OSHER ONLINE: American History in Six Songs (Approximately)
| Dates: | October 14 - November 18, 2025 |
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| Meets: | Tu from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
| Location: | Online - Zoom |
| Cost: | $60.00 |
Online registration is not available at this time. Please contact our office for more information.
Support Person: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Phone: (915) 747-6280 Email: olli@utep.edu
Please note: this course requires membership in courses that are currently unavailable
Music has long reflected and shaped American history. This course explores pivotal moments through six influential songs, tracing Indigenous expressions, colonial invasion, forced African migration, and the cultural shifts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Through the interplay of genres and traditions, we’ll examine how music captures the evolving American experience.
| Fee: | $60.00 |
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Online - Zoom
ZoomMatt Jennings
Matt Jennings joined the Macon State College (now Middle Georgia State University) faculty in 2007, after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. His research interests include Native American history, early American history, and the history of violence. He is currently studying the relationship between Native American peoples and the mounds at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, and the intertwined history of tourism and archaeology at the site, as well as homeland-oriented displays in tribal museums in Oklahoma. Matt has also studied Thomas Paine’s interactions with Native Americans and the roots of John Brown’s ideas about violence. His current research includes work with the Acme Brewing Historical Society and Georgia and a study of the Ocmulgee River region during the War of 1812, as well as side trips into pop culture history. He has presented numerous papers, and published several books, including _New Worlds of Violence_, _The Flower Hunter and the People_, and _Ocmulgee National Monument: A Concise History with Field Notes_.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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