Current Minicourses

Spring 2025 (April-May)

The Friends of the Madison Public Library are pleased to offer two in-person minicourses for the Spring 2025 semester. Each Minicourse is $95, per person.  All proceeds support the Madison Public Library.

Thank you for your continued support.

In-person in the Chase Room of the Madison Library  

Media and Crime in America
Dr. Gary Darden - Associate Professor of History and Chair, Department of Social Sciences and History Fairleigh Dickinson University

5 Monday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3

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Ancient Art of Egypt
Dr. Rita Keane, Professor of Art History, Drew University

5 Monday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
April 7, 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2025.

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Winter 2025 (Jan.-Mar.)

SOLD OUT America and The Cold War 1945-1991 SOLD OUT
Dr. Gary Darden - Associate Professor of History and Chair, Department of Social Sciences and History Fairleigh Dickinson University

5 Monday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3

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Innovative Italian Directors of the 1950s and 1960s--Neorealism and Beyond
Dr. Gloria Pastorino
Professor of Italian and French, Department of Literature, Languages, Writing and Humanities
Fairleigh Dickinson University

5 Thursday afternoons, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Jan 23, (skip Jan 30), Feb 6, 13, 20, 27

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