Spring 2026 Study Group Grid

Six Week Study Groups labelled:  1st Session or 2nd Session
ZOOM and HYFLEX modalities are noted individually. All others are only In-Person at the CUNY GC.
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Mondays	Tuesdays	Wednesdays	Thursdays
10:00-11:30 AM	10:00-11:30 AM	10:00-11:30 AM	10:00-11:30 AM
Don Quixote, Part I: Emergence of the Modern Novel ZOOM Richard Zuckerman (9:30-11:30) The Shattered Image: Neo-Impressionism from Seurat to Chuck Close Carolyn Grossner 1st Session	The Lives of Others: Reading Memoir ZOOM Peggy Blumenthal Patricia Booth Joy Schulman Istar Schwager Robert Sholiton Artificial Intelligence: The Power, Promise, Risk, and Responsibility Bernie Belkin Ronnie Stangler et al. History in Fiction (Section 1) IN PERSON John Becker Writing Workshop ZOOM (14 cap) Charles Troob	The Music of Lennon and Harrison Randy Ross John Quincy Adams and the American Project (repeat) HYFLEX Jerry Webman 1st Session The Surprising Science of Metabolism Jim Greenwald 2nd Session Art in the Making Workshop (cap 15) Nili Baider Sara Miller 1st Session The Six Wives of Henry VIII Betsy Taleporos 2nd Session	History in Fiction (Section 2) ZOOM John Becker The Nude in Western Art (repeat) Deb Markow Reading Australia Meera Kumar Italy and the Grand Tour Jay Martin Patrick Siconolfi 1st Session Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Judd Kahn 2nd Session
12:00-1:30 PM	12:00-1:30 PM	12:00-1:30 PM	12:00-1:30 PM
Possibilities of Poetry: A Workshop (cap 15) Neil Grill Ulysses by James Joyce (Part 2) HYFLEX Denise Waxman Jill Lepore’s We The People Bill Aarnes The Art of Biblical Narrative (repeat) Betsy Gitter	Movies and the Art World Howie Menikoff Narrative Non-Fiction Robin Hamlisch Harold Berkowitz Alissa Rivin Eileen Sullivan Toni Young US Science Under Siege: God, Gold, and Grift Lenore Cooney 2nd Session	Prizewinning British Fiction Sophie Balcoff The Creative Process in the Making of the Contemporary Arts (repeat) Ira Kaufman 1st Session The Notorious R.B.G. Bill Siegel 1st Session Art, Jazz, and Politics: The Cultural Cold War Marge Heins Steve Kaufman 2nd Session Great Decisions in Foreign Policy Jonathan Merrill Arlyne Le Schack 2nd Session	Rousseau’s Political Thought: In His Time and Ours John Wallach Introductory Guided Autobiography Workshop (cap 12) David Grogan Poems on Art in New York Bill Aarnes Flair & Other Important Midcentury Magazines Tom Ashley 1st Session What to Listen for in Music (repeat) Miriam Lawrence 2nd Session
2:00-3:30 PM	2:00-3:30 PM	2:00-3:30 PM	2:00-3:30 PM
Film Noir & Screwball Comedy: The Yin and Yang of American Movies Lynn Brenner Conversations on Dance HYFLEX Ed Brill 2nd Session	The American Revolution (Section 1, cap 20) Tom Sear Adam Smith and the Science of Mankind Raymond Majewski Film Form and Culture 4 Moya Duffy 2nd Session	How the Western World Became Peculiar and Prosperous HYFLEX James Smith The Women Who Invented Hollywood ZOOM Arlynn Brody / Stephen Kalinsky Fun with John Donne Pat Licklider Susan Schlechter 1st Session The New York Review of Books Discussion Group Howard Levi 2nd Session	Mozart’s Four Greatest Operas HYFLEX James Smith The American Revolution (section 2, cap 20) Tom Sear Woodrow Wilson ZOOM Stephen Kalinsky Sara Otey 1st Session

Important Dates:

Registration Opens: December 1, 2025

Registration Closes: December 12, 2025

Study Group Assignments & Rosters Distributed: January 6, 2026

Add/Drop Period: Opens January 6, 2026 – Closes February 6, 2026

Spring Session Start Date: January 26, 2026

Spring Session Final Date: May 12, 2026

Six Week Session Dates: 

• 1st six-weeks: Mon 1/26 -3/9; Tues 1/27-3/10; Wed 1/28-3/4; Thurs 1/29-3/12
• 2nd six-weeks: Mon 3/16-5/4; Tues 3/17-5/12; Wed 3/11-4/29; Thurs 3/19-5/7

See Full Academic Calendar for Holidays and Breaks