Courses

(IST10026) CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS GREENFIELD

Linda Thomas Greenfield served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the U.S. Representative in the UN Security Council from 2021- 2025. The ambassador will discuss lessons in international leadership. This program is in collaboration with OLLI and the World Affairs Council of HHI.

This course is not open for registrations.
Registration opens on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

(IST10126) AFRICA: MYSTERIES OF A MISUNDERSTOOD CONTINENT

Africa is often misunderstood due to media portrayals. Roy Austin, founder of Libraries for Kids International, shares experiences from Kenya and Tanzania, highlighting their people, cultures, customs, landscapes, and wildlife.

This course is not open for registrations.
Registration opens on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

(IST10226, IST10326, IST10426) A TROUBLED WORLD TODAY

This continually updated presentation examines the "compounding effect" of interconnected global threats and considers how we might avoid World War III, and find stability.

Monday, June 1, 2026, OLLI Digital Library

(IST10526, IST10526Z) GLOBAL TRENDS 2040

Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World examines how demographics, environment, economics, and technology are reshaping a more fragmented global order by 2040. This class explores the implications of these trends for the United States.

This course is not open for registrations.
Registration opens on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

(IST10626) THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPER TERRORIST TO SYRIA 2026

This program is in collaboration with OLLI and the World Affairs Council of HHI. Joby Warrick is a best-selling author, a national security correspondent for The Washington Post and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. In more than two decades as a Washington Post reporter, Warrick has written extensively on topics ranging from Middle East conflicts and terrorism to nuclear proliferation and climate change. 

This course is not open for registrations.
Registration opens on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.