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On average the Osher Institute features over 120 courses, plus tours and social events each year. Courses offered include art, science, medicine, literature, computing, history, theater, distinguished lectures by national and local leaders in government, and live musical performances.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members enjoy:• Convenient daytime class hours• No prerequisites, grades or tests• Opportunity to audit most UC San Diego classes• Free use of the UC San Diego libraries• Social opportunities

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego

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Barbara Greer, Artist

This catalog’s cover features artwork by Osher member Barbara Greer. Barbara has a distinguished history of more than twenty years with ICL/Osher. A graduate of Cornell College in Iowa, Barbara has been Osher’s resident artist functioning as a scene and set designer for Theater World. Also as the polymath she is, Barbara has led the Best Short Stories class for the past fourteen years. Barbara Greer represents the classic prototype of the small cadre of Osher members who have maintained the excellence of Osher’s curriculum from year to year.

On the Cover


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The purpose of our Osher organization, as defined by the second article of our Constitution, is “to provide a community of study and learning consistent with the values and policies of the University of California” so that our members will have the opportunity “to continue their intellectual pursuits and activities.”

I want to look at different aspects of this purpose in my catalog messages. I am going to start with the primary facilitator—the Curriculum Committee. The core

of our study and learning comes from the curriculum that is developed for each quarter by this committee. I expect that in some ways it is our best-kept secret and that many of our members do not know much about the process.

Before moving on to the committee’s work, it is important to note the fact that the curriculum is dictated by the broad range of interests of the membership. To assure that this variety is captured, the curriculum has a basic structure. It always includes subjects from the arts and humanities, from the social sciences, and from math and the natural sciences. The distribution is not always in perfect thirds; one subject or another may be more prominent in any quarter, but none is forgotten. In this way, the breadth of curiosity of our members provides the underlying foundation of our program.

The quarterly curriculum is the outcome of a tremendous amount of work that goes into recruiting speakers. We are situated in an exceptionally rich intellectual and academic environment with many connected organizations and institutions from which we can draw presenters. How do we do that? Here is a brief description of our process.

1. Coordinators: The committee members seek out presenters for room 129. Several of these coordinators are responsible for specific areas of learning: Social Sciences, Osher Presenters (member presentations), Science and Medicine, International Relations, Law and Society, Live Music, and Humanities. Some members work particularly to identify presenters for Distinguished Lectures, Premier Classes (3 or more classes on a subject), and Master Classes (5 lectures on a subject).

2. Chair: The committee chair is responsible for overseeing the entire curriculum process and presides at the committee meetings. The chair also works with peer leaders to schedule the seminar-style classes in room 128.

3. Printing: Two to three months before the quarter is to begin, and after several rounds of editing and proofreading, the committee submits the catalog text to the University for printing. Printer’s proofs are proofread multiple times before the catalog is finally printed and distributed to the membership.

Take a look on page 3 of the catalog at the names of the members of this committee. Feel free to approach them and talk about their work—and thank them!

Jim Wyrtzen

President

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Message from the President, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute invites all who are retired or semi-retired and 50 years of age or older to renew their enthusiasm for learning in a relaxed environment. Designed and run by its members, Osher offers a stimulating program of classes, seminars, lectures, and discussion groups, entirely free of the pressures of grades and exams.

Classes are taught by distinguished faculty, scholars, and community and national leaders in an array of subjects: history, art, science, literature, economics, politics, medicine, and many more. Live drama, music, and movies add to the choices. Osher members choose as many or as few activities as they wish; there are no requirements.

Learning for the love of it—that’s Osher.

Osher—For Adults Who Thirst for Knowledge

Membership benefits include:• Use of UC San Diego’s libraries, cafeterias,

and other facilities

• Discount on some UC San Diego Extension courses

• Eligibility to audit many regular UC San Diego courses on a no-fee, space-available basis with permission from the instructor

• Quarterly catalog of all courses, programs, trips, and special events

• Some university events at discount rates

• With a UC San Diego student affiliate ID card (available to all Osher members for just $15 in building C), members are eligible for various local discounts

For more information about becoming an Osher member at UC San Diego, contact the Osher office:

Location: 9600 N. Torrey Pines Road UC San Diego Extension Campus Rubinger Center Bldg. D La Jolla, CA 92093-0176

Office Monday–Friday Hours: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Telephone: (858) 534-3409 Fax: (858) 534-4928

Email: [email protected]

Website: olli.ucsd.edu

Class Monday–Friday Hours: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Annual Membership: $250

Fall Quarter Membership: $155

Monthly Membership: $75

Effective Immediately: Registration

will all be done online or with Extension

Student Services, Building C.

See page 40 for more details.

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Officers and Executive Committee

Term Ending June 2015

President: Jim Wyrtzen

Vice President Administration: Neil Perl

Vice President Planning: Steve Clarey

Secretary: Kim Davies

Treasurer: Stanley Faer

Immediate Past President: Reed Sullivan

Council Members


Peter Levine

Mel Pinney

Judy Russell

Henry Williams

Harry Zimmerman


Kay Bodinger

Grace Lee

Paul Page

Ira Nelson

Madelyn Reina


Joan Jacobs

Paul Markowitz

Judith Miller

Frances Simon

Christine Sullivan

Ex-Officio Member James Forcier, Representative for the Dean of UC San Diego Extension

Office Manager Amy Patterson

Curriculum Committee Chair: Marsha Korobkin Vice Chairs: Christine Sullivan, Reed Sullivan

Steve Clarey, Dick Dahlberg, Joel Dimsdale, Mark Evans, Stanley Faer, Pat Fleming, Candace Geitzen, Jack Holtzman, Lyle Kalish, Barbara Leondar, Ina Nelson, Rita Petrella, Linda Shirer, Christine Sullivan, Reed Sullivan, Doug Webb, Jim Wyrtzen

Newsletter: Martha Kaplan

Public Relations & Marketing: TBD

Website: Vivian Leahy, Neil Perl

Activities Committee Chair: Carol Roberts

Potluck Lunch: Marilyn Brown

Finance Committee Chair: Stanley Faer Steve Clarey, Dick Dahlberg, Neil Perl, Jim Wyrtzen

Membership Committee Chair: Elaine Olds Lu Almgren, Kay Bodinger, Mike and Zoe Cavanaugh, Jane Gibson, Joan Jacobs, Martha Kaplan, Al Korobkin, Grace Lee, Darlene Palmer, Phyllis Rosenbaum, Reed Sullivan, Marcia Wyrtzen

Osher Council and Committees

Osher Catalog Editors Mark Evans, Stanley Faer, Marsha Korobkin, Juanita LaHaye, Barbara Leondar, Reed Sullivan, Jim Wyrtzen

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Table of Contents

1 Message from the President2 Osher—For Adults Who Thirst for

Knowledge3 Osher Council and Committees

Monday6 Social Sciences8 International Relations10 Distinguished Lectures10 Sudoku Solutions11 Distinguished Lecture12 Faculty Excellence Award Lecture14 Architecture: Twentieth Century

Architects Who Changed the World14 Major Historical Trends of the 20th Century

Tuesday15 Osher Presenters16 Distinguished Lecture16 Science and Medicine18 Memoirs18 Distinguished Lecture23 Premier Class: The World Economy23 San Diego Neighborhoods24 Modern and Contemporary Authors24 Best Short Stories

Wednesday25 Master Class I: Health Issues in Aging26 Master Class II: Shooting in Both Directions:

How the Image Takes Us—A History of Photography

27 Wednesday at the Movies28 Theater World28 Deliberative Dialogue

Thursday29 Distinguished Lecture30 Current Events30 Law and Society31 Reading Poetry32 Special Master Class: CARTA33 Distinguished Lecture34 The Criminal Justice System35 Inquiring Minds

Friday35 Humanities37 Distinguished Lecture37 New Member Lunch37 Marilyn Heikoff* Live Music Program38 Law and Society

General Information39 Classroom Locations40 UC San Diego Parking Permit Application40 Enrollment Form

* Family and friends donated funds to help support this program in memory of Marilyn Heikoff, a long-time Osher member and theater and music lover.

See class calendar on pages 19-22Classes are subject to change.

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November 25, Monday @ 1:00 p.m.Russell Vetter, Ph.D.Guilty Pleasures: The Myths and Realities of Sustainable Seafood

November 26, Tuesday @ 10:00 a.m.Mayor Jerry SandersWhat Are the Particular Challenges Facing Any Mayor?

December 5, Thursday @ 10:00 a.m.Professor Thomas BewleyCoordinated Robotics: From Agility to Perception

September 30, Monday @ 1:00 p.m.Professor Barney RickettThe Story of Pulsars, Part 1

October 1, Tuesday @ 1:00 p.m.Howard Yang, M.B.A.What Is a Smart Phone? Why Do I Need One?

October 3, Thursday @ 10:00 a.m.Michael Caldwell, Ph.D.King Lear, Part 2

October 7, Monday @ 1:00 p.m.Ina von Ber, Ph.D. The Work of the World Diplomatic Forum & Ambassadorial Roundtable

October 14, Monday @ 1:00 p.m.Professor Barney RickettThe Story of Pulsars, Part 2

October 15, Tuesday @ 1:00 p.m.Professor Michael MonteónThe Chilean Revolution

November 7, Thursday @ 1:00 p.m.Bernardo Ng, M.D.Mean Dudes and Mean Deeds: Exploring Tarantino’s Vision

November 8, Friday @ 10:00 a.m.Professor Eric CourchesneAutism Research Over Thirty Years

November 25, Monday @ 10:00 a.m.William Griswold, M.D.The Beauty of Cabrillo National Monument: An Artist-in-Residence’s Experience

Our Distinguished Lectures include prominent speakers from government, academia, law, the living arts, journalism, religion, science, medicine and other disciplines.

Distinguished Lecture Series Summary

Effective Immediately:

Osher registration will all be done online or

with Extension Student Services, Building C.

See page 40 for more details.


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Classroom 129

September 30

Coordinators: Marsha Korobkin, Christine Sullivan, Steve Clarey and Dick Dahlberg

Professor Ross Frank

Alternative Accounts: Historical Narrative and Counter-Narrative in Plains Indian Art

Native American Ledger Art is an extraordinary source of written information about the history and culture of the 19th-century American Indian groups of the Great Plains. Professor Ross Frank will introduce this genre of Plains Indian art that began in the 1850s and continues to evolve today. He will explain how to understand the narratives that ledger drawings contain and will provide a brief history of ledger art. He will give additional context for understanding the unparalleled collection of ledger art now digitally curated online, and original ledger art in Mandeville Special Collections at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library.

Ross Frank is an associate professor in UCSD’s Ethnic Studies Department. His areas of research extend from Spanish villages and Indian pueblos in New Mexico through the Great Plains and to the Great Lakes. He teaches courses on Native American history and culture and directs the Plains Indian Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project (PILA) at UCSD, which works to digitize and archive complete Plains Indian ledger books in their entirety.

October 14

Professor Valerie Hartouni

Thoughtlessness and the Optics of Moral Argument: Screening the Spectacle of Eichmann

In her controversial work Eichmann in Jerusalem, Hannah Arendt insisted that great evil is not necessarily a reflection of evil motives or an expression of natural depravity. Such evil, she argued, is better understood as the outcome of a certain “thoughtlessness” or inability to think from another’s point of view. This talk will elaborate on Arendt’s claims and then consider Eyal Sivan and Rony Brauman’s 1999 documentary The Specialist

Social Sciences Monday 10:00 a.m.

— a visual text that restages the trial of Adolf Eichmann through Arendt’s argument. This analysis will help to recover one of the missed opportunities Arendt identified in her trial report and to understand a new kind of criminal and crime.

Valerie Hartouni is a professor in the Department of Communication at UCSD. She was awarded her Ph.D. in History of Consciousness at U.C. Santa Cruz in 1987 and joined the UCSD faculty in 1990. Her areas of major interest are modern cultural and ethical struggles on reproductive technologies, contemporary political practices and processes in a post 9/11 world, and death as a literary subject. She is the author of two published books (two more in preparation) and more than 50 articles, published papers, and invited lectures.

October 21

Laura Mitchell, Ph.D.

South Africa: Apartheid, the Struggle, and the Cold War

This lecture will describe the increasing intensity of apartheid regulations limiting the movement and actions of the majority of South Africans from 1948 to 1994. In light of the state’s pervasive use of violence after 1963 to enforce those regulations, what explains the anti-apartheid struggle’s persistence and expectation of success? The movement gained increasing international support — including mass popular protests in both the U.S. and the U.K. How can one explain steadfast U.S. and British governmental support for the National Party’s racist regime in South Africa through the 1980s?

Laura Mitchell is an associate professor of history at UC Irvine, where she teaches African and world history. Her research explores the social history of colonial southern Africa, particularly within the broader context of Dutch East India Company exchange networks. Prior to joining the Irvine faculty, she worked in South Africa, Cameroon, and Morocco for U.S. government, corporate, and NGO projects. Mitchell holds a Ph.D. from UCLA and a master’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.

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Monday 10:00 a.m. Social Sciences

October 28

Professor Christopher Bryan

Invoking the “Self” to Influence Behavior in Socially Beneficial Ways

Professor Bryan will describe a series of experiments demonstrating that people are significantly more likely to engage in socially beneficial behavior (and less likely to engage in socially harmful behavior) when subtle wording frames that behavior as diagnostic of the kind of persons they are. For example, he has found that adults are more likely to vote in an election if first asked to consider the question, “How important is it to you to be a voter in this election?” Similar suggestions might make a person less likely to cheat or a preschool-age child more likely to help an adult with chores, when the wording emphasizes the relevance of those behaviors to the “self” concept. Professor Bryan will discuss the implications of this work for the understanding of the nature of “self” and its important role in shaping behavior.

Christopher Bryan received his B.A. from McGill University in Montreal and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is currently an assistant professor of psychology at UCSD.

November 4

Laura Mitchell, Ph.D.

South Africa: Race, Identity, and Legacies of Segregation

The lens of apartheid is inescapable; it shapes any conversation about South Africa, past, present, or future. But the politics of race and identity have a history that predates the first Dutch settlement

at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. How did early colonial policies create social and economic categories that apartheid-era planners could use to control the majority of the population? How do those ideas continue to shape South African politics even today, despite the claims of the “Rainbow Nation?”

(see bio on previous page)

December 2

James Larrimore, Ph.D.

Iran and the U.S.: The Relationship and the Nuclear Case

In December 2012, Dr. Larrimore reviewed for Osher the diplomatic initiatives taken by President Obama to revitalize non-proliferation efforts, the positions of the major players with respect to sanctions against Iran, and the progress Iran was making in developing nuclear capability. The past year has seen a flurry of political and technical developments. But has progress been made or is Iran getting very close to achieving nuclear status? Dr. Larrimore will review developments and give his prognosis for the coming year.

James Larrimore received a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT and worked for 16 years at General Atomics in San Diego before joining the Safeguards Department at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, where he spent 14 years with the international diplomatic community. He is an expert in international safeguards and nonproliferation and has served as Chair of the International Safeguards Division of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. He has continued to consult on safeguards, and he is the recipient of many awards and honors in that field.

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Classroom 129

NOTE: In order to accommodate individual lecturers’ teaching schedules, the International Relations lectures will be conducted in Room 129 at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, October 7 and November 18, and at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 8 and 22, November 19, and December 3.

Osher is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the UCSD International Center, which hosts more than 2,000 foreign visiting faculty and almost 1,000 foreign students on the UCSD campus. Scheduled lectures in the International Relations Series on November 18 and December 3 are co-sponsored by the International Center.

Coordinators: Steve Clarey and Dick Dahlberg

Monday, October 7, 10:00 A.M.

Professor Stephan Haggard

South Korea Under President Park Geun HyeSouth Korea is wrapping up its first year since the election of Park Geun Hye. South Korea is now an advanced industrial state, facing challenges that go beyond its belligerent North Korean neighbor. What are the economic and social challenges facing the country? How has Park managed the North Korea problem and what is the future of the alliance with the U.S.?

Stephan Haggard is the Krause Distinguished Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD. He is the author with Marcus Noland of Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform and Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea. He also runs an influential blog, North Korea: Witness to Transformation, at http://www.piie.com/blogs/nk.

Tuesday, October 8, 1:00 P.M.

Paul Schuler

Vietnam: Economic Reform and Political ExperimentationVietnam’s economy, similar to China’s, has grown at astounding rates over the past 20 years. With

GDP growth rates averaging more than 6% a year since 1986, per capita income has risen dramatically and poverty rates have plunged. Throughout this period, the ruling Vietnam Communist Party has also managed to retain its grip on power. The conventional narrative is that Vietnam has achieved such growth by liberalizing the economy while restricting political reform. However, this story masks important changes the ruling party has made to its representative institutions, which in many ways have outpaced reforms in China. What is the nature of these reforms? Furthermore, are the more recent reforms stabilizing or will they usher in greater political change?

Tuesday, October 22, 1:00 P.M.

Paul Schuler

The Meaning of Myanmar’s LiberalizationMyanmar has been an international pariah since its brutal repression of protests in 1988 and refusal to acknowledge the outcome of a 1990 election. That election also marked the beginning of Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s long period of house arrest. Throughout this period, not only has Myanmar maintained political repression, but also its economy has performed abysmally. Since 2010, however, there have been significant signs of political reform that have thawed relations between Myanmar and the U.S. What is the significance of these changes, and are they a sign of democratization for this once-promising country?

Paul Schuler is a Ph.D. candidate in the UCSD Department of Political Science. He teaches a course on politics in Southeast Asia at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. With Edmund Malesky, he has published extensively on political liberalization in Vietnam, with articles appearing in top political-science journals such as the American Political Science Review. Currently, he is working on a project examining how the Vietnam Communist Party manages behavior in its increasingly liberalized National Assembly.

International Relations Monday 10:00 a.m. & Tuesday 1:00 p.m.

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Monday, November 18, 10:00 A.M.

African Student Association Members

Diaspora, Identity, and the Student ExperienceGlobal migration patterns fundamentally shape the world and reciprocally influence economic, social, and political systems. With the ever-increasing ability to communicate globally, proximity is no longer a requisite for strong social influences. The experience of consciously being part of a diaspora is increasingly common in America. A panel of UC San Diego students will share insights from personal experience on how their student identities have been shaped by transitioning between communities, cultures, and contexts in Africa and the United States.

The UC San Diego African Student Association began in the spring of 2010. Its mission is to unite the sons and daughters of Africa and all those concerned with its welfare; to uplift African cultures through the dialogue of relevant topics prevalent in African communities; to support the causes and movements that benefit the motherland; to help ban stereotypes and misconceptions about Africa; and to be an educative resource for those willing to learn about Africa.

Tuesday, November 19, 1:00 P.M.

Professor Lei Guang

China’s Rural-to-Urban MigrationIn the past 30 years, China has experienced unprecedented internal population movement. Hundreds of millions of villagers have migrated from the rural to urban areas. Why are the villagers migrating? How are the migrants changing China’s cities and countryside? What explains the persistence of a rural-urban divide? This lecture will tackle these and related questions concerning China’s rural-urban migration and its consequences.

Lei Guang is director of the 21st Century China Program at the UCSD School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS). Prior to joining IR/PS in 2011, he was a professor of political science at San Diego State University. One of his main research interests is China’s rural-to-urban migration, about which he has published many articles. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Tuesday, December 3, 1:00 P.M.

Visiting Scholar at UC San Diego

Topic TBDUC San Diego ranks eighth in the nation in the number of international scholars on campus. The International Faculty and Scholar Office provides a wide array of services to academic departments and over 2,300 international professors, researchers, and visiting scholars coming to UC San Diego. They contribute significantly to the teaching and research efforts of the university. Osher members will hear from a Visiting Scholar about his/her expertise. Subject and biography will be provided in advance.

Monday 10:00 a.m. & Tuesday 1:00 p.m. International Relations

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most beautiful places in the National Park System. He will present photographs of Cabrillo and Ranger Tavio del Rio will discuss this National Park and its Artist-in-Residence program.

Bill Griswold is a freelance photographer who is interested mainly in the photography of places. He has exhibited in many juried shows and won local awards for photographs. He has also published a children’s e-book that uses photographic illustrations. Dr. Griswold retired from the UCSD Medical School faculty in 1999.

Tavio del Rio is head of the Artist-in-Residence program at Cabrillo National Monument.

Coordinator: Marsha Korobkin

Classroom 129

November 25

William Griswold, M.D. with Tavio del Rio

The Beauty of Cabrillo National Monument: An Artist-in-Residence’s Experience

Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego’s only National Park, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. This presentation will focus on the beauty of Cabrillo National Monument, as seen by Artist-in-Residence, photographer Bill Griswold. After being allowed to photograph the park after hours and in hidden places during his residency, Dr. Griswold believes that acre-for-acre Cabrillo National Monument is one of the

Distinguished Lecture Monday 10:00 a.m.

Sudoku Solutions Monday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 128

Reed Sullivan

Sudoku puzzles range from fairly easy to seemingly impossible. Completing one successfully, at whatever level of difficulty, always gives you a little “high.” If you are bogged down at Wednesday, or even Tuesday, Union-Tribune (U-T) Sudoku puzzles, this course will offer you some light through the tunnel. Working through a Sudoku puzzle must be a disciplined process with significant emphasis on the elimination of outright errors or bad assumptions. You can’t get lucky in Sudoku — if you guess, you lose. Information about

the puzzle options is vital to a solution, but too much information will paralyze your progress. This series will help you improve your approach, teach you some neat tricks, and move you on to Thursday, Friday, and Saturday success.

Reed Sullivan has offered this series twice, and has received positive responses from attendees. Reed successfully solves all three Thursday-Saturday U-T puzzles about 70 percent of the time, and two out of three about 90 percent of the time. The seemingly impossible puzzles still elude him.

September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28

Coming This Winter:

Astrophysicist and award-winning sci-fi writer

David Brin: Life on Other Planets: What’s There,

and Will We Go?

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Classroom 129

September 30, October 14

Professor Barney Rickett

The Story of PulsarsExtra terrestrial radio pulses were detected in 1967 by astronomers in Cambridge UK, who first thought that they might be signals from “Little Green Men.” The unprecedented pulses are now known to be due to a rotating radio beam from a pulsar, which is a neutron star formed in the explosion that ends the life of a massive star. Over 2000 of these extraordinary objects spin at rates from 0.2 to 700 times per second. They are used as precise clocks, to explore theories of gravity and dense matter, to probe interstellar space and to search for gravitational waves. Two Nobel prizes have been awarded for their study. The lectures will cover the remarkable story of their discovery and the wide range of astrophysics topics that they have illuminated.

Emeritus Professor Rickett completed his Ph.D. on pulsars at Jodrell Bank (UK) in 1969. He then joined the faculty at UCSD in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, where he taught physics and electrical engineering until he retired in 2004. He continues his pulsar research to this day.


October 7

Ina von Ber, Ph.D.

The Work of the World Diplomatic Forum & Ambassadorial Roundtable

This lecture will introduce the World Diplomatic Forum & Ambassadorial Roundtable, a nonpartisan forum dedicated to disseminating information about world events and their impact on global and United States foreign policy. The Roundtable is committed to generating new ideas, bringing different parties together to the negotiating table, and easing global tensions by initiating open debates. The Roundtable identifies and addresses key global issues, stimulates confidential dialogue, and fosters cooperation among

established and emerging powers, playing a key role in helping countries transition to peaceful democracies and competitive free markets.

As CEO of the Ambassadorial Roundtable, Ina von Ber hosts foreign heads of state, dignitaries, ambassadors, and key domestic politicians as part of her mission to connect Americans to global issues and international affairs. Dr. von Ber has also served as president of the San Diego World Affairs Council. She has lectured at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and several international universities. Dr. von Ber has an international, multicultural background; she has lived on four continents and speaks seven languages.

Coordinator: Stanley M. Faer

November 25

Russell Vetter, Ph.D.

Guilty Pleasures: The Myths and Realities of Sustainable SeafoodThe health benefits of a high-quality seafood dinner are widely appreciated. Consumers often lack information regarding which seafood products are harvested from sustainably managed fisheries. The added concern of peripheral damage to marine mammals increases the uncertainty. The first goal of this lecture is to summarize the state of ocean conservation, the state of the world’s fisheries, and the law of unintended consequences when conservation and legislation mix. The second goal is to try to educate the consumer to make informed seafood choices that reflect individual goals with respect to health, sustainability, and personal ethics.

Russell Vetter, director, Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center La Jolla, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has studied a number of marine organisms from the perspective of physiological and molecular responses to environmental stresses. He has been concerned with the conservation of highly migratory species.

Coordinator: Lyle Kalish

Monday 1:00 p.m. Distinguished Lecture

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Faculty Excellence Award Lecture Monday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Stanley Faer

The Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards recognize outstanding faculty who excel in six different venues: research in humanities and social science, research in science and engineering, community service, performing and visual arts, graduate teaching, and undergraduate teaching. Four of this year’s six recipients have agreed to participate in this series.

October 21

Professor David A. Lake

Why Statebuilding Fails: The Social Origins of State Weakness and the Limits of External Intervention

Angola, Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda, and Somalia are all generally regarded as statebuilding failures. In each instance, external statebuilders, often the United States, faced three dilemmas in rehabilitating an existing anarchy. First, states willing to bear the costs of reconstructing another usually have their own interests in promoting a local leader who shares their political values rather than those of the state’s own citizens. Second, statebuilders must attend to their own legitimacy, weakening the emergent legitimacy of the new regimes. Finally, though sovereignty in practice is quite permissive, the international community seeks to protect the principle of sovereignty and thereby limit the mandates, resources, and time of potential statebuilders. These dilemmas almost guarantee that statebuilding will fail. This lecture will identify conditions for success and will discuss future options for the U.S.

David A. Lake is the Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, associate dean of social sciences, and Director of the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research at UCSD. He is the author or co-editor of 14 books and over 70 scholarly articles on international relations, international political economy, and American foreign policy. He is the recipient of the 2013 UCSD Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences.

October 28

Professor Nicholas C. Spitzer

Switching Neurotransmitters: Novel Brain Plasticity

One’s brain changes in response to changes in the environment, and people rely on these changes for learning and memory. Evidence demonstrates that this brain plasticity results from changes in the strength and number of synapses (connections) that neurons make. Neurotransmitters made by neurons signal to one another and were thought to be fixed and unchanging, part of neuronal identity. However, transmitter switching is a newly recognized form of plasticity. It regulates behavior and may provide a basis for treating neurological disorders.

Nicholas Spitzer received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He joined UCSD in 1972 following; post-doctoral studies at Harvard and University College London. Since 2004 he has been the Vice Chair, Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences. Professor Spitzer has lectured and published extensively. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This year Professor Spitzer received UCSD’s Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Research in Science and Engineering.

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November 4

Professor Tracy Johnson

Sorting Through the Genome’s “JUNK”: New Models and Pleasant Surprises in Understanding Gene Expression

The information contained within genes controls every function carried out by the cell. One of the most stunning revelations of genome sequencing has been that much of the human genome is comprised of long stretches of DNA that served no obvious function. In fact, nearly all of the 20,000 or so genes performing critical cell functions are interrupted by DNA sequence that has to be recognized, removed, and discarded by the cell in order to allow proper “expression” of the genes. Dr. Johnson will discuss how the cell carries out this remarkable process, which affects the understanding and treatment of human disease and fundamentally challenges the notion that this DNA is dispensable genetic refuse.

Professor Tracy Johnson earned her B.S. from UCSD and her Ph.D. (biochemistry and cell biology) from UC Berkeley. Since 2003, she has been in the Division of Biological Sciences at UCSD. In 2006 Professor Johnson received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which was presented by the President of the United States. This year Professor Johnson received the UCSD Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award in Undergraduate Teaching.

December 2

Professor Clark Gibson

The Perils of Getting the Vote Out in Africa

Political parties in all countries have tried to get out their supporters on Election Day. Social scientists have explored this “Get Out the Vote” (GOTV) effort, seeking to understand the underlying causes of why people respond to these initiatives. Professor Gibson and his team implemented a GOTV experiment during Uganda’s 2007 election. They found that things work quite differently than in the United States: fear, especially, is an important consideration. In this talk Professor Gibson will describe his study and explore the results of the work. The research may lead to a significant rethinking of the types of support the international community provides to elections in fragile democracies.

Clark Gibson received his Ph.D. from Duke University. He is chair and professor of political science and the director of the International Studies Program at UCSD where he focuses on the politics of democracy and development. He has been a consultant for the World Bank, USAID, the National Academy of Sciences, and the United Nations, and he is the author of numerous books. This year Professor Gibson is the recipient of the UCSD Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching.

Monday 1:00 p.m. Faculty Excellence Award Lecture

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Neil Heyman received his B.A. in history from Yale, summa cum laude, and his Ph.D. from Stanford. He is a specialist in modern European history with a particular interest in 20th century Russia and Germany, World War I, as well as history and film. He has written six books as well as dozens of articles and reviews.

September 30: Prologue, Chapters 1 through 11

October 14: Chapters 12 though 22

October 28: Chapters 23 through 37

November 18: Chapters 38 through 49

December 2: Coda, Epilogue, and Postscript

Major Historical Trends of the 20th Century Monday 1:00 p.m.

NOTE: This is the rescheduled fourth lecture from a series started in Spring 2013. (Attendance at previous lectures not required. All Dr. Kane’s lectures are self-contained.)

Classroom 129

November 18

Diane Kane, Ph.D.

Modernist Critique: Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto, I.M. Pei, and Robert Venturi

Considered “late modernists,” Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto, and I.M. Pei adhered to Modernism’s insistence on modern materials and construction methods while pursuing their individual aesthetics based in regional climate, materials, and history. Robert Venturi

challenged the entire modernist model and introduced Post-Modernism with his ground-breaking theoretical treatises and quirky buildings.

Formerly a professor at San Diego’s New School of Architecture, Diane Kane also taught at San Diego State University, UCLA, and the University of Redlands. She has written extensively on historical preservation and has served as president of the Southern California chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. Much of her current work is for the California Preservation Foundation where she a Trustee Emeritus and is developing several webinars, creating a virtual classroom for web-based learning about national historic sites and preservation. She received her Ph.D. in architectural history from UC Santa Barbara in 1996.

Coordinator: Steve Clarey

Architecture: Twentieth Century Architects Who Changed The World Monday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 128

Instructor: Neil Heyman, Ph.D.

This quarter the class will be considering the rise of the United States from a peripheral and semi-isolationist country to a global superpower. The class will be reading David Fromkin’s widely praised study of the United States during the first six decades of the century. It focuses on the key roles played by famous individuals who were born around 1880 and led the country into the years of World War II and the atomic age. They include Dwight Eisenhower and Averill Harriman as well as lesser known figures such as William Bullitt and Willard Straight.

Fromkin’s book, In the Time of the Americans, is available in the public library and can be purchased from Amazon in both paperback and Kindle editions. One reviewer labeled it an “excellent book in captivating narrative style.” There are several editions available; some of the relevant ISBN notes are: ISBN-10 0679767282, ISBN-13 978-0679767282.

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October 29

Gini Pedersen, M.A.

Protecting Yourself on the Internet

Being secure on the Internet requires much more than just having antivirus software installed on a computer. Learn what is necessary to keep personal information safe. Although no one can ever be 100 percent safe on the Internet, these strategies should keep one in the high 90’s percent safe. With a tsunami of misinformation written and spoken about protecting oneself on the Internet; this lecture will help stem this tide. (And by the way, Macs are also vulnerable to security threats!)

Gini Pedersen teaches a variety of computer and Internet classes for the San Diego Community College District. In her past life, Pedersen developed print and video training materials for companies such as Sony, HP, AT&T, Target, and SDPD, and conducted numerous train-the-trainer courses for a variety of public and private companies and organizations.

November 12

Abe Ordover, J.D.

From Antarctica to Abstraction: the Photography of Abe Ordover

Ordover’s work has been shown in museums and galleries from coast to coast. He has had major solo shows in New York City, in Atlanta at the Fernbank Natural History Museum and Georgia Tech, and in various galleries in Dallas, Raleigh, Minneapolis, Palo Alto, Tallahassee, and Nashville. He has operated the Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park for seven years where he has shown his own work as well as the works of major National Geographic and other distinguished photographers. He has also maintained a gallery and studio in Solana Beach for ten years.

In his youth Abe Ordover was a lawyer, a mediator, and a law professor. He is still recovering.

Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Osher Presenters

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Doug Webb

October 1

Dick Dahlberg, Ph.D

A History of Astronomy

For 2000 years, science and astronomy were regarded as essentially the same, with perhaps a touch of geometry thrown in for good measure. This lecture will start with ancient Babylonian times and proceed through the ancient Greeks, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Michelson. After a final stop with Einstein, the class will move onto the “Big Bang,” reviewing the evidence for this theory.

Dick Dahlberg has been an Osher member since 1996, after retiring from General Atomics. He received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic in 1964 and spent 35 years in the nuclear power industry. He worked on reactors for the nuclear navy, commercial nuclear power plants, and nuclear power for space applications. He currently teaches at National University.

October 15

William D. Smith, J.D.

My Favorite Verdi, Part II

October 10, 2013, marks the 200th birthday of the great Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi, whose works constitute the core of the Italian opera repertory. Smith will continue his discussion and presentation of DVD excerpts from some of his favorite Verdi operas.

William D. (Bill) Smith is a retired lawyer and a lifelong opera lover. He publishes the occasional blog, Opera Buff-San Diego.

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October 22

Professor Christopher Wills

Green Equilibrium: The Vital Balance of Humans and NatureThis talk on Green Equilibrium takes a tour of many parts of the world to examine the forces that have shaped different terrestrial and marine ecosystems and to trace the links between them and the forces that have shaped the evolution of the human species.

Christopher Wills is a professor emeritus of biological sciences at UCSD. He has a long and distinguished career in the biological sciences including many awards and publications. He has been at UCSD since 1972 and has been Emeritus since 2009. His book, Children of Prometheus, was finalist for the 2000 Aventis Prize, the most important English prize for science books. This lecture will preview an Oxford University Press book recently published by Professor Wills.

Science and Medicine Tuesday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 129

November 26

Mayor Jerry Sanders

What Are the Particular Challenges Facing Any Mayor?Former Mayor Jerry Sanders weighs in on his seven years as Mayor of San Diego, including the challenges and rewards during his time in office. Transitioning from a police chief to Mayor of “America’s Finest City” and now to CEO of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, Sanders will discuss some of his toughest

decisions and highlights from his career serving the public.

Jerry Sanders began his lifelong career in public service when he joined the San Diego Police Department at the age of 22. In 1999, Sanders retired from the police force and became CEO of the United Way of San Diego. In 2005, known as a successful turn-around executive, Sanders was urged to run for mayor. After winning in a special election, Mayor Sanders immediately launched a top-to-bottom review and streamlining of city operations. Sanders completed his second and final term as mayor in December 2012. He currently serves as president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Coordinator: Stanley M. Faer

Distinguished Lecture Tuesday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Jack Holtzman

October 8

Professor José Loredo

Sleep Disorders in Older AdultsFifty percent of older adults complain about the quality of their sleep. Disrupted sleep is an important risk factor for conditions such as cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders. Snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and certain medications can all be culprits in keeping one up at night. This lecture will discuss sleep disorders and the many solutions to sleeping problems.

Dr. José Loredo is a professor of clinical medicine and heads the Sleep Medicine Center at UCSD. He participates in the Pulmonary Sleep Disorders Clinic at the San Diego Veterans Administration. He is a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Medicine and has specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine. Dr. Loredo is a frequently invited speaker on health and sleep issues locally, nationally, and internationally.

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November 5

Lisa Heikoff, M.D.

An Update on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias — Practical Tips on Completing Advance DirectivesDr. Lisa Heikoff will describe the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and will clarify the distinction between Alzheimer’s and other dementias. She will provide advice on the maintenance of good brain health and present tips for completing Advance Directives so that one can feel confident that final wishes will be preserved.

Dr. Heikoff completed her medical studies at UCSF and was a Fellow in Geriatrics at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco. She then joined Kaiser Permanente, first in San Francisco and then San Diego, where she is the Physician in Charge of Continuing Care Services, Home Health, and Hospice and Palliative Care. She is board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, and hospice and palliative medicine. She serves as co-chair of the Medical Center Bioethics Commission and on the board of the San Diego chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

November 19

Peter MacLaggan, J.D.

Seawater DesalinationThe San Diego County Water Authority recently entered into a historic public-private partnership with Poseidon Resources to construct and operate California’s first major seawater desalination plant. The Carlsbad Desalination Project will supply the region with 50 million gallons per day of high-quality, drought-proof water from the Pacific Ocean. By 2016, it will produce enough drinking water to serve 300,000 San Diegans. Peter MacLaggan, vice president of project development for Poseidon Resources, will describe the project and what it means for the future of the region’s water supply.

Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Science and Medicine

Peter MacLagan is responsible for development of seawater desalination projects located in California. He has over 30 years of public agency and private sector experience in water resources planning and management. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from SDSU and a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.

December 3

Robert I. Fox, M.D., Ph.D.

New Approaches to Chronic Autoimmune DiseasesThe immune system is designed to recognize “self” from “non-self.” While the immune response to a disease such as cancer may be helpful, excessive responses to many varieties of viruses may be detrimental. When the body mistakes a self molecule (such as a joint) for a foreign entity, a chronic condition such as arthritis may result. In the last 25 years inadequate treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have transitioned to an arsenal of drugs that can arrest or even reverse the disease, yet there has been less success in conditions such as systemic lupus and related disorders. These types of inconsistent results have forced one to challenge the fundamental assumptions about how the body regulates its immune response. One promising field of study is to understand the mechanism for regulating certain genes in hopes of developing new therapies. This lecture will explore various autoimmune diseases and some approaches that may help achieve better successes in the future.

Dr. Fox is chief of the rheumatology clinic at Scripps Memorial Hospital and Research Foundation in La Jolla. He completed the combined M.D-Ph.D. Program in 1974 at Harvard with a Ph.D. in molecular biology. He has received many prestigious awards and serves on the advisory boards of numerous national and international organizations.

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human. Osher members can claim two advantages here. We’ve had the time to live interesting lives and to discover that profound truths can be hiding in plain sight.

No stylistic requirements are imposed. Class members are encouraged to find their own way with words, aided by listening to the written words of classmates, and the recommended reading of published narratives, where examples of fine writing reveal the full literary potential of the memoir.

October 8, 22, November 5, 19, December 3

Memoirs Tuesday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 128

Facilitators: Aurora and Bob King

In this course we write at home and read in the classroom short chapters, drawn from memory, of moments in the past, memorable events, special people, and places that have mattered to us. Elements like these provide the stage, the characters, and the stories we have lived. From earliest childhood, we all have yearned for stories. They seem to tap some deep need to explore all the complex aspects of what it means to be

Distinguished Lecture Tuesday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 129

October 1

Howard Yang, M.B.A.

What Is a Smart Phone? Why Do I Need One? Find out if all the hype surrounding smart phones makes it worth the effort to learn how to use one. Answer questions such as: Should I buy one? What can smart phones do for me? If I want one, which one should I consider? What else can I do with the one I already own besides taking calls?

Howard Yang is the co-founder of Odyon, a tech startup that allows people to live fuller lives by dramatically improving management of their daily schedules. Yang chairs the Rady Wireless Health club at the Rady School and also runs an e-commerce business that serves clients all over the world. He holds a B.S. in cognitive science (focused on human /computer interaction) from UCSD and an M.B.A. from the Rady School of Management at UCSD.


October 15

Professor Michael Monteón

The Chilean Revolution In 1970, Chile did something no other nation had ever done: it elected a Marxist president. Salvador Allende Gossens remained in office almost three years, with strong efforts to improve wages, public access to food, shelter, and education, and the nation’s control of its key resource, copper. Allende was overthrown in a coup supported by President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the CIA. A military dictatorship followed that lasted for 16 years.

Michael Monteón was born in Iowa, the son of Mexican immigrant parents. He received his education at the University of Denver and Harvard University. He began teaching at UCSD in 1973 and retired at the end of 2012. A specialist on Chile and Mexico, he has published on Argentina and Latin America in general and is currently working on studies related to the end of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences.

Coordinator: Joel E. Dimsdale

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October 1

OSHER PRESENTERSDick Dahberg: A History of Astronomy p. 15

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Howard Yong: What is a Smart Phone? Why Do I Need One? p. 18

Modern and Contemporary Authors p. 24

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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE José Loredo:Sleep Disorders in Older Adults p. 16

Memoirs p. 18

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Paul Schuler:Vietnam: Economic Reform & Political Experimentation p. 8

Best Short Stories p. 24

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OSHER PRESENTERSWilliam Smith: My Favorite Verdi, (Part 2) p. 15

DISTINGUISHED LECTUREMichael Monteón: The Chilean Revolution p. 18

Modern and Contemporary Authorsp. 24

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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE Christopher Wills: Green Equilibrium: Vital Balance of Humans & Nature p. 16

Memoirs p. 18

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Paul Schuler:The Meaning of Myanmar’s Liberalization p. 8

Best Short Stories

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OSHER PRESENTERS Gini Pedersen: Protecting Yourself on the Internet p. 15

PREMIER CLASS Lawrence Krause:World Economy: Growth in the BRICs p. 23

Modern and Contemporary Authors p. 14

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SOCIAL SCIENCES Ross Frank: Historical p. 6Narrative and Counter-Narrative in Plains Indian Art

Sudoku p. 10

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Barney Rickett: The Story of Pulsars (Part 1) p.11

Major Historical Trends of the 20th Century p. 14

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Stephan Haggard:South Korea Under President Park Geun Hye p. 8

Sudoku p.10

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Ina von Ber: The Workof the World Diplomatic Forum and Roundtable p. 11

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SOCIAL SCIENCES Valerie Hartouni:Thoughtlessness and the Optics of Moral Argument p. 6

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Barney Rickett: The Story of Pulsars (Part 2) p. 11


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SOCIAL SCIENCES Laura Mitchell: South Africa:Apartheid, the Struggle, & the Cold War p. 6

Sudoku p. 10

FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD LECTURE David Lake: Why Statebuilding Fails p. 12

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SOCIAL SCIENCES Christopher Bryan: Invokingthe Self to Influence Socially Benefical Behavior p. 7

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FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD LECTURE Nicholas Spitzer: Switching Neurotransmitters. p. 12


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HUMANITIES Henry Powell: European Music Genres: French Music p. 35

MARILYN HEIKOFF LIVE MUSIC Will Ramey: Country Guitarist and Vocals p. 37

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HUMANITIES Joe Nalven: Digital Art: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists (Part 1) p. 36

NEW MEMBER WELCOME LUNCHEON12:00 p.m. New Members Only, Please

COUNCIL MEETING(everyone invited)

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HUMANITIES Henry Powell: European Music Genres: Art Songs p. 35

MARILYN HEIKOFF LIVE MUSIC Bassett Brothers Guitars p. 37

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HUMANITIES Joe Nalven: Digital Art: The Practice and Vision of Digital Arts (Part 2) p. 36

MARILYN HEIKOFF LIVE MUSICAdded Attraction: A Barber Shop Quartet p. 38

November 1

HUMANITIES Henry Powell: European Music Genres: The Classical Era p. 35

MARILYN HEIKOFF LIVE MUSIC Ines Irawati & Elisabeth Pace: Bach Fugues p. 38

Thursday

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DISTINGUISHED LECTUREMichael Caldwell: King Lear, (Part 2) p. 29

MASTER CLASS: CARTA Ajit Varki: Overview of Human Origins and Implications for Medicine p. 32

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Reading Poetryp. 31

MASTER CLASS: CARTA Pascal Gagneux:Evidence from Primatology and Genetics p. 32

Inquiring Mindsp. 35

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LAW AND SOCIETYJohn Minan: Golf Law p. 30

MASTER CLASS: CARTA Margaret Schoeninger:The Fossil Record of Human Origins p. 32

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Reading Poetry p. 31

MASTER CLASS: CARTA Fred Gage: Evolution of the Human Brain and Mind p. 33

Inquiring Minds p. 35

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LAW AND SOCIETY K.J. Greene: Abuse of Trademark Litigation p. 30

MASTER CLASS: CARTADavid Perlmutter: Human Language p. 33

Wednesday

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WEDNESDAY AT THE MOVIES The Sessions p. 27

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MASTER CLASS II Arthur Ollman: A History ofPhotography-Early History and Uses p. 26

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THEATER WORLD Broadway Memories: A Musical Review p. 28

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MASTER CLASS I Lisa Eyler: Principles in theStudy of Brain Health and Aging p. 25


WEDNESDAY AT THE MOVIES The Other Son p. 27

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MASTER CLASS II Arthur Ollman: A History ofPhotography-Early Relationship to Other Visual Arts p. 20


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Deliberative Dialogue p. 28

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MASTER CLASS I William Mobley:A Neurologist Examines Lear p. 25


WEDNESDAY AT THE MOVIESMoonrise Kingdom p. 27

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SOCIAL SCIENCES Laura Mitchell: South Africa: Race, Identity, and Legacies of Segregation p. 7

FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD LECTURETracy Johnson: Sorting Through the Genome’s “JUNK” p. 13

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS InternationalCenter Panel Discussion: Sub-Saharan Diaspora p. 9

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Diane Kane: 20th CenturyArchitects Who Changed the World: Modernist Critique p. 14

Major Historical Trends of the20th Century p. 14

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Tavio del Rio: Beauty of Cabrillo National Monument p. 10

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Russell Vetter: Sustainable Seafood

December 2

SOCIAL SCIENCES James Larrimore: Iran andthe U.S.: The Relationship and the Nuclear Case p. 7

FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD LECTURE Clark Gibson: The Perils of Getting the Vote Out in Africa p.13


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Memoirs p. 18

SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOODS Bruce Linder: It Isn’t Just the Hotel del Coronado p. 23

Best Short Stories p.24

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OSHER PRESENTERS Abe Ordover: From Antarctica to Abstraction p.15

PREMIER CLASS Lawrence Krause: The World Economy: Europe & Japan p. 23


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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE Peter MacLaggan: Seawater Desalination p. 17

Memoirs p. 18

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSLei Guang: China’s Rural-to-Urban Migration p. 9


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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Jerry Sanders: WhatAre the Particular Challenges Facing Mayor? p.16

PREMIER CLASS Lawrence Krause: The World Economy: USA p. 23


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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE Robert Fox: NewApproaches to Chronic Autoimmune Diseases p. 17

Memoirs p.18

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS International Visiting Scholar Presentation: TBA p. 9


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THEATER WORLD The Way We WereCollected Memoirs of Osher Members p. 28


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WEDNESDAY AT THE MOVIESA Separation p. 27

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PREMIER CLASS Lisa Rodriguez: How Does aProsecutor Decide to Charge a Crime? p. 34

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PREMIER CLASS Laura Berend: Life as aSuspect, Defendant, and Convicted Person p. 34


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LAW AND SOCIETYJustin Levitt: The Shadows of Bush v. Gore p. 31

SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOODSSaturday: 10 a.m. Coronado walking tour p. 23

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HUMANITIES Henry Powell: European MusicGenres: Music for Stage & Screen p. 36

MARILYN HEIKOFF LIVE MUSICAngela Yeung and Friends: Russian Cello Music p. 38

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HUMANITIES Henry Powell: European Music Genres: 19th Century Opera p. 36

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Professor Lawrence Krause

Coordinator: Dick Dahlberg

The World Economy Every day brings new alarming information about the economy or economic outlook of some country or region. Professor Krause will attempt to bring some clarity to this situation.

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A Focus on Growth in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRICs)Of the major measures of economic performance, growth is most important. This is what has happened in the BRICs. The longer-term issues include the debt level of a country rather than the immediate outlook.

November 12

Depressed Advanced Countries: Europe and Japan A combination of demographics and mistaken policies have resulted in stagnation. The crisis with the euro is structural — i.e., not policy-induced but inherent in the creation of the euro.

November 26

The Situation in the United States The contrast in the economic prospects among the short, medium, and long term will be discussed.

Professor Krause received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1958. He taught economics at Yale, was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and served on President Lyndon Johnson’s Council of Economic Advisors. He is currently director emeritus of the IR/PS Korea-Pacific program, which he founded in 1989. He is a one of the world’s top authorities on the economies of the Pacific Rim, and his expertise extends to international finance and economic development.

Premier Class Tuesday 1:00 p.m. The World Economy

Tuesday 1:00 p.m. San Diego Neighborhoods

Tuesday, November 5, 1:00 P.M., and Saturday, November 9, 10:00 A.M.

Classroom 129

This fall, a new series, “San Diego Neighborhoods,” will encompass a lecture at Osher about some of San Diego’s historic neighborhoods such as Coronado, Balboa Park, or Encinitas, and then a Saturday morning historic walking tour. The series will begin on Tuesday, November 5, at 1:00 P.M. with a lecture on the unique history of Coronado, followed by a 90-minute walking tour of historic Coronado at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 9. Further details about the tour will be provided during the quarter.

Coordinators: Steve Clarey and Carol Roberts

Bruce Linder

Coronado: It Isn’t Just the Hotel del Coronado

Some say that Coronado has more history per square inch than any other place in San Diego County. Breaking away from San Diego and incorporating in 1890, Coronado’s pages of history include inspiring entrepreneurs, aviation pioneers, admirals, gold medalists, and world-renowned writers. It is a conclave of culture, tourism, and national defense. Its beaches have been ranked #1 in the nation, its resorts rise to five stars, and its schools are the community’s pride and joy. Above all else, it is a community unique in the world with a history to match.

Bruce Linder is the executive director of the Coronado Historical Association. He is an award-winning historian and has authored four books and over 60 magazine and journal articles. An Annapolis graduate, he holds a master’s degree in oceanography from the University of Michigan and studied as a fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He has commanded a guided-missile frigate and two major naval bases, and he has worked for many years as a learning-technology and management consultant.

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Best Short Stories Tuesday 1:00 p.m.

October 1: Read Chapters I through VII, p. 85.

October 15: Chapters VIII through XIV, p. 166.

October 29: Chapters XV through XXIII, p. 233.

November 12: Chapters XXIV through XXVII, p. 284.

November 26: Finish the novel.

Facilitator: Phyllis Rosenbaum

One of the tests of a great book is its power to communicate with readers over time. Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, A Passage to India by E. M. Forster deserves to be called a classic of modern fiction. The acclaimed author, Margaret Drabble, reminds everyone that “we need its message of tolerance and understanding now more than ever.” The New York Times echoes her praise for this masterwork: “The crystal clear portraiture, the delicate conveying of nuances of thought and life, and the astonishing command of his medium show Forster at the height of his powers.”

The class will be using the following edition: A Harvest Book published by Harcourt, Inc. The ISBN is 9780156711425.

Modern and Contemporary Authors Tuesday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 128

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Coordinator: Sandy Jernigan

This quarter, the class will begin to discuss the stories in The Granta Book of American Short Stories, vol. 2, edited by Richard Ford (ISBN 978 184 708 0400, or, alternatively, ISBN 978 184 708 9786). These stories showcase the exceptional talents of award-winning authors. Discussions are casual and lively, perfect for those who are interested in sharing their ideas with friends.

October 8:”Ladies in Spring,” by Eudora Welty and “Reunion,” by John Cheever

October 22: “Ship Island: The Story of a Mermaid,” by Elizabeth Spenser

November 5: “Friends,” by Grace Paley

November 19: “The Artificial Nigger,” by Flannery O’Connor

December 3: “Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired,” by Richard Yates

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October 16

Professor Lisa Eyler

Principles in the Study of Brain Health and Aging

This presentation will review methods used to measure the structure and function of the brain and will describe what these techniques have revealed about the process of brain aging. It will also discuss how lifestyle and interventions may affect the course of brain aging.

Lisa Eyler, Ph.D. is an associate adjunct professor of psychiatry at UCSD and clinical research psychologist in the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Her research focuses on differences between individuals in cognitive and emotional functioning, how this is reflected in brain structure and activity, and the role of factors such as development and aging.

October 30

Professor William Mobley

A Neurologist Examines Lear

In this presentation Dr. Mobley will use the Lear story as a jumping off point to discuss current research and treatment strategies of dementia and will discuss Shakespeare’s Lear in the light of contemporary research in neurology.

William C. Mobley, M.D., Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosciences at UCSD. He also serves as executive director of UCSD’s Down Syndrome Center for Research and Treatment. He has an international reputation for his research on degenerative disease of the central nervous system as well as being a leader in translational medicine, bridging clinical and basic science in various areas.

Master Class I Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Health Issues in Aging

Classroom 129

NOTE: Registration and $10 fee are required for this series. Visitors are permitted with payment if space is available.

Coordinator: Joel Dimsdale

This course will provide an overview of current scientific understanding of the determinants of successful aging, focusing on cognitive and emotional health in later adulthood. Attendees will gain a better understanding of new developments in the translational biomedical research on aging well.

(Note: This class is not consistently every other week.)

October 2

Professor Colin Depp

Why Do We Age, and What Is Successful Aging?

This presentation will provide an overview of the current scientific understanding of successful aging and its determinants. It will also address the question of why people age from a biological standpoint. However, the focus will be on cognitive and emotional aspects of aging.

Colin Depp , Ph.D. is an assistant clinical professor in UCSD’s Department of Psychiatry, a research fellow at UCSD’s Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, and a staff psychologist at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. His research concerns the understanding and promotion of healthy aging in people with and without mental-health problems.

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Master Class I Health Issues in Aging Wednesday 10:00 a.m.

November 6

Professor Amy Jak

The Impact of Physical and Mental Activity on Cognitive Aging

This presentation will provide an overview of the current scientific understanding of how exercise, cognitive activity, and other behavioral factors contribute to successful cognitive aging. The focus will be on cognitive aspects of aging and brain health.

Amy Jak, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCSD and a staff neuropsychologist and director of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Cognitive Rehabilitation at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Her research focuses on neuropsychology and neuroimaging in aging as well as TBI. Her current research examines how protective behavioral factors and cognitive rehabilitation affect cognition and brain structural integrity.

November 13

Professor Mario Garrett

The Influence of the Social Environment on the Brain

This presentation will be grounded on a study that is currently being undertaken in San Diego County using BrainFitness computer-based intervention as a way of enhancing cognitive capacity. Building on this study, the presentation will address the broad influence that the environment has on cognition.

Mario D. Garrett, Ph.D., is a professor of gerontology at SDSU and has written broadly in areas of economics, psychology, and demography. He has worked with the London School of Economics, the United Nations, and various universities in Europe, China, South America, and Africa.

Shooting in Both Directions: How the Image Takes Us Master Class II —A History of Photography Wednesday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 129

NOTE: Registration and $10 fee are required for this series. Visitors are permitted with payment if space is available.


Professor Arthur Ollman(Note: This class is not consistently every other week.)

October 9

This lecture will cover the earliest history of photography, including its invention and presentation to the public in 1839 in both England and France. The early uses and broad popularization of photography will be traced.

October 23

Photography’s early and uneasy relationship to other visual arts will be the starting point of this lecture. The vastly popular “Pictorialist” movement and two of the most influential personalities on the medium’s progress as an art form (Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen) will be covered.

November 20

This session will begin with the tumultuous period between the World Wars, contrasting the work of major artists Man Ray, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Imogen Cunningham. It will then move on to photojournalists, including Margaret Bourke White, Dorothea Lange, and W. Eugene Smith.

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November 27

This lecture will start with a discussion of the photographic “explosion” of the 1960s, which is punctuated by the flowering of a “complex and mature” photographic scene. Included in this discussion will be a number of the great “masters” of the mid to late 20th century: the great portraits of Richard Avedon, Arnold Newman, and Irving Penn, and the street photography of André Kertész, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Roy DeCarava, and William Klein.

December 4

The final lecture will address some remarkably diverse contemporary practices, identifying a few

of the more interesting artists. The digital age will be discussed as it relates to “art making” and “curatorial practice.”

Arthur Ollman is a professor of art at SDSU. He is currently the chairman of the board of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography. He was the founding director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park and served there for 23 years, curating more than 60 exhibitions which traveled extensively to museums around the world. His own photographs have been exhibited in more than 75 shows and are collected in many private and public collections.

Shooting in Both Direstions: Master Class II How the Image Takes Us Wednesday 10:00 a.m. –A History of Photography

Wednesday 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the MoviesClassroom 129

Darlene Palmer

October 2

The Sessions 2012 R 94 minutesAfter spending years in an iron lung, a man decides that he wants to explore his sexuality for the first time, and hires a surrogate to aid the goal. Through their intensifying relationship, this indie drama illustrates the many forms love can take.

October 16

The Other Son 2012 PG-13 105 minutesWhile preparing to enter the Israeli military for his compulsory service, young Joseph Silberg learns that he was accidentally switched at birth with the son of an Arab couple from the West Bank — a shocking revelation that sends both families reeling.

October 30

Moonrise Kingdom 2012 PG-13 94 minutesWes Anderson’s quirky drama follows the frantic search that ensues in a small New England town when two 12-year-olds fall in love and run away together. As the townsfolk hunt for the vanished kids, a storm causes even more profound communal upheaval.

November 13

A Separation 2011 PG-13 123 minutesAn Iranian husband and wife split up over his decision to stay and care for his aging father instead of leaving the country with his family. But his fateful choice to hire a stranger to do most of the caretaking breeds unexpected consequences.

November 27

Lore 2012 NR 109 minutes After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amid the chaos, she encounters a mysterious refugee named Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.

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Theater World Wednesday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Al Korobkin

October 9

Broadway Memories: A Musical Review Director: Katrin Belenky

Musical Director: Jay Berman

Musicals from “The Great White Way” have captivated audiences for almost 100 years. Theater World performers will present a medley of popular songs from different shows with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Frank Loesser, Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, and other well-known Broadway composers and lyricists. There will be plenty of rousing chorus numbers as well as solos.

November 6

The Way We Were: Collected Memoirs of Osher MembersDirectors: Bob and Aurora King

Theater World planners, aware of the gold mined at every meeting of the Memoirs class, have proposed a merger. Enjoy the result, as a collection of the most compelling stories is presented by those who actually lived them. Screenwriters, bring your notebooks! Nothing is left out here.

December 4 Judge Katrin: Our Judicial System in Action Director: Dick Dahlberg

This is the West Coast premier of a reality TV program by little known playwright, R.C. Dahlberg. The importance of the rule of law will be on display in this adaptation of a drama from San Diego’s Municipal Court. Judge Katrin, sometimes known as the “hanging judge,” will dispense justice in her fair and balanced style.

The Jack Benny Program from September 23, 1951, will be recreated in the second half of the show. Don Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingston, and Rochester will all be present as Jack presents his version of Captain Horatio Hornblower.

Deliberative Dialogue Wednesday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 128

Facilitator: Henry Williams

Deliberative Dialogue engages the class in discussion of intractable political problems using structured dialogue and deliberation methods. The intent is to have a dialogue in which participants first gain an

appreciation of other points of view, identifying and focusing on the values and emotions that are key to individuals’ attitudes about the issue, rather than debating contentious and uncertain facts and statistics. Then the participants work through the conflicting choices and tradeoffs. It is not about winning an argument, but about understanding and learning. Each class session will address one subject. The subjects will be announced by email.

October 23, November 20

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Thursday 10:00 a.m. Distinguished Lecture

Classroom 129

October 3

Michael Caldwell, Ph.D.

King Lear, Part 2

In his May lecture on the play, Dr. Caldwell discussed how Lear is rightly regarded as one of the most nuanced and sustained meditations on love and justice—the fraught politics of aging and family, if you will. It is, at the same time, a serious rethinking of the demands of kingship and the borders of legal obligation. In this lecture, Dr. Caldwell will thus focus on the political and legal dimensions of Shakespeare’s monumental drama.

Michael Caldwell is a frequent guest speaker in the Osher Lifelong Learning program, having given lecture series on Homer, Milton, Jane Austen and Shakespeare. He holds a doctorate from the University of Chicago and was for many years the assistant director of the Revelle Humanities Program at UCSD.


December 5

Professor Thomas Bewley

Coordinated Robotics: From Agility to Perception

Recent advances in the accurate modeling and controlled feedback of complex systems have been remarkable. Together with the concurrent advances in technology (batteries, GPS, microprocessors, imaging systems, wireless communication, and high-performance computing), the potential to substantially upgrade the capabilities of small mobile robotic systems to address new challenges is at hand. This talk will discuss a few of the advanced and patent-pending systems being developed by the UCSD Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Lab to coordinate the algorithms needed to effectively apply these advanced robotic systems to the grand challenges ahead.

Thomas Bewley, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering, earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University in1998. As the director of UCSD’s Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Lab, he works at the intersection of control theory, fluid mechanics, numerical methods, and applied math, and has a particular interest in the analysis, estimation, and forecasting of environmental flow systems with coordinated deployments of advanced robotic systems.


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Coming This Winter

Cinema Society’s Andy Friedenberg: Behind the

Scenes in the Motion Picture Business.

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noteworthy items and issues for audience review and discussion. One of Osher Institute’s most popular classes, members’ views are welcomed, whether they already have an opinion or are looking for one.

October 10, 24, November 7, 21

Current Events Thursday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 129

Facilitator: Burt Levine

Drama, pathos, debate, frustration, humor — it’s all there in the daily papers or periodicals. This class brings the news to life as its members’ panel selects

Law and Society Thursday 10:00 a.m.

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Mark Evans

October 17

Professor John H. Minan

Golf Law

This presentation will focus not on the rules of golf but on actual cases in which law and golf have come together to produce legal precedents on such diverse questions as Tiger Woods’s publicity rights, golf-related personal-injury and product-liability claims, contract disputes involving hole-in-one contests, tax deductions for golf expenses, equipment patent disputes, and trademark rights to golf-course designs. Professor Minan will tell the fascinating stories that have brought these and other issues before the courts.

John H. Minan is a professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of property, water law, land-use planning, and state and local government. He has served as a member of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (including six years as chairman); the Board of Governors of the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project; and the Board of the San Diego River Conservancy. Among his books are The Little Green Book of Golf Law and The Little White Book of Baseball Law.

October 31

Professor K.J. Greene

Trademark Law Follies: Monsters, Bullies, Trolls, and the Abuse of Trademark Litigation

Trademark law is designed to protect consumers against the likelihood of confusion in the marketplace. But it is increasingly misused by corporations and famous individuals to prevent the legitimate use of trademarks in expressive products such as film and music. This presentation will explore when trademark claims are legitimate and when they cross the line into the realm of trademark abuse in the context of expressive media.

K.J. Greene is a professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School and a former U.S. Marine, Professor Greene practiced law for several years in New York, representing clients in the entertainment industry. Since joining the TJSL faculty, Professor Greene has developed a national reputation as an intellectual property scholar. His work was among the first to explore the intersection of race, culture, and intellectual property.

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November 14

John Cotsirilos, J.D.

The Death Penalty: Past, Present, and Future

This lecture will address the history and present application of the death penalty in both California and the United States. It will also offer some informed speculation about where California and the U.S. may be heading in their use of the death penalty.

John Cotsirilos is a criminal defense lawyer in San Diego who has litigated numerous capital cases, including People v. Lee Perry Farmer, involving one of several individuals who were exonerated from death row in California. Mr. Cotsirilos is a past president of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice; a two-time recipient of the E. Stanley Conant Award from the Defender Programs of San Diego for protecting the rights of the indigent accused; and a two-time recipient of Trial Attorney of the Year from the Criminal Defense Bar Association of San Diego. He has taught a seminar on the death penalty at the University of San Diego School of Law since 1994.

Thursday 10:00 a.m. Law and Society

November 8 (NOTE: This lecture will be presented on a Friday afternoon)

Professor Justin Levitt

The Shadows of Bush v. Gore: A Broken Election System Becomes a Teenager

In December 2000, the world watched as the flaws in America’s election system were laid painfully bare. For the last 13 years, the United States has muddled through without fixing many of the fundamental underlying problems. Professor Levitt, a voter-protection adviser for several presidential campaigns, will explain what has been addressed and what dangers remain, in California and the rest of the country.

Justin Levitt is associate professor of law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He holds both a law degree and a masters degree in public administration from Harvard University. As a national expert in election law, Professor Levitt has been invited to testify before federal and state legislative bodies, and his research has been cited extensively in the media and the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Thursday 10:00 a.m. Reading Poetry

Classroom 128

Facilitator: Phyllis Rosenbaum

This class welcomes all who wish to experience the richness of poetry, whether they be longtime friends of this genre or new acquaintances. All participants are encouraged to share their views. Many class members enjoy presenting a program of poetry and leading class discussion of the material. Their introduction of poems

from many countries and cultures continues to expand horizons and add depth to perspectives. Reading materials will be available in the Osher office at least one week before class so that members can familiarize themselves with the poems.

October 10, 24, November 7, 21, December 5

Coming This Winter

Master Class I: Modern Cosmology with

Professor Brian Keiting.

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College, Vellore, the University of Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis. He has formal training and board certification in internal medicine, hematology, and oncology. His research focuses on a family of cell surface sugars called the Sialic Acids and their roles in biology, evolution, and disease. He recently co-authored a popular science book, Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind.

October 10

Professor Pascal Gagneux

Evidence from Primatology and Genetics

Dr. Gagneux will discuss humans within the context of mammalian and primate evolution. Comparing genetic information of living species provides much insight into human-specific changes and their roles in shaping their unique biology.

Pascal Gagneux is an associate professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UCSD and associate director of CARTA. He received his Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. His research focuses on the evolution of primate molecular diversity and how it is shaped by reproduction and infection.

October 17

Professor Margaret Schoeninger

The Fossil Record of Human Origins

In this lecture, Dr. Schoeninger will focus on the human fossil record from the middle to late Miocene (20-5 million years ago) through the origins of anatomically modern humans around 180,000 years ago with emphasis on ecological and dietary information.

Margaret Schoeninger is a professor of anthropology at UCSD and co-director of CARTA. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her research centers on subsistence strategies with applications to behavior and ecology in anthropological contexts. She has participated in archaeological, paleontological, and ethnographic fieldwork projects in North America, MesoAmerica, Pakistan, India, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Special Master Class: CARTA Thursday 1:00 p.m.

(This is a special Master Class, offered without fees or registration. Members will be seated on a first come, first served basis in Room 129 only. Members are encouraged to sample the richness added to Osher’s curriculum by collaboration with transdisciplinary units of the UCSD community.)

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Barbara Leondar

CARTA: The Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny

Initiated at UCSD, CARTA is an international research forum exploring questions of human origins through transdisciplinary interactions and collaborations. As the word anthropogeny implies, its primary goal is to find the answers to two age-old questions regarding humans: Where did humans come from, and how did they get here?

CARTA embraces many activities. It hosts public symposia on human origins and related topics; it offers a specialization to graduate students at UCSD; it curates a Museum of Primatology; it is compiling a Matrix of Comparative Anthropogeny (MOCA) that highlights uniquely human differences from closely related primates; and it is building a virtual library of books relevant to anthropogeny. In this series of talks, five prominent UCSD scholars will sample aspects of this research.

October 3

Professor Ajit Varki

Overview of Human Origins and Implications for Medicine

Describing briefly what is known about the origin of humans, Dr. Varki will discuss how this information is relevant to many human diseases, including some that are unique to humans as a species.

Ajit Varki is Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at UCSD and co-director of CARTA. He received training in physiology, medicine, biology, and biochemistry at the Christian Medical

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October 24

Professor Fred Gage

Evolution of the Human Brain and Mind

Dr. Gage will describe new methods for studying the evolutionary differences in brain neurons and in particular neurons from the human, chimp, and bonobo.

Fred H. Gage is a professor in the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute and Co-Director of CARTA. He received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University. His research concentrates on the adult central nervous system and unexpected plasticity and adaptability to environmental stimulation that remains throughout the life of all mammals. Gage is particularly interested in the mechanism through which diversity is generated to enhance adaptation to changes in the environment.

Thursday 1:00 p.m. Special Master Class: CARTA

October 31

Professor David Perlmutter

Human Language

In this lecture, Dr. Perlmutter will focus on the internal structure of words in human language. Using evidence from both spoken and signed languages, he will propose three stages in the evolution of word-internal structure and the cognitive abilities that make it possible.

David Perlmutter is a professor emeritus of linguistics at UCSD and internal advisor for CARTA. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has done research on the syntactic structure of various Romance, Slavic, and Germanic languages, as well as on selected Asian and Native American languages. He has also done research on the internal structure of signs in American Sign Language and on the similarities and differences between signed and spoken languages.

Thursday 1:00 p.m. Distinguished Lecture

Classroom 129

November 7

Bernardo Ng, M.D.

Mean Dudes and Mean Deeds: Exploring Tarantino’s Vision

Quentin Tarantino, the controversial screenwriter, director, actor, and producer has become famous for his personal style of handling violence. Dr. Ng will review Tarantino’s characters and their actions from a psychopathological perspective. He will explore Tarantino’s vision of violence, perpetrated by both bad and good people, and his peculiar way of approaching ethical and moral quandaries.

Bernardo Ng is a psychiatrist of Chinese and Mexican descent who spends most of his working hours doing clinical work in Imperial, California, and Mexicali, Mexico. He is a clinical assistant

professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD and a researcher in the areas of rural, ethnic, and geriatric psychiatry. Dr. Ng is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and member of the board of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatrists.


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Those rules are created at the whim of special-interest groups and a lobbied legislature or through the citizen-initiative process. This lecture will address the rules of evidence governing the admissibility of character and credibility evidence in criminal trials. Presenters will discuss the rules themselves, how they work in the real world, and how the political process can screw up both the rules and their real-world application.

December 5

A Look at Life as a Suspect, Defendant, and Convicted Person

A person who is accused of committing a crime can be jailed before charges are filed and, if charges are issued, can either remain incarcerated or be freed from custody for the duration of the case. If the person is convicted, he or she can be sentenced to further incarceration, probation, or other forms of court supervision. Following release back to the community, a person with a criminal record faces additional limitations. This lecture will discuss life as an arrestee, a defendant, a convicted person under state supervision, and a convicted person after release.

Laura Berend is a professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where she teaches criminal trial practice and evidence. Before joining the USD faculty in 1982, she practiced as a criminal defense attorney in San Diego. She is the co-author of Criminal Litigation in Action, a book designed to prepare law students and new lawyers for the practice of criminal law in the trial courts. Professor Berend gave a talk last winter on the progression of a felony case from arrest through sentencing.

Lisa Rodriguez is a San Diego County Deputy District Attorney and is currently Chief of the Case Issuance and Extraditions Division. Ms. Rodriguez holds a B.A. in Communications from UCSD, a J.D. from USD School of Law, and an LL.M. in Prosecutorial Science from Chapman University School of Law.

Gary Gibson is a San Diego County Deputy Public Defender, an adjunct professor at California Western School of Law, and a lecturer on issues involving the criminal justice system. He gave an Osher lecture last fall on the intricacies of blood-spatter evidence.

Premier Class The Criminal Justice System Thursday 1:00 p.m.

Classroom 129

Professor Laura Berend, with Lisa Rodriguez, J.D., and Gary Gibson, J.D.


The Criminal-Justice System: A Close Look at Charging, Evidence, and Life as an Inmate

This three-class series — led by USD Law Professor Laura Berend and co-taught with Deputy District Attorney Lisa Rodriguez and Deputy Public Defender Gary Gibson — will address three critical aspects of the criminal-justice system: how prosecutors decide to file criminal charges; what evidence prosecutors and defense lawyers may permissibly introduce at trial; and how those who are arrested and charged are handled from their arrest to their ultimate incarceration or release.

November 14

How Does a Prosecutor Decide Whether to Charge an Individual with a Criminal Offense?

Determining whether to charge a person — from a previously convicted felon to a first-time drunk driver — is a discretionary function of a prosecutorial agency. It is also the most significant decision that a prosecutor makes, for the offender, for the community, and for the prosecutor. The prosecutor must believe not only that the accused is guilty of the crime but also that there is legally sufficient evidence to prove the charge to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. In deciding whether to issue a case, the prosecutor acts not as an advocate, but as a neutral reviewer of the facts and applicable law. This lecture, led by Deputy District Attorney Lisa Rodriguez, will look at the laws, the policy, and the decision-making process involved in determining whether a citizen will be forced to enter the criminal-justice system.

November 21

The California Evidence Code: What Evidence Comes In, What Stays Out, and Why

A collection of seemingly bizarre “rules” control what juries actually get to hear in criminal trials.

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Classroom 128

Coordinators: Esther Lynn Dobrin and Howard Hyman

During the fall quarter, the class will be reading and discussing the biography, Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist, by Adrian Desmond and James Moore, published by W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 978-0393311501.

Noted scientist and writer Stephen Jay Gould considered this book to be “Unquestionably the finest [biography] ever written about Darwin.” Similarly, Roy Porter, reviewing the book in The Sunday Times (London), has called it “A riveting

Thursday 1:00 p.m. Inquiring Minds

tour de force that meets the need for a new biography on the grand scale.” Darwin’s ideas have had a profound impact on the way people view themselves as human beings, and they continue to be a source of active discussion and controversy.

October 10: Chapters 1 - 10, p. 5 - 148

October 24: Chapters 11 - 18, p. 149 - 279

November 7: Chapters 19 - 27, p. 280 - 416

November 21: Chapters 28 - 36, p. 417 - 549

December 5: Chapters 37 - 44, p. 550 - 677

Friday 10:00 a.m. Humanities

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Christine Sullivan

Professor Henry Powell

European Music Genres and Composers of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries

(NOTE: two lectures in this series on October 11 and 25 are given by Professor Joe Nalven on the subject of digital art)

October 4

French Music

French music is a unique genre with a very long history in which the words must have supremacy over the music. “Literalness” imposes limitations while creating unique musical compositions. French music is celebrated for its sense of “color,” a musical term referring to the richness of sounds evoked in the service of ideas. The recordings will range from the baroque to Poulenc. During this survey the class will focus on the Belle Epoque and how art, music, and language come together in a distinctive idiom.

October 18

Art Songs

This art form calls for a singer who is skilled in vocal acting, an excellent accompanist, an

educated audience, and a composer with a deep intuitive feeling for the form. Without doubt the most celebrated master of the genre is Franz Schubert (1797-1828), a composer who only had to see the right verse for him to set it to music. The songs of Schubert include some of the most poignant music ever written. The German art song or “lied” stands preeminent with such composers as Schumann, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, and Gustav Mahler. Many other countries have celebrated composers whose songs tell about the character of a people and the local musical idiom. This lecture reviews the best of German, French, English, and Russian art songs.

November 1

The Classical Era

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven lived and worked in the last half of the 18th century, their work and their reputations intersecting during fifty of the best years in the history of music. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was a huge influence on Mozart and Beethoven because he developed many of the forms they would use. He knew the Mozart family and for a while was Beethoven’s teacher. To compare these three titans, the class will listen to some recorded examples of their symphonies, quartets, concertos, and vocal music, contrasting musical forms. They moved music away from the mathematical and architectural magnificence of the baroque without abandoning it completely.

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history. Visualizing the world around us has been an ongoing dialogue between art and technology for thousands of years. The most current version of “connect the dots” (or pixels) is an extension of the digital revolution. What do the new tools bring to art? How does the digital artist use them to create? Key examples from software-generated art, fractals, software applications, photography, and painting will be discussed to broaden our understanding and appreciation of art.

Joe Nalven has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from UCSD and a law degree from the University of San Diego. He is interested in understanding and portraying the human condition and in teaching about cultures, philosophy, and visual art. He is co-author of Going Digital: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists and is an art blogger for the U-T San Diego. He is a board member of the San Diego Art Institute and a founding member of the San Diego Digital Art Guild.

December 6

Michael Caldwell, Ph.D.

William Faulkner

Arguably the most important writer of the 20th Century, William Faulkner created one of America’s most sustained contributions to world-class literature. This is the final lecture in a series begun earlier this year in which Dr. Caldwell discussed four extraordinary novels: As I Lay Dying; Go Down, Moses; The Sound and the Fury; and Absalom, Absalom! This lecture will concentrate on Go Down, Moses. Dr. Caldwell will continue his focus on Faulkner’s experimentation with unique narrative strategies, the significance of land and property in his conception of America, his comic and tragic treatment of race, and his rendering of the South as a defeated cultural backwater.

Michael Caldwell holds a Ph.D. in British literature from the University of Chicago. He is a multiple award-winning former assistant director of the Revelle Humanities Program at UCSD. Currently he is working as an independent scholar on a number of different projects, teaching part-time at various campuses in the San Diego area, including UCSD Extended Studies.

Humanities Friday 10:00 a.m.

November 15

Music for Stage and Screen

The emergence of opera around 1600 was one of the most significant developments in music and the result of intellectual discussions involving poets and musicians. Musical drama tried to recapture key elements in Greek drama using actors and chorus in a novel way. The first great composer of opera, Claudio Monteverdi demonstrated that poetry, music, acting, stage craft, and production could be all brought together. Two hundred years later Rossini blazed across Italy, producing new operas on commissions. Whether serious or comic, opera anticipated many of the problems that 20th-century movie makers would contend with. The class will review some of the many fabulous recordings to prove the point.

November 22

The Big Boys of 19th-Century Opera: Wagner and Verdi

These two giants of 19th-century music helped define Germany and Italy, and the cultural identities of each country would be forever affected. Each wrote music that pushed singers to the limits of their abilities, established new operatic organization, and used new and original materials for the story lines. Do they have a greater impact than Mozart? Come and listen!

Henry Powell received his M.D. from University College Dublin in 1970 and has been a professor of pathology at UCSD since 1986. Having worked as a neuro-pathologist for the last forty years, he is now spending more time focusing on a lifelong passion for music. He is interested in every aspect of composers’ lives and health. He has an extensive library of books, DVDs, and CDs, which he willingly shares with his audience.

October 11 and 25

Joe Nalven, Ph.D.

Digital Art: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists

These two lectures will discuss the processes used in the making of digital art as well as its place in art

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November 8

Professor Eric Courchesne

Autism Research Over Thirty Years

This talk identifies bio-behavioral markers of autism that will allow for earlier diagnosis and treatment by integrating a range of behavioral and genetic findings. Current research, which includes MRI studies, has identified abnormal structures at infancy in autism and patterns of abnormal growth from infancy through adulthood. Current brain imaging techniques have established links between autistic symptoms in infants and toddlers

Friday 10:00 a.m. Distinguished Lecture

Classroom 129and the brain sites responsible for them. Studies of brain tissue have discovered novel gene expression profiles at the youngest ages in autism and have characterized how these abnormalities change with age through adulthood.

Eric Courchesne, professor of neurosciences in UCSD’s School of Medicine, received his Ph.D. from UCSD in 1975. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the neurobiology of autism. He is the director and principal investigator of the UCSD Autism Center of Excellence, and is also the director of the UCSD Autism Center’s MRI Project on early brain development in autism.


Friday 12:00 p.m. New Member Lunch

Classroom 128

October 11, 2013

Enhancing the Value of Your Membership

This event is for members new to Osher this quarter. It provides an opportunity for us to get to know you, to learn about your experiences during the first two weeks, and for you to ask any remaining questions. Small sandwiches, fruit, and lemonade will be provided.

Friday 1:00 p.m. Marilyn Heikoff Live Music Program

Classroom 129

Coordinator: Reed Sullivan

October 4

Will Ramey — Country Guitar and Vocals

Born and raised in Bakersfield, California — the West Coast capital of country music — Will Ramey is a country singer and songwriter whose work spans traditional and contemporary genres. His influences include George Strait, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, and Josh Turner. He has recently released his all-original debut CD, I’m The One, on his own record label, Country Doc Music. He will be performing selections from the album along with other original songs.

October 18

Bassett Brothers Guitars

The Bassett Brothers are an identical twin guitar duo whose performances showcase a diverse repertoire from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras and span to more contemporary genres like Rock, Blues, and Heavy Metal. Sean and Ian Bassett live together, work together, and have played as a duo since the age of fourteen. Through a mix and match of varied styles, the brothers provide unique interpretations of concert-hall classics. The Bassett Brothers currently reside in San Diego, where they are co-directors of Music at Rock ’n’ Roll San Diego, and are part of the San Diego State University Adams’ Project Performers Network.

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Nova. She earned her M.M. from Yale University and her bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Irawati serves as the vocal coach at Point Loma Nazarene University and Dolora Zajick’s summer Institute for Young Dramatic Voices.

Music theorist Elisabeth Kotzakidou Pace earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University and her M.M. from The Juilliard School, and she trained in Cognitive Science at UCSD and Princeton. A U.S. Department of Education Fellow in Germany, she has presented invited colloquia at Harvard and Yale, and conference papers throughout Europe, the U.S., and Canada. Dr. Pace is a visiting professor at St. Katherine College and the founder of the chamber ensemble Musical Oratory.

November 15

Russian Cello Music

Angela Yeung of USD will be joined by her friend from the Yale School of Music in a program of Russian cello works for one or two cellos, with or without piano.

Program:

Shostakovich, 5 PiecesSofia Gubaidulina, 10 PreludesProkofiev, cello sonata

Performers:Alvin Wong, celloAngela Yeung, celloXiao-yan Sui, piano

Marilyn Heikoff Live Music Program Friday 1:00 p.m.

October 25

Added Attraction: A Barbershop Quartet

Added Attraction is a barbershop quartet that sings a cappella four-part harmony. In the Barbershop style, there is a lead who sings the melody, a tenor who harmonizes (often a third above the melody), the bass who sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone who completes the chord (usually below the lead). Much of Barbershop music comes from the 20s, 30s, and 40s and is warmly referred to by barbershoppers as “the Olde Songs.” The quartet will perform these old songs for this program.

The quartet’s lead singer, Ken Baker, retired from the Navy and entertains in local theater productions. The bass, Jim Watt, is a retired high-school math teacher and basketball coach. Tenor Don Saba (nicknamed Sabatooth) served as a Navy dentist and now works in private practice. Baritone Kerry Witkin is a financial manager.

November 1

Ines Irawati and Elisabeth Kotzakidou Pace

Fugues as (Musical) Objects of Wonder

Frequently cited as exemplars of mathematical perfection, Bach’s elegant fugues are actually the Art-ful products of a rhetorical way of life made manifest in the domain of music. This live concert with integrated analytical commentary explores some of J.S. Bach’s most celebrated compositional processes through selected works from his Well-Tempered Clavier.

The recipient of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Best Vocal Pianist Award, pianist Ines Irawati has performed at Carnegie Hall and has soloed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra

Friday 10:00 a.m. Law and Society

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Professor Justin Levitt

The Shadows of Bush v. Gore: A Broken Election System Becomes a Teenager

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