Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Winter 2024
History, Culture, and Religion
History of and Outlook for Islam Learn about the similarities and differences among Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Understand how Islam began and spread and its periods of ascendancy and difficulty. Examine the outlook for Islam based on various measures such as research and development as a percentage of gross domestic product, the participation of women in education, UN surveys, and other factors.
MARK FICHTEL has been lecturing on the histories of Imperial Russia, Moorish Spain, the papacy, Islam, and Gothic France and England for more than twenty years. He has also given talks on America’s lesser-known presidents, the black hole of the American Presidency from 1838 to 1861, and biblical women and mythology in western art. Fichtel graduated from Princeton University in 1968 with a BA in history. Thursday, January 11 • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 12414 • $28
Walking Tour: New-York Historical Society Founded in 1804 as New York's first museum, the New-York
Historical Society predates the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by nearly 70 years. Its exhibitions, public programs, and research explore the history of New York and the nation. Experience the museum’s extensive collection of historical artifacts, works of American art, and other materials documenting the history of New York and the United States, including the stunning Gallery of Tiffany lamps. GINNY POLEMAN is a graduate of Cornell University, a trained docent for the Municipal Art Society’s official Grand Central Terminal tour, as well as a trained educational guide for 4th through 12th graders at Manhattan’s largest art museum. Thursday, February 8 • 11:00am-1:00pm • New-York Historical Society • Course 12347 • $75
Gilded Age Huntington Family: Scandal, Properties, and Art Collection Young Arabella Yarrington Worsham arrived in Manhattan from Richmond, Virginia in the late 1860s with a new husband and baby. Rumors swirled that her husband was a ruse, and that the baby, Archer, had been fathered by the much older, married, and very wealthy railroad magnate, Collis Huntington. With a scandalous background, Arabella stirred controversy in Gilded Age New York, buying and flipping properties (including one sold to John D. Rockefeller), until she properly married Collis. Her son, Archer, eventually became an aesthete of Spanish art and founded the Hispanic Society of America in upper Manhattan. Follow the Huntington family's
saga, marriages, and influence on the turn-of-the-century art world. GINNY POLEMAN (see bio for “Walking Tour: New-York Historical Society”). Thursday, February 29 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Online • Course 12348 • $25
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