Robert Barsky

The rise of Black women’s political participation, a study of short stories by prominent and less-familiar authors, and the history of photography are among the classes offered online this summer by Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Read More

Read about the latest faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Multidisciplinary researcher Robert Barsky has added a new approach to his studies on migration with the launch of "Contours Collaborations." The digital journal is sharing stories about borders and border crossings through the lens of art. Read More

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt will offer fall classes about life on Mars, the 2018 midterms, American gun culture, and an Oz Arts production on human connections to the environment. Read More

A panel discussion about the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be held Thursday, Sept. 14, at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Norma Clippard, director of Vanderbilt’s OLLI (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Older adults can rediscover the joy of learning in an inclusive community through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt, which is offering a variety of summer courses that include the rise of Black women’s political participation, an introduction to Latin… Read More

Vanderbilt students participating in a Maymester course taking place in Switzerland and Rome met with the United Nations high commissioner for human rights at the Palais Wilson building in Geneva. Read More

Read about the latest faculty, staff, student and alumni awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Robert Barsky, professor of French and comparative literature, will discuss and sign his book Undocumented Immigrants in an Era of Arbitrary Law: The Flight and Plight of People Deemed Illegal, now out in paperback, beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. Read More

Read about the latest faculty awards and achievements. Read More

Read about the latest faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

An extraordinary collection of works by and about Paul Verlaine, one of France's most celebrated poets of the late 19th century, has been acquired by Vanderbilt University's W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and French Studies. Read More

Shakespeare, transitional justice in South Africa, the Nashville Ballet, and Judaism are among the diverse topics open to all adults 50 and older this spring through the Institute for Lifelong Learning at Vanderbilt. Read More

Calling the notion of an immense wall between Mexico and the United States “nonsense,” a Vanderbilt professor in his new book makes the case for open borders between the two countries. Read More

The 2015 Osher Lifelong Learning spring term at Vanderbilt, geared for those 50 and older, includes classes on religious beliefs and extraterrestrials, modern art, financial strategies, and diplomat Henry Kissinger. Read More

Learning and memory, integrative medicine and the Salem witch hunts are a sampling of the spring 2014 class offerings available through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Norma Clippard, director of Vanderbilt’s OLLI (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Older adults can rediscover the joy of learning in an inclusive community through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt, which is offering a variety of summer courses that include the rise of Black women’s political participation, an introduction to Latin… Read More

Norma Clippard, director of Vanderbilt’s OLLI (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Older adults can rediscover the joy of learning in an inclusive community through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt, which is offering a variety of summer courses that include the rise of Black women’s political participation, an introduction to Latin… Read More

Important Supreme Court decisions, the Nashville Ballet, and a “behind-the-scenes” look at special law enforcement agents are among the varied topics offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt this spring. Read More

Norma Clippard, director of Vanderbilt’s OLLI (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Older adults can rediscover the joy of learning in an inclusive community through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt, which is offering a variety of summer courses that include the rise of Black women’s political participation, an introduction to Latin… Read More