Lawrence University’s Northern Campus Door County, Wisconsin

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2017

BjörklundenSeminarS

Björklunden vid Sjön

Björklunden vid Sjön, Swedish for “Birch Grove at the Lake” (but commonly translated to “Birch Forest by the Water”) is a 441-acre estate on the Lake Michigan shore just south of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wis. A place of great beauty and serenity, the estate was bequeathed to Lawrence University in 1963 by Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park, Ill. Since 1980, Lawrence has offered a series of adult-education seminars at Björklunden (pronounced “bee-york-LOON-den”).

The 37,000-square-foot lodge contains a great room, multipurpose and seminar rooms, dining room and kitchen, as well as 22 guest rooms. There are two lakeside decks, a second-story observation deck, an elevator and a computer lab. The entire facility has wireless internet access and plenty of parking.

This magnificent, year-round facility also allows Lawrence University, an undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wis., to extend its mission through weekend student-faculty seminars. These popular weekend seminars have been running since 1996.

Winifred Boynton captured the enduring spirit of Björklunden when she said of her beloved summer home: “Far removed from confusion and aggression, it offers a sanctuary for all.”

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2017 Björklunden SeminarsAt-a-glance listing

June 11–16 Page 4 Listen to the Birds Don Quintenz

June 13–18 Page 4 The Grand Synthesis Eric Simonson ’82

June 18–23 Page 5 The Plague and Fire of London Jake Frederick

June 25–30 Page 5AND…ACTION! The Making of a TV Show Liz Cole ’63 & Lee Chemel ’65Was Nero a Monster? How History Was (and Is) Made Geoff BakewellAnd We Thought We Were Thinking Rationally: Recognizing the Biases That Shape Human Experience Roger Johnson

July 9–15 Page 7Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp

July 16–21 Page 8Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Kenneth Bozeman & Ian HowellWitnessing the Occupation Over Six Decades of French Film Eilene Hoft-March & Judith SarneckiEleanor Roosevelt: An American Life Tim Crain

July 23–28 Page 9I Hear America Singing Dale Duesing ’67

July 30–Aug 4 Page 10Trump’s America Terry Moran ’82Lincoln and His Contemporaries: Campaign Losses, Campaign Victories James Cornelius ’81Art and Nature in Medieval and Renaissance Art Benjamin Tilghman ’99 & Ryan Gregg

Aug 6–11 Page 11Stalin and the Devil: History and Religion in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita Peter ThomasThe World of Anglo-Saxon England Jane Schulenburg ’65Jesus, God and Jazz Al Gephart ’63

Aug 13–19 Page 12Watercolor: The Expressive Medium Helen KlebesadelPhotography: Discovering Your Personal Vision Phil KrejcarekThe Ten Commandments Bill Urbrock

Aug 27–Sept 1 Page 14Classic Films, Classic Performances Jack RhodesThe 200 Most Important Years in Western Thought! Terry GoodeThe Beatles: A History and Deconstruction Carl Rath

Sept 10–15 Page 15Carried Away: How to Make Your Next Poem Take Flight Marilyn TaylorEveryday Herbalism: Wildcrafting, Cooking and Making Medicines Jacquelyn DobrinskaWildflower Walks and Fungus Forays Don Quintenz & Charlotte Lukes

Sept 17–22 Page 17Reading—and Writing—About Three Key Themes in Literature Paul McComas ’83New Challenges in American Foreign Policy: Russia, Migration and Jobs Christopher Murray ’75Immigration, Poverty, the Distribution of Income and Upward Mobility in American Society Corry Azzi ’65

Sept 24–29 Page 18Revisiting the Classic Mystery Films Jack RhodesVoyage of the Sea Dragon—Revisiting Richard Halliburton: High Cost of Daring, Cults of Youth and the Art of Travel Writing Gerry Max ’67And Then There Were None Roy Underhill ’81

Oct 1–6 Page 20Dante’s Inferno Dan Taylor ’63From AIDS to Zika: Man’s Struggle Against Microbes Throughout History, Our Sometimes Successful Battles Against Them and Their Influences on Civilization David Hines ’76Water, Civilization’s Liquid Gold: Its History and Where Do We Go from Here? Erlan Bliss ’63

Oct 8–13 Page 22Longstitch & Limpcase: Exploring Medieval Bookbinding Structure Barbara Korbel

Oct 15–20 Page 22What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? Rick Price ’62 & Tom Lawrence ’63

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2017 Björklunden SeminarS

June 11–16Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Listen to the BirdsOur goal is to see as many birds as we can find—especially the ones participants select—in the most beautiful preserves in the county and also to discover the value of learning as much as possible from birds that can be watched daily. The goals of this seminar are to deepen participants’ love and excitement for these amazing creatures and to explore a new way of birding where participants can learn directly from one bird of choice, because that bird can teach you about all birds, really all other creatures, and even yourself. Participants will learn field identification skills, bird sounds using a variety of sound tools in an evening workshop, techniques for understanding the complex behaviors of birds and fascinating discoveries that science has made about birds. The emerging importance of conserving and enhancing bird stopover habitats will be shared. This course will visit Open Door Bird Sanctuary, which has all kinds of birds, especially raptors. Open Door will feature its recently acquired Merlins. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite field guides. Participants must be able to walk on unpaved trails for distances of 2 miles over a period of 2 ½ hours.

Don Quintenz has been teaching environmental education since 1967 and came to the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in 1981. He previously worked with Milwaukee Public Schools as its environmental specialist for five years and before that was with the Wisconsin Humane Society for three years as its environmental educator and the Wisconsin DNR as a resource technician. He is currently the senior ecologist at Audubon. The skill Quintenz cherishes the most is his ability to excite and fascinate people about the natural world because of his intimate familiarity with the native flora and fauna.

June 13–18*Tuesday–Sunday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

The Grand SynthesisThis course is taught in conjunction with Björklunden’s Door Kinetic Arts Festival and will include live presentations of dance, theatre and film from nationally renowned artists. The festival, which had its inaugural season last year, is designed to expand the range of artistic expressions across different mediums. This course is meant to be a complement to the festival and present a blanket of understanding the history of artistic collaborations throughout the ages.

Since Aeschylus, artists have attempted the ideal of unifying all arts into one. Composer Richard Wagner articulated this concept in his early 19th-century essays, using the term Geramtkunstwerk. Since Wagner’s time, the 20th-century advent of film, video, technology and recorded sound have added new colors to the palette of artistic expression. Today, more than ever, artists are taking advantage of all that is available to them. This class will explore artistic attempts throughout history to cross-pollinate different mediums into a single art form. Wagner will be examined, as well as Shakespeare, the Greeks and American vaudeville. The discussion will advance to contemporary artists such as Robert Wilson, Andy Warhol, Peter Gabriel, Frank Gehry, Peter Sellers, Peter Brook, Robert Lepage and Cirque du Soleil, all of whom, in their own way, have pushed the envelope of their art from through the cross-pollination of different mediums. This class will also include guest lectures from working artists and visits to rehearsals of plays and dances in development.

*The seminar starts with a dinner on Tuesday, June 13, with class beginning Wednesday, June 14.

Eric Simonson ’82 is a writer/director for film, television, theater and opera. Recent films include the documentary, Studs Terkel: Listening to America (Emmy nomination); A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, which won the Oscar for Documentary Short and received a nomination from the International Documentary Association (IDA) for Distinguished Achievement; On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom (Oscar nomination, IDA Award, Emmy nomination). All three films subsequently aired on HBO/Cinemax. Other films include Hamlet (co-directed with Campbell Scott ’83) for Hallmark Entertainment, and Killing Reagan for Scott Free Entertainment and National Geographic. Simonson has also written and developed multiple television series for HBO, FX, Starz, TNT and USA networks. He is currently writing for the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle. Broadway writing credits include the hit play Lombardi, Magic/Bird and Bronx Bombers, which he also directed.

June 18–23Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

The Plague and Fire of LondonA study of the twin disasters of the 1665 Great Plague and the 1666 Great Fire of London. The Great Plague, the last significant outbreak of that horrific medieval disease, marked a turning point in the approach to medicine as Europe moved out of the medieval era. This course will examine how London faced these two catastrophes, how its people reacted, where they sought to put the blame and what they did to build a new future for the city and change London from a medieval to modern city.

Jake Frederick is an associate professor of history at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. He has published articles on native political factionalism and race in colonial Mexico in Ethnohistory, The Americas and the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. Before becoming a historian, Frederick worked for several years as a forest fire fighter and in 1998 was sent to Chiapas as part of a U.S. support operation for fires in southern Mexico. His interest in fire and Mexico has remained ever since and is the focus of his current research, examining fire prevention and protection as a vehicle of state governance.

June 25–30Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

AND … ACTION! The Making of a TV Show How do popular television shows get made? Join stage/screen actor Liz (Megan) Cole ’63 and TV director Lee Shallat Chemel ’65 as they lead a personal guided tour detailing this process from audition through final wrap. Participants will explore both half-hour sitcoms and hourlong dramas from the perspectives of acting, script development, camera usage and on-set protocols. Film clips will be drawn from Cole’s guest-star experiences on Seinfeld, ER, Star Trek and The Practice, and from Chemel’s extensive list of directorial credits. Within this context, the class will also consider some of the ways in which television intersects with and influences popular culture.

Liz (Megan) Cole ’63 has had a long acting career on the professional stage and has made frequent television guest-star appearances on ER, Seinfeld, Star Trek: TNG and DS9, Las Vegas, Judging Amy and many others. She originated the leading role in Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning drama WIT in 1995, for which she received the L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Outstanding Performance. She also tours with The Wisdom of WIT, her solo version of the play. As artist-in-residence at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Cole developed workshops on empathic healthcare communication, as well as on the connections between medicine and the humanities. She now takes these workshops and other related performances to healthcare and end-of-life care venues across the country. megancole.net

Lee Shallat Chemel ’65 has had a career in theatre, film and television spanning over 40 years. A four-time Emmy nominee, her television directing credits (among over 500 episodes) include The Middle, Gilmore Girls, Arrested Development, The Bernie Mac Show, The George Lopez Show, Judging Amy, Spin City, Becker, Just Shoot Me, Mad About You, Murphy Brown, Northern Exposure, The Nanny and her first TV show, Family Ties. She is the recipient of two BET awards for outstanding direction in comedy. An English literature

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magna cum laude graduate of Lawrence, Lee received an M.A. in Asian theatre and an M.A. in education from the University of Wisconsin and an M.F.A. from the University of Washington’s Professional Acting Training Program. She was an East Asian Languages Fellow at the University of Michigan. She taught in the inner city public schools in Norwalk, Conn., Racine, Wis., and Seattle before entering the theatre. Lee lives in L.A. with her husband, David. Their daughter Lizzy attends Bard College and son Tucker attends USC.

Was Nero A Monster? How History Was (and Is) Made

The Roman Emperor Nero has long been considered the ultimate tyrant. Our sources claim he: fancied his mother and had her killed; had his first wife and his tutor (the philosopher Seneca) slain; remarried two more women and one man; set fire to Rome to renovate his palace; and hosted nocturnal orgies in gardens lit by flaming Christians. Yet revisionist scholars have argued Nero was no monster but rather an artistic Philhellene and media-savvy populist. According to them, the emperor adroitly used myth and tradition to benefit the Roman people at the expense of the Senate. And the short-changed elite took revenge the only way they could: in writing. Together we will examine biographical, historical, archaeological and visual materials to make sense of this most controversial ruler. And we will come to important conclusions, not just about imperial Rome but about how history was (and is) made. Required Reading: Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars. Paperback revised ed., Penguin Classics, 2007. ISBN: 0140455167. Tacitus, Annals Paperback, Penguin Classics, 2013. ISBN: 0140455647

Geoff Bakewell is an ancient historian and classicist who taught a Björklunden Seminar on “The Third Reich Through German Eyes” in the summer of 2015. He holds a Ph.D. from Brown and a B.A. from Yale and is currently the L. Palmer Brown Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Rhodes College in Memphis. He directs Rhodes’ ‘great books’ program and has received a number of teaching awards. He is widely published; his latest book, on Greek tragedy (Aeschylus’s Suppliant Women: The Tragedy of Immigration) was published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

And We Thought We Were Thinking Rationally: Recognizing the Biases that Shape Human Experience

Is love blind? What would make it so? Or—how are one’s thought processes affected when “falling in love” with a certain house or new car? How do people change their coping responses or investing decisions when distressed? During the past 25 years, psychologists have developed a deeper understanding of the role of biases (mental shortcuts) in decision-making. This seminar will serve as an introduction to these discoveries and the insights they provide into the way we 1) manage our

financial investments; 2) think about public policy issues; 3) make moral decisions; 4) experience our interpersonal relationships; and lots more. This will not be your psych professor’s psychology! It will be an interactive seminar, providing participants with opportunities to sharpen their own personal insights and perspectives regarding the multiple issues to be discussed. The seminar will use topics from the book Thinking, Fast and Slow by Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman as the basis for seminar discussions.

Roger Johnson is a retired clinical psychologist who worked for Kaiser Permanente, a large health care organization in California, as a consultant, manager and clinician. He has a Ph.D. from Fuller School of Psychology and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. His focus for the past several years has been on designing and leading engaging adult workshops regarding psychological dynamics for professionals in the Silicon Valley.

July 9–15Sunday–Saturday $1,195 tuition and meals; $875 tuition only

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Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp* Enjoy a high-quality, fun, engaging experience for adult jazz musicians and singers of all levels, from beginner to semipro. The week’s musical activities include playing and performance opportunities in combos and large ensembles, jazz master classes, jazz improvisation/theory classes, special-topics sessions, individual lessons, open jam sessions and performances with professional jazz artists. Summer 2017 will be Tritone’s 19th consecutive year at Björklunden.

Tritone was co-founded by the late Fred Sturm ’73, Kimberly Clark Professor of Music and director of jazz studies at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. It is now run by co-founder Bob DeRosa, a marketing communications consultant and busy part-time bassist in upstate New York. Faculty includes legendary guitarist Gene Bertoncini, recording artist and veteran of the Benny Goodman Orchestra and the NBC Tonight Show Band; trumpeter Terell Stafford of NYC’s Village Vanguard Orchestra and director of jazz studies at Temple University; pianist John Harmon ’57, D.F.A ’05, Lawrence jazz director from 1971 to 1974; drummer Zach Harmon, a busy freelancer and graduate of the Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute; vocalist Janet Planet, Lawrence instructor of music and renowned Wisconsin jazz/pop vocal soloist; saxophonist Tom Washatka, a busy sideman, producer, and recording engineer; bassist Ike Sturm, music director for the jazz ministry at Manhattan’s Saint Peter’s Church (the “Jazz Church”) and a busy freelance bassist in NYC; jazz and classical vocalist Misty Sturm; trombonist Dean Sorenson, director of jazz at the University of Minnesota; and pianist/composer/arranger Rod Blumenau, freelance jazz artist in upstate New York.

* To register, contact Bob DeRosa at Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps PO Box 297, Penfield, NY 14526 | 585-377-2222 | bob@tritonejazz.com

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July 16–21Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Witnessing the Occupation over Six Decades of French Film

French cinema has left an intriguing record of responses to the German occupation of France (1940–1944). Films produced during the occupation years were low-budget affairs, hamstrung by censorship, avoidant (by law) of any representation of contemporary events and yet eerily allusive of their time. Films produced in later years began to examine more explicitly and more critically those events and the people caught up in them. Primarily through a selection of films spanning the 60 years since the occupation, we will explore how the French have chosen to remember and to understand this difficult moment in their national history.

Eilene Hoft-March is professor of French, Milwaukee-Downer and College Endowment Association Professor of Liberal Studies and special assistant to the president at Lawrence. She holds the B.A. in English and French from Carroll University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in French from the University of California, Berkeley. She contributes to Freshman Studies, gender studies, and global studies. Her published research has grown out of an interest in late 20th- and early 21st-century European philosophy and French autobiography. And her favorite co-teacher on the planet is her dear friend Judy Sarnecki.

Judy Holland Sarnecki professor emerita of French at Lawrence, misses teaching French, gender studies and film studies to LU students. However, she freely admits she also enjoys the reading, travel and singing with newVoices choir

made possible by her official retirement in 2010. She did return to teach one course a year with some of her favorite colleagues for another five years. In summer of 2017 she will be back co-teaching with her best friend Eilene Hoft-March in order to experience the joy that their partnership in the classroom inevitably brings.

Eleanor Roosevelt: An American LifeEleanor Roosevelt was one of the most extraordinary individuals in American history. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States but was far better known as an activist and diplomat. Born into the wealthy Oyster Bay Roosevelt family, Eleanor’s early life was very difficult as she lost both her parents and one brother at a young age. Raised by her grandmother, Eleanor attended Allenwood Academy in London and studied under Maria Souvestre. She returned to New York in 1902 and became a social worker in the East Side slums. In 1905, she married her fifth cousin Franklin Roosevelt and the relationship transitioned into one of the greatest partnerships in all of American history. As first lady, Eleanor became a moral compass for the nation and a pioneer advocate of civil rights, women’s rights and human rights. Her weekly column “My Day” lifted many Americans during the Great Depression, World War II and beyond. Eleanor Roosevelt’s passionate activism and humanitarianism gained her universal respect, and she is consistently ranked in Gallup’s top 10 of the “Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century.”

Tim Crain is the director of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and an assistant professor of history at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. He received a Ph.D. in modern Europe and modern Jewish history at Arizona State University after receiving a B.A. and M.A. from Marquette University. His areas of specialization include modern Jewish history, comparative religious history, modern Europe and the modern Middle East. Crain taught history for 15 years at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has received numerous distinguished teaching awards from the University of Wisconsin System and Marquette University. He has instructed over 20 seminars at Björklunden, and Tim and his family always look forward to their time there each summer.

July 23–28Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

I Hear America SingingVocal music in America has a history and diversity of style that incorporates an international heritage yet is distinctive from other musical cultures. This course will look at what makes our music uniquely American, through opera, art song, orchestral song, choral music and Broadway musical. Using videos, recordings and live performances, we will examine both the familiar and the less well-known: from Romantics like Edward McDowell, past 20th-century composers, including Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber, to contemporaries such as Ned Rorem and John Adams. And, of course, there will also be a focus on great American singers. Without doubt, as in past years, there are sure to be musical surprises throughout the week!

Dale Duesing ’67 received a Grammy in 1993 for his recording of Samuel Barber’s The Lovers with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was designated Singer of the Year by Opernwelt magazine in 1994 and has been described by Le Monde de la Musique magazine as a singer who transformed opera, turning it “upside down” with his performances of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. In addition to his singing, Duesing has been described as “one of the greatest actors on the opera scene” by Die Welt. In the past several years, Duesing has expanded his work to include stage direction. He was nominated in Opernwelt as Director of the Year for his direction of Il Viaggio a Rheims by Rossini at The Frankfurt Opera (Germany). Duesing was honored twice among the “10 Best Productions/Performances in Europe,” once for his work as director for The St. John Passion by J.S. Bach and once for his performance in the title role of Sweeney Todd in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd at the Nationale Reisoper Nederland (The Netherlands).

July 16–21Sunday–Friday Separate Pricing Applies

Special Seminar:Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy

This special Björklunden seminar is intended for: Voice teachers of high school, college or adult students, and college voice majors. Voice students who are graduate performance or vocal pedagogy majors. Choral conductors who incorporate vocal training in their rehearsals. Voice therapists specializing in the rehabilitation of singers.

This seminar provides an opportunity for participants to spend five days attending engaging and thought-provoking presentations and master classes in application, while giving you ample remaining time to process course content, engage in discussion and/or lessons with the course instructor, Kenneth Bozeman, professor of music at Lawrence University. The seminar will begin with a survey of acoustic voice pedagogy—how understanding the acoustics of voice production can dramatically improve teaching efficiency—as presented in Practical Vocal Acoustics: Pedagogic Applications for Teachers and Singers. There will be special emphasis on applications for both studio and choral settings as elaborated in Bozeman’s second book, Kinesthetic Vocal Pedagogy: Motivating Acoustic Efficiency. Bozeman and Ian Howell, head of vocal pedagogy and a member of the voice faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music, will introduce basic elements of singing pedagogy (alignment, breathing, onset, vocal registration) as they relate to acoustic output, but they will focus on the acoustic landscape signers inhabit, the differing acoustic circumstances facing male and female (or treble) voices, the challenges of male and female passaggi (transition) into the upper voice and effective strategies for meeting those challenges. Howell will present cutting-edge information on the emerging theory of vowel perception and the special psychoacoustics of the singing voice and also give tutorials on studio technology. The morning will end with a master class that will explore practical application of the pedagogic concepts presented in the earlier session.

* For more information about this special seminar, the instructors, prices and to register, please visit lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/piano-teaching-seminar or contact Björklunden: 920-839-2216, bjorkseminars@lawrence.edu

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July 30–Aug 4Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Trump’s America How did we get here? What kind of president is Donald Trump becoming in his first year in office? And what does the epochal 2016 election that brought him to power tell us about our country? From Twitter taunts to Russian hackers and beyond, this seminar will explore the tumult of our politics in the Trump era.

Terry Moran ’82 is ABC News’ chief foreign correspondent and an anchor for the network. He is based in London and has led the program’s distinguished coverage of the major news stories in the last several years. Before relocating overseas, Moran was an anchor for Nightline, World News and other ABC News broadcasts. Moran is also a print journalist who has written for many publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post and the New Republic Magazine—where he began his career in journalism.

Lincoln and His Contemporaries: Campaign Losses, Campaign VictoriesA successful politician’s career has many an up and many a down, and Abraham Lincoln was no exception. A run-through of his losses and wins in the 1830s, 1840s, 1850s and 1860s—plus a look at some other key campaigns for context, in an era when one political party was collapsing and a new one was being born—will focus a spotlight on campaign tactics and rhetoric that earlier Björklunden classes on the Lincoln era have not tried. No previous reading on Lincoln or the period is required, though veteran students will find many old and new ideas brought up, too. One morning of this course will be co-taught with Terry Moran.

Suggested Readings: Lincoln by David Herbert Donald, Lincoln in the Atlantic World by Louise Stevenson and Lincoln Runs for Congress by Donald Riddle

James Cornelius ’81, a native of Minneapolis, is a graduate of Lawrence University and the University of Illinois (Ph.D. 2001). For 11 years, he worked in New York City for various book publishers, then for eight years in the University of Illinois Library’s collections of Lincoln and Illinois history. He and Anne Smith (LU ’81) married in 1992. In 2007, he became curator of the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., the nation’s most-visited presidential museum and home to huge numbers of Lincoln manuscripts, family possessions, published works and fine or popular art. He has published on architecture, baseball, and literature, but mostly British and American history. Most recently, he co-authored Under Lincoln’s Hat: 100 Objects that Tell the Story of His Life and Legacy; edited and co-authored the museum’s 48-page Official Commemorative Guide; and introduced Gettysburg Replies, a showcase of original short essays by 100 famous people, including all five living presidents, about Lincoln or a related current topic. This will be his third Björklunden seminar.

Art and Nature in Medieval and Renaissance ArtInspired by the rich natural setting of Björklunden, this course will look at how medieval and Renaissance artists explored the natural world through their art. We will consider the idea of the natural world as a product of divine creation and see how medieval artists represented nature as shot through with spiritual meaning. We will also trace the development of greater naturalism in later medieval and Renaissance art, presaging the habits of careful observation that serve as the foundation for the scientific revolution. Medieval and Renaissance art not only depicts the natural world but also is literally made from it, using materials harvested from nature. We will discuss how the material origins of artworks also shaped their meanings.

Ben Tilghman ’99 specializes in medieval and Renaissance art, particularly illuminated manuscripts and art from the early medieval British Isles. A graduate of Lawrence University, Tilghman earned his master’s degree from Williams College and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He has published essays on the Book of Kells, Anglo-Saxon riddles and art, miniature drawings in a Renaissance prayer book and the 21st century manuscript known as the St. John’s Bible. As a curatorial fellow at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, he organized exhibitions on medieval manuscripts, miniaturization in art and images from the Hubble Space Telescope. He joined the Lawrence faculty in 2012.

Ryan Gregg is an assistant professor of art history at Webster University in St. Louis, where he teaches Renaissance and Baroque art. His specialization lies in views of cities and Italian art of the mid-16th century. He has written and spoken on a variety of topics in these areas, including city view techniques among Flemish artists, the decoration of Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, Renaissance sculpture’s Baroque reception and prints of the 16th and 17th centuries. He is the recipient of numerous research fellowships and regularly leads students on study trips to Florence.

Aug 6–11Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Stalin and the Devil: History and Religion in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita Imagine the Biblical story of the passion, narrated by the devil himself, to an audience of small-minded and terrified atheists on a hot summer evening during Stalin’s bloody purges. That is just the beginning of one of Russia’s favorite novels, Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. This seminar will examine Stalin’s Moscow through the lens of that raucous and contradictory book. We will look closely at the political and cultural history of 1930s Moscow and at the rich tradition of Russian Orthodoxy woven into Bulgakov’s tale. Required Reading: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Burgin & O’Connor. Vintage International, 1996. ISBN: 0679760806

Peter Thomas has been teaching Russian language and culture in the Russian department at Lawrence University since 2006. Before coming to Lawrence, he taught courses in comparative literature and in Russian language, culture and film at Northwestern University, Beloit College and St. Olaf College. Since arriving at Lawrence, Thomas has received the Young Teacher Award (2013) and the Freshman Studies Teaching Award (2015). This is his seventh summer seminar at Bjorklunden.

The World of Anglo-Saxon England (500–1066)This course will explore the fascinating history and culture of Anglo-Saxon England through a study of its historical documents, literature, art history and archaeology. Some of the topics that we will discuss include: early missionary activity and Christianization, the Venerable Bede and his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the role of women, monasticism, St. Cuthbert, Lindisfarne Island and the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Synod of Whitby, St. Hilda of Whitby, the Sutton Hoo ship burial, Staffordshire hoard, Trumpington excavation, Beowulf, King Alfred the Great and the Viking invasions. It will conclude with a discussion of the events leading up to the Norman conquest and one of the most famous medieval masterpieces, the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg ’65 is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she received a Ph.D. in medieval history. She teaches in the liberal arts and applied studies department, the gender and women’s studies department, and the medieval studies program. Her areas of specialization include medieval social and religious history, medieval women’s history, women saints, female monasticism, gender and sacred space, and medieval embroidery. She is the author of numerous studies on medieval women, including her major work, Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, ca. 500-1100 (University of Chicago Press, 1998, 2000). She is presently working on a book on gender and sacred space in the Middle Ages. Schulenburg is the recipient of a number of research fellowships and was recognized with Lawrence’s Lucia Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award in 2001, the William A. Chaney Lectureship in the Humanities at Lawrence in 2010 and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Van Hise Teaching Award in 2013. Over the years, she has organized and led 39 University of Wisconsin medieval study tours to Europe.

Jesus, God and JazzA paradigm shift is taking place in traditional Christianity as it seeks to follow the way of Jesus in a postmodern culture. Evolution, quantum physics and religious pluralism challenge Christians to rethink their understanding of God in relationship with the world. Many seek an experience of God over right beliefs. Some traditional approaches no longer appear relevant. Jazz is a metaphor for a creative, open and relational theological perspective. It speaks of spontaneity, inter-connection, egalitarian relationships, building on the contributions of others, theme and response, creating in the moment what has never been before. This seminar will explore a view of theology that sees God and humanity as co-creators, relating in a similar, jazz-like process of creativity and adventure. We will seek to integrate theology with science and probe what it means to affirm God as love in a world of great pain and suffering.

The Rev. Al Gephart ’63 his an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He holds a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminar and a master’s degree in church and choral music from the University of Southern California, where his project was a performance of Ralph Vaughan William’s Dona Nobis Pacem at the conclusion of the Vietnam War. He served two congregations in Washington state: Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church and the Redmond Presbyterian Church. For 17 years, Al was the pastor and head of staff of University Presbyterian Church in Tempe, Ariz., retiring as pastor emeritus in 2009. He is chair of the Theological Dialogue Commission of the Arizona Faith Network and Southwest regional coordinator for the Seminary Support Network of the PCUSA. He regularly attends the Process and Faith Summer Institute and Whitehead Film Festival in Claremont, Calif., studying with noted process theologians John Cobb and Marjorie Suchocki. Al is married to Betsy Wells-Gephart, a lactation consultant. They have two daughters, Eryn Wells and Anna Gephart, and a golden retriever named Kellsey. They live in Tempe, Ariz.

Aug 13–19Sunday–Saturday $945 double; $1,265 single; $415 commuter

Watercolor: The Expressive MediumThis seminar is for novice through experienced artists. Drawing skills are useful but not required. Participants will be a part of a creative community that invites them to experiment with a wide range of traditional and non-traditional watercolor techniques and learn to create strong individualized artistic statements. Participants from previous summers are welcome to repeat this class and are welcome to focus on independent projects or work with the instructor to figure out next steps. A list of suggested materials to bring to this seminar will be sent to participants at a later date.

Helen Klebesadel was a member of the Lawrence University faculty from 1990 to 2000, teaching studio art and gender studies. She has offered her summer Björklunden watercolor seminars annually since 1996. Known as an engaging teacher and effective creative coach, she has been invited to teach watercolor and

creativity workshops from Texas to Alaska. Klebesadel is best known for her highly detailed narrative watercolor paintings and exhibits her paintings nationally and internationally while maintaining her art studio in Madison, Wis. She also holds a position as the director of the University of Wisconsin Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Committed to community engagement, Klebesadel served on the Wisconsin Arts Board from 2006 to 2013 and is a past president of the national Women’s Caucus for Art. Learn more about her artwork, her collaborative activist art projects and her exhibition schedule at klebesadel.com.

Photography: Discovering Your Personal VisionThis seminar is about exploring the art of photography and using the camera to find your individual expression. Although the use of adjustable digital cameras will be discussed, the emphasis will be on image making and creativity. We will look at contemporary fine art photographers for inspiration. Daily assignments and field trips will be given to stimulate your imagination. There will be an optional evening Door County photo shoot to discover the magic of night photography. In the late afternoons and evenings, instruction will be given to those interested in using Photoshop to edit and enhance their images. Participants will use a pigmented ink jet printer to make professional enlargements of their work. This class is designed for both the beginner as well as those who have a more advanced understanding of their camera and Photoshop.

Philip Krejcarek is a professor of art at Carroll University, where he has taught the past 39 years. He has also taught photography classes at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. He is delighted to be returning for his 14th photography seminar at Björklunden. He is the author of the book An Introduction to Digital Imaging. His work has been displayed in national exhibitions and has been included in collections at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts and the Haggerty Museum of Art.

The Ten CommandmentsThe decades-long controversy involving Alabama Judge Roy Moore and the courtroom display of the Ten Commandments drew national attention from the media and sparked renewed interest in issues of church and state and in the commandments themselves. In this seminar, discussions will focus on the two versions of the Ten Commandments found in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, their literary setting in the Old Testament and historical significance in ancient Israel, the relationship of these commandments to the U.S. Constitution and to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations and some ways these commandments are being adapted and applied to contemporary situations. Required reading: The Ten Commandments and Human Rights by Walter Harrelson. Paperback, Fortress Press, 1978. ISBN: 0800615271

Bill Urbrock (Ph.D., Harvard) is honorary Rosebush Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Religions at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. Long active in the Society of Biblical Literature, he has published articles in scholarly journals and conducted many courses, seminars and lecture series for a variety of civic and educational groups, including Björklunden.

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Aug 27–Sept 1Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Classic Films, Classic PerformancesThe seminar will focus on iconic performances within several great films of the classic era, with some comparative attention to the more modern age of film acting. The class will spotlight actresses and actors in both leading and supporting roles in memorable and enduring movies. Participants will examine the screenwriting, directing, musical scoring, editing, cinematography and other production components that contributed to the artistic efforts of the legendary performers who made major film roles noteworthy. The course will include examples from a variety of film genres to help seminar participants come to a better appreciation of the strength and effectiveness of performances that received critical attention in their day and that continue to resonate with contemporary audiences.

Jack Rhodes received his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Texas at Austin and later became interested in communication and film studies. His principal academic assignments were at Colorado College, the University of Utah and Miami University (Ohio), where he taught graduate course on rhetoric of film for several years. Rhodes also served as chair of the Department of Communication at Miami and retired as executive director of Miami’s regional campus in Hamilton, Ohio. He is the author of three books and several scholarly articles and has recently concentrated his research and lecturing on the rhetoric of film genres. This will be his ninth year teaching Björklunden seminars.This seminar was made possible, in part, by the Robert L. Berner Memorial Endowment for Björklunden.

The 200 Most Important Years in Western Thought!It can be argued the most important era in Western philosophical thought was the period from 1600 to 1800. During the 17th and 18th centuries, three great systems came to fruition: rationalism, empiricism and transcendental idealism. Rationalism is the theory that all knowledge comes from reason … and reason alone. Empiricism is the theory that all knowledge comes from experience … and experience alone. These two theories cannot both be true. Thus, the rise of transcendental idealism, the attempt to reconcile and synthesize the two, arguing that, while all knowledge might begin with experience, not all knowledge arises from experience. This seminar will concentrate on the most important philosophical figures representing these three theories: Descartes, Hume and Kant. We will also consider other great thinkers of the era, including Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke and Berkeley. No prior background in philosophy is required. Join us for a fun-filled week exploring the important concepts of 17th- and 18th-century Western philosophical thought!

Terry M. Goode received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Wayne State University. He has taught philosophy at the University of South Carolina, UW–Fox Valley and UW–Oshkosh. He regularly teaches classes for the Clearing winter program and for the Björklunden summer program. Prior to his retirement in 2007, Terry owned two technology companies, was a senior technology officer and served as a consultant to a number of firms in the Fox River Valley.

The Beatles: A History and DeconstructionIn 1964, the Beatles came to America and the world, redefining and reshaping rock music and influencing society and culture through the decade and beyond. Today, we continue to celebrate them and analyze their innate musical genius and cultural influence in classrooms, degree programs, seminars and media. The 2017 seminar will emphasize the music influences of the Beatles on ’60s popular music in a chronological path from 1960 to 1970. Reading material includes Steve Turner’s All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release and The Beatles Anthology.Required Reading: The Beatles Anthology. Paperback, Chronicle Books, 2002. ISBN: 0811836363Optional Reading: Beatles: Stories Behind the Songs by Steve Turner

Carl Rath returned to teach at Lawrence University in 2012 following a 31-year tenure at the University of Oklahoma, where he developed and taught senior-level courses in popular music and the Beatles for the Honors College. He also performed for 22 years in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, where he played with artists such as Henry Mancini, Marilyn McCoo, Moody Blues, Air Supply, Ray Charles, Reba McEntire, Art Garfunkel, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears, among many others. At Lawrence, he teaches bassoon and courses in popular music. At OU, he produced annual Beatles celebrations featuring concerts by 1964…the Tribute, guest authors, collectors and acquaintances of the Beatles. He served as conductor for 1964 at numerous orchestra shows around the country. Rath has been invited to give more than 20 presentations on the Beatles to various civic groups and libraries, the Lawrence University Alumni College and the 2015 Summer Seminar Program at Björklunden.

Sept 10–15Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Carried Away: How to Make Your Next Poem Take FlightIf you’re a poet, you already know that an outstanding poem is one that virtually “takes the top of your head off,” as Emily Dickinson once so memorably put it. They’re the poems that have managed to morph into something considerably more than the sum of their parts. How? By merging three essential elements: 1) a convincing voice; 2) an identifiable mood; and 3) a clear point of view. With these three elements in mind, participants will try out some concrete, workable ways of achieving extraordinary results. To be more specific, much of our time will be spent discussing and experimenting with the most evocative language and the poem-specific imagery that best serves a particular poem’s purpose. Participants will also read a selection of works by well-known poets (including Dickinson) to see if filching some of their creative strategies can help us further expand our own. Participants will be urged to try out some strategies they might never have incorporated into their work before. By the end of the week, participants are very likely to have internalized some brand-new skills for writing their best poems ever.

Marilyn Taylor is the former poet laureate of the state of Wisconsin and the city of Milwaukee and the author of six poetry collections, the newest of which, Step on a Crack, was published in 2016. Her poems and essays have appeared in many anthologies and journals, including Poetry, Measure, Able Muse, American Scholar, and the Random House anthology titled Villanelles. She has been awarded first place in a number of national and international poetry contests, most recently the 2015 Margaret Reid Award for verse in forms. Taylor currently lives in Madison, Wis., and regularly offers independent poetry workshops and presentations statewide and elsewhere—including programs sponsored by Western State Colorado University, Poetry by the Sea in Connecticut and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies. This is her 13th consecutive year facilitating poetry seminars at Björklunden.

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Everyday Herbalism: Wildcrafting, Cooking and Making MedicinesThis seminar is an experiential journey designed to empower participants in their health, happiness and wholeness through the power of plants. Participants will look at the healing plants growing underfoot and towering above, often called weeds, offering powerful health benefits. Participants will also identify medicinal plants, learn to make herbal medicines (tinctures, teas, foods and more) and how to skillfully use them in daily life. The week is chock-full of tips for addressing common ailments at home—from insomnia to immunity and digestion to energy. If you have grandchildren or are a kid at heart, it is peppered with kid-friendly recipes.

Jacquelyn Dobrinska is a beloved herbalist and author. Her gift is to empower people in their health with potent, practical and accessible tools. Dobrinska has over 12 years of experience in ancient healing traditions, mentoring with some of the world’s preeminent teachers in mind-body health. Learn more at asimplevibrantlife.com.

Wildflower Walks and Fungus ForaysThis seminar’s goal is to find as many beautiful wildflowers and fungi as possible by visiting the most pristine preserves and diverse habitats. Participants will learn the names of common fungi and the essential role they play in the web of life. Participants will also become proficient in identifying wildflowers and what the different field guides offer in terms of doing this. This seminar will also discuss the origin and evolution of flowering plants, including what they are evolving toward. As always, this course will take advantage of any birds or other animals encountered in explorations of the natural areas in the county. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite field guides.

Don Quintenz has been teaching environmental education since 1967 and came to the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in 1981. He previously worked with Milwaukee Public Schools as its environmental specialist for five years and before that was with the Wisconsin Humane Society for three years as its environmental educator and the Wisconsin DNR as a resource technician. He is currently the senior ecologist at Audubon. The skill Quintenz cherishes the most is his ability to excite and fascinate people about the natural world because of his intimate familiarity with the native flora and fauna.

Charlotte Lukes has been studying Door County’s wild mushrooms since 1972 and has compiled a list of 570 species she has seen and identified. The Ridges Sanctuary was where she began her workshops and mushroom forays when her husband, Roy, was manager and chief naturalist there. She has presented mushroom slide programs in many parts of eastern Wisconsin. Charlotte has taught mushroom classes for nearly 30 years and leads frequent mushroom forays in the state parks of Door County. UW–Green Bay has 147 of her mushroom species in its Biodiversity Center website, and Lukes plans to add more over next winter. She has taught many classes at Björklunden with her husband over the past 20 years.

Sept 17–22Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Reading—and Writing—About Three Key Themes in LiteratureStruggle and hope. Myth and mystery. Life and death. In literature, just as in life, these subjects appear and assert themselves continually—no doubt because they reside at the core of our common humanity. By honing in and guiding participants in the exploration of these three rich, timeless and universal themes, Paul McComas both helps readers gain additional insights into whatever books they’ll choose to read throughout the rest of their lives and aids and encourages writers (of fiction, memoir, personal essay and poetry alike) in the development of their own techniques for bringing the human condition to light, and to life, on the written page. The class will study and discuss excerpts from the works of, among others, these authors: William Shakespeare, Alice Sebold, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, P.D. James, Tony Earley, Carson McCullers, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Joseph Iron Eye Dudley and Adalbert Stifter. Also included: the occasional song that addresses the theme at hand—song lyrics being, after all, a type of poetry—and, each evening, an (optional) screening and discussions of feature-films that embody the various themes. This seminar is open both to readers and to working/aspiring writers.Required Reading: The Blue Star by Tony Earley. Little, Brown and Company, 2008. ISBN: 0316199079Optional Reading: Jim the Boy by Tony Earley

Paul McComas ’83 is the author of six critically acclaimed books: the novels Planet of the Dates and Unplugged; the short story collections Unforgettable: Harrowing Futures, Horrors, and (Dark) Humor and Twenty Questions: Short and Very Short Stories; the novella Fit for a Frankenstein; and the playlets collection Uncanny Encounters—LIVE, which premiered on stage last Halloween weekend in Milwaukee. He is also the editor of the well-reviewed fiction anthologies First Person Imperfect and Further Persons Imperfect. He has taught writing, literature and film/media at every level up through master’s programs and at academic sites including Northwestern and National Louis Universities (both of which honored him with teaching awards), the University of Chicago and Tribeca Flashpoint Academy of Media Arts. Paul serves on both the National Leadership Council and the Speakers Bureau of the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network and is active in Patrick J. Kennedy’s The Kennedy Forum and One Mind for Mental Health; Rape Victim Advocates; The Awakenings Foundation (helping rape survivors heal through the arts); and the Awakenings Project (mental health advocacy). Paul has received recognition awards from the Mental Health Association, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Senate. To learn more about Paul’s work, visit paulmccomas.com.

New Challenges in American Foreign Policy: Russia, Migration and JobsGlobalization presents the United States with a new and dynamic agenda. Even a few years ago, we did not foresee an aggressive Russia that would invade Ukraine and bring devastation to Syria. Nor did we foresee how failing states and home-grown violence would prompt the migration of millions of people. And despite an ever-more-integrated world economy, threats to jobs in the U.S. and in Europe are pushing our political systems to look inward rather than outward. Who is winning the game of globalization? Former ambassador Christopher Murray ’75 will explore how all these forces have emerged and what they mean for our future.

Christopher Murray ’75 recently concluded a 40-year career in the United States Foreign Service. His assignments included service as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, political advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander for NATO Forces in Europe and deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels. He was also posted in Lebanon, Algeria, Syria, Tunisia, Jamaica and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His assignments at the State Department in Washington, D.C., dealt with UN political affairs, the Horn of Africa and NATO. After graduating from Lawrence, Ambassador Murray received a J.D. From Cornell Law School.

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Immigration, Poverty, the Distribution of Income and Upward Mobility in American Society

America in the 20th century was often depicted as a land of economic opportunity for all, native-born American and immigrant alike. Blacks may have been excluded, but the civil rights movement and the end of Jim Crow finally provided opportunity for all. Now, poverty is seen to be spreading, the distribution of income is thought to be unfair, upward mobility is for the lucky or gifted few and prosperity is the reward for winning a zero-sum game: by the rules of the game, when blacks prosper, it’s at the expense of white, and when immigrants prosper, it’s at the expense of native-born Americans of all races. We will look past the self-serving political rhetoric and media hype to an informed understanding of who has prospered, how and why, who hasn’t and what life is like for those who don’t. Required Reading: Race and Economics by Thomas Sowell. David McKay Company, 1975. ISBN: 067950527X

Corry Azzi ’65 majored in economics and graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Harvard University, receiving his Ph.D. in the fall of 1971. He returned in the fall of 1970 and, with the exception of one-year visiting appointments at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Arizona, taught at Lawrence every year until his retirement in 2002, eventually teaching almost every economics course in the curriculum, three Freshman Studies classes, one freshman seminar and an interdisciplinary course in the philosophy department. He received the outstanding educator award from Lawrence in 1997. After his retirement, he continued to teach his favorite course, econometrics, until 2011. His writings span the fields of labor economics, corporate and public finance, and economic anthropology, and include one book and numerous articles published by the University of Chicago, Harvard University and the American Economic Association.

Sept 24–29Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Revisiting the Classic Mystery FilmsPerhaps no other film genre has been more consistently popular with audiences than the classic mystery, with its talented detectives, curious clues and logical (though often surprising) solutions. This seminar will examine some of the finest specimens of the movie mystery, with attention to the literary sources behind the film, the impact of the film on subsequent efforts within the genre, the techniques of the master detective, the creation of an appropriate atmosphere for the development of the plot and the filmmaker’s techniques for revealing the identity of the villain. Participants should come to a better understanding of the ways in which great examples of this important genre have transcended the ages with both the public and the film critics alike.

Jack Rhodes received his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Texas at Austin and later became interested in communication and film studies. His principal academic assignments were at Colorado College, the University of Utah and Miami University (Ohio), where he taught graduate course on rhetoric of film for several years. Rhodes also served as chair of the Department of Communication at Miami and retired as executive director of Miami’s regional campus in Hamilton, Ohio. He is the author of three books and several scholarly articles and has recently concentrated his research and lecturing on the rhetoric of film genres. This will be his ninth year teaching Björklunden seminars.

Voyage of the Sea Dragon—Revisiting Richard Halliburton: High Cost of Daring, Cults of Youth and the Art of Travel Writing

In March 1939, famed travel writer Richard Halliburton (1900–1939) attempted to sail a junk named the Sea Dragon from Hong Kong to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. Three weeks out into the open sea, the ship headed into a typhoon and was never seen again. Once a synonym for romantic adventure, Halliburton is best-known today for his 50-mile swim of the Panama Canal (paying the lowest toll in its history—36 cents) and for his two Books of Marvels, which introduced generations of young adults to history, literature and geography. His best-selling The Royal Road to Romance was read as eagerly by collegians as J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road were read a generation later. The seminar provides scenarios of what happened to the Sea Dragon and views its context as a sideshow in the Sino-Japanese war and the expansion of American influence in Asia. It also considers Halliburton’s career and explores his true mission in China and his final role as a war correspondent. We will also explore the seaworthiness of the Sea Dragon on the high seas: Could it have made it across Lake Michigan, let alone the Pacific Ocean? Another topic is travel narrative: How does one produce engaging and lively accounts of a personal journey or trip? Yet another topic is aging—and how Halliburton, who died at 39, might have adjusted his “seize the day” philosophy to address Americans who, no longer young adults, still saw themselves as vital, physically and cerebrally fit, eager for knowledge and willing to explore new opportunities at home or abroad. Required Reading: The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton. Paperback, Travelers’ Tales, 2000. ISBN: 1885211538Optional Reading: Horizon Chasers by Gerry Max

Gerry Max ’67 author of Horizon Chasers—The Lives and Adventures of Richard Halliburton and Paul Mooney, has published articles on a variety of humanities-related topics including “From Thin Air” ( for Lawrence Today on Lawrence English Professor Warren Beck) and “The Royal Road to Romance in the USA: Thomas Wolfe, Richard Halliburton, Eco-Tourism and Eco-Poetry” ( for the Thomas Wolfe Review). Max earned his B.A. in history from Lawrence University and an M.A. in classics, Ph. D. in ancient history and M.L.S. in library science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the recipient of a number of research grants, including the William Wisdom Grant-in-Aid of Research for Study at Harvard University. He taught expository writing for many years through the continuing education department of the University of Wisconsin. An instructor at both Lakeland College and Viterbo University, he has taught world history, art history, ethics, environmental spiritualism and death and dying. Besides publishing articles and delivering talks on Halliburton, he has written a play about the travel writer entitled Uncommon Courtesy. Recently he completed The Voyage of the Sea Dragon, an extended essay on Halliburton’s last days in China; the book is subtitled You Never Die in Your Dreams. He collects and appraises rare books. He and his wife, Carole, live in Madison, Wis.

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And Then There Were NoneThis seminar will explore Agatha Christie’s most-published novel from three angles. First, the book itself—its plot and structure, place in Agatha Christie’s career and critical opinion. Next, discussion will turn to the book’s evolution and adaptation—its changes of title and its adaptation by Christie and others to the stage, the silver screen and other media (such as the video game). Participants will watch at least one movie version of Christie’s book and try our hand at voice-acting a scene from the play or book. Third, we will turn to the book’s implicit moral questions—the moral culpability of each character and the justification (or lack thereof) for their “sentence.” We will draw on crimes from Christie’s other mysteries (such as Mousetrap) and some real-life crimes for comparisons. We will also consider the role of morality in popular literature in general.Required Reading: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (any edition)

As a teenager Roy Underhill ’81 stumbled upon Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and was fascinated, going on to read many of her mysteries. He graduated from Lawrence University with degrees in philosophy and piano performance and graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1984. After six years of varied law practice, he spent 20 years as a stay-at-home homeschooling dad. When that job got outsourced to colleges, he found himself cast in a community theater production of And Then There Were None, which simultaneously awakened a long-dormant love of theater and reawakened his fascination with Agatha Christie.

Oct 1–6Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Dante’s InfernoThe poem is a spiritual epic of the soul’s journey toward God but is also the swan song of medieval history, religion and literature; the poetry is symbolic and full of breathtaking images both ethereal and horrific; and the poet and his classical guide through the nine circles of hell are two of the world’s most gifted and most lauded poets of all time. Dante Alighieri’s Commedia was so well received that the adjective Divina was added to its title during the Renaissance. The Divine Comedy is tripartite: Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. So heaven awaits. Meanwhile, as we follow Dante and Virgil, we will meet familiar mythic characters, well-known historical figures and even some of Dante’s deceased contemporaries, all of whom were sinners and who now are suffering punishments in the afterworld consonant with their sins in this world, e.g., murder, adultery, usury and so forth. The wages of sin have never been so dramatically and exquisitely expressed. The Hollanders’ erudite translation—he’s the scholar, she’s the poet—is superb, eminently readable and destined to endure; their notes are always on target and uniformly helpful; and we can even check the original Italian if we so desire. Reading and discussing Dante’s Inferno will surely be an enjoyable and enlightening experience that will resonate with each of us for a long time.Required Reading: Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated by Robert and Jean Hollander. Anchor Books, New York, 2002. ISBN: 0-385-49698-2.

Daniel Taylor ’63 is the Hiram A. Jones Professor and chair emeritus of classics at Lawrence University. He is the author of three books and dozens of articles. He was named Lawrence’s Outstanding Teacher in 1998, Wisconsin’s Distinguished Foreign Language Educator in 1990 and was nationally acclaimed for Excellence in Teaching the Classics in 1983. He is a two-time yearlong National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellow and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Italy. Now retired, he and his wife Donna live in Summit County, Colo., and have organized and led four Björklunden seminars abroad to Greece and Italy. “Dr. Dan” revels in the Björklunden experience and is looking forward to his 28th Björklunden seminar.

From AIDS to Zika (Man’s Struggle Against Microbes Throughout History, Our Sometimes Successful Battles Against Them and Their Influences on Civilization As We Know It)

This is a course for the layperson about infectious diseases. We will discuss various epidemics (plague, tuberculosis, syphilis, AIDS) and their effects on civilization. Our fight against these microbes now involves vaccines and antibiotics, but a crisis today threatens us with organisms resistant to all known therapies. This seminar will also marvel at the fascinating life cycles of some parasites, review the latest frontier in medicine (the microbiome of our colon) and finally come to an appreciation of microbes for whom we have wine, beer, bread and yogurt to thank.Optional Readings: Deadly Companions by Dorothy Crawford and Spillover by David Quammen

David W. Hines, M.D., FACP, graduated from Lawrence in 1976 wishing to pursue a career in medicine. Achieving only a B average, he decided to bypass the rigorous admission requirements of the American medical system and enrolled in the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1977. After a brief tour in the minor leagues, he transferred to Rush Medical School in Chicago for the last two years of medical school and stayed for residency and fellowship. In 1987, at the age of 33, he got his first job as an infectious disease consultant. He married Nancy Gazzola ’76, and they live in Oak Park, Ill. They have three children: Jenny, Giulia and Sam, none of whom are in the medical field.

Water, Civilization’s Liquid GoldIt’s impossible to overstate the essential nature of water. No living thing can survive without it. Normal human activity in a temperate climate requires a minimum of about three quarts of drinking water per day. When personal needs for sanitation, bathing and food preparation are considered, the requirement increases considerably, and the full list of water uses in human activity is enormous. This seminar will explore the historical influence of water in the development of human civilization from the days of tribal migration to the present, including problems and solutions along the way. Geology, climate, industrialization, politics, population growth and the finite resources of the planet combine to make this a complicated but important topic going forward. We will discuss ways in which technology is helping to address water challenges while emphasizing that insuring a sustainable water future will require awareness and participation from us all.Optional Readings: The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs; Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America’s Fresh Waters by Robert Glennon; The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas by Jerry Dennis; and Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis by Christiana Z. Peppard

Erlan Bliss ’63 is a research scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, Calif. He received his B.A. in physics at Lawrence University, M.S. in physics from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1965 and Ph.D. in physics from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1969. While on active duty in the Air Force from 1968 to 1972, he worked at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory near Boston. Since 1972, he has pursued research and management assignments in the Laser Program at LLNL, including roles in the design and commissioning of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is the highest energy, short-pulse laser system in the world. NIF experiments are expanding the physics understanding of fusion energy production and the properties of materials under extremely high temperature and pressure. Now partly retired, Bliss is increasingly interested in the broader issues of human society’s future sustainability, in which water plays an indispensable role.

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Spectacular Sedona History and Hiking—Magic and Myth

Nov. 1–9, 2017 During this nine-day adventure, you’ll discover the magic of Sedona, Ariz.—thousands of years of Native American history, “Hollywood of the West” cinema history, breathtaking hikes through canyons and creeks, and so much more. You’ll enjoy fine food, great art galleries and gorgeous accommodations. Physical fitness for hikes of four hours/6 miles will be needed. Back by popular demand, Charlie and Karen Schudson will be your lecturers, guides and friends, welcoming you to their hometown and into their home. The cost is $1,995 per person double occupancy; there is a $975 single upcharge. For a complete trip itinerary and printable reservation application, visit lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/bjork-sponsored-trips. For more information, please contact Mark Breseman at mark.d.breseman@lawrence.edu or 920-419-6675.

Björklunden’s beautiful garden is the perfect setting for Shakespeare on a summer evening. Door Shakespeare brings accessible and engaging classical theatre to this magical location

in 2017 with performances of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as well as The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr. Please visit doorshakespeare.com for more details.

Oct 8–13Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

Longstitch & Limpcase: Exploring Medieval Bookbinding StructureThe medieval era was a time of great innovation in the book arts. Printing by moveable type was invented; papermaking made its way into Europe; and bookbinders were creating and improving binding structures. In this seminar, participants will create two of those structures—the longstitch binding and the papercase. Lightweight and easily portable, both blank books open flat and can be used as journals or sketchbooks. During the workshop, students will be introduced to the foundations of bookbinding while exploring auxiliary activities such as making paste papers, constructing corner models and investigating various ways of keeping books closed. This is a hands-on class that will immerse participants in the craft of binding. No prior bookbinding experience is necessary, but good hand skills are desirable.

Barbara Korbel is retired from a 34-year career as a book conservator at the Art Institute of Chicago and, most recently, the Newberry Library (also in Chicago). She is now free to focus her energy on her first love—the history of bookbinding and making historical models to help others understand what she’s learned. She has taught classes and workshops at a variety of venues, including Columbia College Book & Paper, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Penland School of Craft, the University of Iowa and Paper & Book Intensive. She continues to teach at the Newberry, where she finds extraordinary bindings on each visit. When she’s not lost in the stacks, she’s working in her garden or weaving in her studio.

Oct 15–20Sunday–Friday $840 double; $1,120 single; $415 commuter

“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?”It’s the title of a great song from the ’60s. ... What direction will you take as you move beyond your career to the next stage?

This seminar will examine how people can invent new possibilities that enrich their lives and the lives of others. Participants will explore results from the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study, including surprising findings about how people move from retirement to new careers and life projects. Discussions will draw on the work of life-stage theorists such as Erik Erikson and stories from My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life. Discoveries from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation study “Successful Aging” will offer thought-provoking examples. The seminar will include plenty of outdoor learning activities and opportunities for sharing new ways to navigate life. Equally important, this seminar hopes to inspire participants to form relationships that can endure beyond the week at Björklunden

Rick Price ’62 considers his main achievement in life being happily married for 50 years to a fellow Lawrentian, Mary Beecher Price ‘62. He is Stanley Seashore Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies and research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.

Tom Lawrence ’63 is an Emmy award–winning TV news anchor who also ran a successful corporate communications consultancy. He now works as a professional ski instructor at Beaver Creek Resort in Colorado. He says, “I made the life I lived, and lived the life I made.” Now in his early 70s, Lawrence looks at that as a “stage,” not an “age.”

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QuestionsIf you have further questions or are interested in teaching a seminar at Björklunden,

please contact the assistant director of Björklunden at 920-839-2216 or bjorkseminars@lawrence edu

Participants are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to visit the Björklunden seminar web page at lawrence edu/s/bjorklunden/bjorkseminars for:

• Longer, more detailed seminar descriptions, instructor biographies and required text listings• Information about accommodations and amenities• A typical seminar week schedule with optional Björklunden-sponsored activities• Updates on lodging availability and seminar cancellations• Seminar participant feedback• Seminar and facility photos• Directions to Björklunden 24 25

Fees (Gratuities not included)

Residents • For weeks ending Friday afternoon: $840 per person, double occupancy $1,120 per person, single occupancy

• For weeks ending Saturday morning: $945 per person, double occupancy $1,265 per person, single occupancy • This all-inclusive fee covers seminar tuition, lodging and meals.• Participants who register for a double-occupancy room but do not specify a roommate will be

paired with a same-gender roommate if possible. If the lodge fills up before a roommate can be assigned, participants will have to find a roommate or be charged the single-occupancy rate.

Commuters• $415 per person • This fee covers seminar tuition, Sunday dinner and all lunches. Other meals charged separately.

Houseguests • For weeks ending Friday afternoon: $620 per person, double occupancy $875 per person, single occupancy • For weeks ending Saturday morning: $650 per person, double occupancy $975 per person, single occupancy • This fee covers lodging and meals only. First preference on housing is given to seminar participants.

Summer Savings!Refer a friend discount: Participants who have attended Björklunden seminars in the past and who refer a new seminar participant are eligible to receive a discount of $100 if the new participant attends as a resident or $50 if the new participant attends as a commuter. Limit one discount per person. Please indicate on your registration form if this discount applies.

Viking Decade discount: Lawrence University alumni who graduated during the Viking Decade (2007–2016) are invited to attend seminars at half-price. Please indicate on your registration form if this discount applies.

Deposits and Terms• A deposit of $400/resident, $200/commuter or $300/houseguest per seminar week is due

upon registering via check or credit card. Please make checks payable to Lawrence University. Registrations submitted without a deposit will not be processed. The balance is due 30 days prior to arrival. Participants may also choose to pay in full upon registering.

• Participants who cancel their reservations more than 30 days in advance of their arrival date will receive a full refund. Those canceling with less than 30 days’ notice will receive a refund of all but $150.

• If Björklunden cancels a seminar, participants may receive a full refund of any fees paid, transfer the registration to another seminar, or donate the fees to Björklunden as a tax-deductible gift.

Information• Seminar participants choose only one seminar for each week of attendance.

• Class sizes are limited. Early registration will help ensure participants get into the seminar they prefer.

• Registration is open to the general public—participants need not a connection to Lawrence University in order to attend.

• All seminar correspondence will be done via email if possible. Participants should provide an email address on their registration form.

• Seminar participants may either reside at the estate or commute from the area. Houseguests who reside at the estate but do not participate in seminars are also welcome, though first preference on housing is given to seminar participants.

• Handicap-accessible rooms are available. Please note this on your registration form if applicable.

• All guest rooms have private bathrooms. Linens are provided. There is an elevator.

• Participants may arrive for seminars after 4 p.m. on Sunday; seminars officially begin with dinner on Sunday evening. Instructors usually hold a “meet and greet” session with class participants after dinner on Sunday. Please plan accordingly.

• Classes typically meet weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon, leaving the remaining time free. Instructors may offer optional afternoon or evening sessions and have the freedom to change the typical schedule if need be.

• Public events are often held at Björklunden any given seminar week, which participants may be able to attend. Details about these events will be posted at the lodge and announced during Sunday dinner. Information about events will not be provided to seminar participants before arrival.

• Participants are invited to sample local cuisine on Wednesday evening, our chef ’s night off—dinner will not be served at the lodge Wednesday evening. Please plan accordingly.

• Seminars ending on Friday after lunch will have a regular session in the morning. Seminars ending on Saturday after breakfast will not meet in the morning.

• Participants are responsible for acquiring any seminar texts and/or materials, and some seminars require a materials fee. The necessary information can be found within each course description at lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/bjorkseminars and will also be sent to participants two months before the start date of their seminar. Please note some seminar instructors may assign coursework throughout the week.

• Participants are responsible for bringing their own writing utensils, notebooks, folders and any other items that will aid in taking notes and organizing class materials. Björklunden will not provide these items.

• If a seminar reaches its maximum participant limit or if the lodge no longer has vacancies for residents, those interested in attending may add their names to a waiting list. They will be notified as soon an opening becomes available.

• Björklunden may take photographs, videos, audiotape recordings and other images and sound-based media during courses and events and may use such media for educational, promotional, advertising and other purposes.

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