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THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
The power of place
September 24 – October 1 (7 nights)
Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose, and the New Mexico landscapes of Georgia O’Keeffe

ROCKING THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
Egypt, then and now
October 21 – November 2 (12 nights)
November 4 – 16 (12 nights)  -- waiting list, with optional pre-trip extension to Jordan, October 31 – 4 (4 nights)
Palace Walk by Haquib Mahfouz
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa al Aswany
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World (excerpts) by Nawal El Saadawi

1 HOMER'S ODYSSEY (SEMINAR FULL)

2 THE MUDDLE AND MYSTERY OF INDIA (SEMINAR FULL)
Rohinton Mistry, Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag and Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

3 STRANGE EPISODES AND AWAKENINGS (SEMINAR FULL)
Melville, Kafka, and Conrad

5 THE PLAYFUL PURITANS
Emily Dickinson and Wallace Stevens

6 ALICE’S WONDERLAND (SEMINAR FULL)
Alice Munro, Carried Away

9 GUSTAV MAHLER
Musical Mastermind, Mystical Myth or Misguided Misfit?

And, new this year, daily afternoon art excursions may be selected in addition to or instead of a morning seminar

THINKING ANIMALS (SEMINAR FULL)
Animals and the Development of Human Intelligence