateinLifelongLearning •GraduationCeremonyPlease register before July 31, 2019 to become an official student in the certificate program.

Thank you.

ABOUTUSHutton House Lectures at LIU Post is a lifelong learning academy for adult students, offering a culture of excellence, faculty with a breadth of expertise and knowledge, and an idyllic educational setting on the Gold Coast of Long Island. The Certificate in Lifelong Learning is a six-course series taught by highly credentialed thought leaders who teach an eclectic mix of innovative topics. The series is designed to foster critical thinking in a collaborative, student-centered, experiential environment. The certificate is for those students who wish to take their learning to the next level.

FACULTY BIOGRAPHIESNATHANIELBOWDITCHDr. Bowditch is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at LIU Post. He received his PhD in 2004 in Philosophy from John Hopkins University and his BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, Dr. Bowditch taught at Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College of Maryland, and Goucher College. Additionally, he joined American University in Cairo, Egypt and taught in the Department of Philosophy, receiving The Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2009.

While at AUC, he served as their Associate Dean and then as the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. After 11 years abroad with his family, Dr. Bowditch returned to New York and joined Long Island University.

STEVENBREESECurrently serving as Dean of the College of Arts, Communications and Design at LIU Post, Breese has enjoyed a national and international acting/directing/playwriting career that has spanned more than 30 years. He holds his MFA from California Institute of the Arts and has acted and/or directed at many of the nation’s finest theaters including, the Tony Award winning South Coast Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Cleveland Playhouse, American Heartland Theatre, Forum Theatre (Chicago),

The Royal George Theatre (Chicago), Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, Ft. Worth Shakespeare in the Park, Virginia Stage Company, and other regional theaters/touring companies. As a playwright, Breese has completed over 30 plays including, The Trial of Hamlet (classical courtroom drama), Brotherly Love (contemporary love story), and Actus Fideí (historical fiction). In 2013, he published a book on acting theory and practice titled, On Acting, A Handbook for Today’s Unique American Actor. Breese has also served as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Southern Connecticut State as well as Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Christopher Newport University in Virginia.

TWEEDROOSEVELTTweed Roosevelt is Chairman of LIU’s Theodore Roosevelt Institute, founded in 2018, and Chief Executive Officer and Immediate Past President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Great-Grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, he is a member of one of the oldest and most respected families in the United States. A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia University with a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Misericordia University. Tweed Roosevelt is the chairman

of Roosevelt China Investments and has lectured at Harvard, Marshall and Santa Clara Universities on such topics as conservation and the environment, Japanese-American relations and Theodore Roosevelt’s adventures in the American West, Africa and the Amazon. During the Clinton Administration, Tweed Roosevelt led the successful efforts to posthumously award President Theodore Roosevelt the Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States government’s highest military honor.

ROBVALLIDr. Valli received his PhD in Engineering at Cambridge University, his graduate degree at Stanford School of Business and his BA from Berkeley. He is the Dean of the College of Management at LIU Post and professor of technology management. As a former Director of Advertising Innovation at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Dr. Valli’s exposure to Silicon Valley and his scholarly pursuit of new enterprise development, has resulted in a significant international network, enabling the knowledge necessary to propel

university innovation and enterprise towards commercialization. Dr. Valli has overseen countless worldwide student consulting engagements spanning Asia, South America, Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. Worthy of note is his hosting of the Global Commission for Advancing Innovation at King’s College (Cambridge) where he gathered philanthropists, investors and chief scientists from Europe, America and Israel.

DANIELHANLEYDr. Daniel Hanley is Assistant Professor of Biology at LIU Post. He is a leading expert in the field of avian perception, cognition, and decision making. Dr. Hanley has published more than 35 peer-reviewed articles in numerous high-profile scientific journals such as Biologia, the American Naturalist, Audubon, and Science Magazine. He earned a PhD in Biological Science from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, an M.S. from Bucknell University and a B.S. from Cornell University.

TUITION: $850 (includes optional experiences, any admission ticket fees, and graduation. Transportation is not included.) Once the courses begin, there are no refunds.

REGISTRATION: Registration is available through the Hutton House Lectures Office in Room101ofLorberHall.

Call Karen Young at 516-299-2580 or online at https://webapps.liu.edu/huttonhouse (search Certificate)

Upon completion of this program, you will receive a Certificate in Lifelong Learning from Long Island University School of Professional Studies. As such, the expectation is that all six courses will be completed in order to receive the certificate. However, in order to accommodate those students who may have one absence, we will offer an optional course or activity for absentees which may be substituted within the certificate.

Please contact the office at 516-299-2580 if you have any questions.

Lorber Hall | LIU Post | 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548516-299-2580 huttonhouse@liu.edu

Dr. Rita LangdonDean

Dr. Lynne ManouvrierAssociateDean

DEANS’WELCOMETOTHECERTIFICATEINLIFELONGLEARNING(BRONZELEVEL)

MADELINEKOLEANDRICHIEIACONASolo vocalist and jazz bassist MADELINEKOLE has appeared and performed with such notable artists as Bobby Short, George Benson, Robert Klein, John Pizzarelli, George Burns, and Whoopi Goldberg, to name a few. A “singer supreme” her credits include “Painter of Dreams,” “A Long Way to Go,” and “Kole Sings Cole” (The Music of Cole Porter) with arranger/composer Richie Iacona. Ms. Kole has been called on to perform for President Bill Clinton, Rudolph Guiliani, President Donald Trump, and other world dignitaries.

Freelance pianist, arranger and conductor, RICHIE IACONA has performed with such musical icons as Tommy Tune, Liza Minelli, Diahan Caroll, Vic Damone, and Charles Aznevour. Mr. Iacona is staff arranger for the Rainbow Room Orchestra at Rockefeller Center and the Omni Music Library, which includes music for Tri-Star Pictures, Acura Motors, Folgers Coffee and the USA Cable Network.

FALL2019COURSES:CERTIFICATE IN LIFELONG LEARNING

BRONZELEVEL

ARTASANINVESTMENTInstructor: Rob Valli, PhD, Dean, College of Management; Professor of Technology Management, LIU Post Special Guest: A private wealth manager specializing in art as an investment

Aimed at art collectors, investors and enthusiasts, this user-friendly class explains art as an asset through comparison with more familiar investments such as real estate, shares and gold. It draws on extensive research and interviews with investors and key leaders in the arts market. This class considers the growing importance attributed to art as an investment, testing the validity of claims of the arts’ capacity to generate returns that outweigh its risk. How do the characteristics of blue chip art coincide with, and diverge from, the fundamental features of more established types of assets? Key issues to be addressed include the role of subjectivity in the perception of value; the failure of attempts to establish stock

markets for art; the risks and shortcomings of art funds; the banks’ reluctance to lend against art; and the elitism of the art world. Suggested reading: Art as an Investment? A Survey of Comparative Assets by Melanie Gerlis.

SPINOZA:THEPHILOSOPHICALOUTSIDERInstructor: Nathaniel Bowditch, PhD, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Philosophy, LIU Post

Among philosophers, Benedict De Spinoza (1632-1677) was best known for his posthumously published book, Ethics, a monumental work that presented an ethical vision unfolding out of monistic metaphysics in which God and Nature were identified. While Spinoza’s philosophical views might initially appear quite odd and counter-intuitive, his insights about the one substance that he called ‘God or nature’ were quite suggestive and relevant to contemporary debates regarding the relationship between human beings and technology, as well as debates about the future of human nature.

CLASSSCHEDULEFALL2019Courses: 10amto12noon, except where notedLocation: Room107,LorberHall 

ARTASANINVESTMENTWednesday, September 11 Wednesday, September 18 Includes guided tour of Steinberg Museum of Art at LIU Post  MOCKINGBIRDS:AVIANPERCEPTIONANDDECISION-MAKINGFriday, September 20Friday, September 271 to 3 pmOptional 3rd class: Outdoor field experience THETRIALOFHAMLETWednesday, October 9Wednesday, October 16 CURRENTEVENTSTHROUGHTHELENSOFTHEODOREROOSEVELTWednesday, October 23Thursday, October 31 Optional 3rd class: Tour of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay THEGREATAMERICANSONGBOOKWednesday, November 6Wednesday, November 13Optional 3rd class: Performance at LIU of Long Island Sound Vocal Jazz  SPINOZA:THEPHILOSOPHICALOUTSIDERWednesday, December 4Wednesday, December 11

GRADUATION:December 18, 10 a.m., TBA

MOCKINGBIRDS:AVIANPERCEPTIONANDDECISION-MAKINGInstructor: Daniel Hanley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, LIU Post

Although birds are often wonderful parents, some birds (known as parasites) skirt parental care entirely and lay their eggs in other birds’ nests (known as hosts). These foster parents must detect these unwanted parasite eggs, and they often use the color of their eggs as a cue. Scientists have long assumed that the mockingbirds remove parasite eggs that appear very different, but it turns out that they generally keep blue eggs and remove brown eggs (up to 90% of the time). Evolutionary ecologist Daniel Hanley, PhD, who first documented this phenomenon, and whose work was highlighted in the March 2019 issue of Science Magazine, shares his latest research. You will have the opportunity to explore rare and unusual eggs, make your own experimental egg model (such as those used in his field experiments), and develop an in-depth understanding of avian vision. 

THETRIALOFHAMLET:ANORIGINALPLAYBYSTEVENBREESEInstructor: Steven Breese, MFA, Dean, College of Arts, Communications and Design, LIU Post

“After five hundred years, Hamlet has something else to say.” Popular culture and classical literature collide as Shakespeare’s most popular character is thrust into the modern media spotlight. The result is a new play that ponders the essential “what-ifs” of Hamlet’s psyche and motivations. Drawn from modern media-trial frenzies and laced with a keen sense of humor, this contemporary re-examination of the Bard’s classic play finds Hamlet defending himself for the brutal murder of Polonius — the forgotten crime embedded in the complex and mysterious world of Shakespeare’s most engaging tragedy. With a cast of characters only Shakespeare could create, this classical courtroom drama takes a pointed and sometimes

irreverent look at our legal system, the media and our culture’s fascination with the famous and infamous.

CURRENTEVENTSTHROUGHTHELENSOFTHEODOREROOSEVELTInstructor: Tweed Roosevelt, MBA, Chairman, Theodore Roosevelt Institute

When Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as the 26th President of the United States on September 14, 1901, he became the leader of a nation that had changed significantly in recent decades. The population of the United States had almost doubled from 1870 to 1900 as immigrants came to U.S.

cities to work in the country’s burgeoning factories. As the United States became increasingly urban and industrial, it acquired many of the attributes common to industrial nations—overcrowded cities, poor working conditions, great economic disparity, and the political dominance of big business. At the turn of the twentieth century, Americans began to look for ways to address some of these problems. Little has changed since TR’s time, as many of these issues are as topical today as they were during his presidency. In the year 2019, how would TR approach topics such as immigration, the economy, and equality? This class will analyze current events of the day through the voice of TR’s great grandson, Tweed Roosevelt.

THEGREATAMERICANSONGBOOKInstructors: World-Class Musicians Madeline Cole and Richard Iacona; With introductory remarks by Jennifer Miceli, PhD, Chair, Department of Music, LIU Post; Director of Music Education and Long Island Sound Vocal Jazz

American popular music has had a profound effect on music and culture across the world. The songs that make up this achievement have a characteristic sound and ambience. They are immediately distinguishable

from the popular music of other countries, although American popular song eventually came to dominate, or at least influence strongly, that of most other countries which shared the same western musical tradition. The years from 1890 – 1990 were the “golden years” of American Popular Songs. These songs were brought to us by songwriters such as: Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach and many others. They “made their way” to us through the musical theater, movies and pop recordings. Our presentation will include performances and discussions of many of these wonderful songs, their lyricists and the “tunesmiths” that have enriched and continue to entertain generations of audiences.