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All Chesapeake Forum Library Courses are now available FREE OF CHARGE. Registration is required to access the course recording links. Your Registration Confirmation from Chesapeake Forum will have the YouTube links for the course session(s). If you want to be on our mailing list for the Course Offering mailer that goes out prior to each semester, be sure to include your full mailing address when registering.
- with Marion Donahue
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Do you sometimes leave your doctor's office and then realize that you forgot to mention something important? This course will help you talk to your doctor and other practical tips related to healthcare.
- with Nancy Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
Those who relish good food and good fiction will enjoy reading and discussing imaginative short stories about the many ways we relate to food and cooking.
- with Linda Earls
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Trace the lives and journey of Eastern Shore slaves in the time of Frederick Douglass.
- with Lynn Randle
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Why is America so divided? Where are we going? Where will we end up? How are we, as educated consumers of the news, to discern the truth?
- with Ray Vergne, MD
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
An overview of Neo-fascism in six European countries will bring us to the XXI century.
- with Raymond Vergne, MD
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
This course will identify the many faces of fascism in different countries while exploring the roots and origins of fascism and its relationship to religion and economics.
- with David O. Stewart, JD
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Summer 2021
Learn how George Washington's successes were hard-won through effort, discipline, and lifelong learning.
- with Nancy Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Do you know what flash fiction is? Join us for some lively discussions about evocative short stories and shared insights.
- with Forest Hansen, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Summer 2021
This course uses easily accessible dialogues by Plato to explore the days prior to and after the trial of Socrates as well as his defense in the face of a death sentence.
- with Phil Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE. The Ku Klux Klan made its appearance across Delmarva in the early 1920s. Join us to examine who introduced the Klan to Delmarva, who joined the "Invisible Empire," and who contributed to its decline.
- with Harrison Jackson
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE! Join Pickering Creek Audubon Center naturalist, Harrison Jackson, for a dive into the strange aquatic animals that live in the Chesapeake and coastal bays of Maryland.
- with Forest Hansen, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
We will explore answers to these questions: What is the mind? What is wrong with typical answers to this question? Is there a better answer? Why is this important? Join us for a discussion as we explore the mind.
- with Rich Wagner, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
Join us as we conclude our spring semester course, Why is Life? We'll continue our discussion of the latest findings and theories about the nature of life, its origins on earth, and the universe.
- with Phil Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE! The Maryland Parks Service describes the landscape of Harriet Tubman’s early years as “virtually unaltered.” Join Phil, co-author of “The Old Home Is Not There,” on a sweep through Dorchester as he looks for continuity and change.