Minicourse Registration Open-Fall 2025–Two Five-Week Courses–Friends Madison Library

The Friends of the Madison Public Library are offering two new minicourses for the Fall 2025 Semester. ‘The Ancient Art of Greece’ by Dr. Rita Keane, Professor of Art History, Drew University will begin on Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm, Sept 16, and ‘Environmental Policy’ by Dr. Phillip Mundo will begin Wednesday morning from 10 am to 12 pm, Sept 24. (Note change from Sept 17.) Both minicourses will be held in-person for five weeks at the Madison Public Library’s Chase Room. 39 Keep Street.

The tuition for each minicourse is $95. To register, visit our website, www.friendsmadisonnjlibrary.org/minicourse-registration. For more information, email the Friends at minicoursesmadisonlibrary@gmail.com, or leave a message at 929-450-7940.

The minicourses are organized by the all-volunteer Friends of the Madison Public Library, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. All proceeds benefit the Madison Public Library.

“Art of Ancient Greece,” by Dr Rita Keane, Professor of Art History, Drew University, 5 Tuesday afternoons, 2 pm to 4 pm.

September 16; (skip Sep 23, Rosh Hashanah); Sep 30; October 7, 14 and 21, 2025

This course will survey ancient Greek art, both chronologically and thematically, from the cultures of the Bronze Age Aegean through Hellenistic art of the first century in Italy. Topics including the ideal, mimesis, myth, funerary and political commemoration in vase painting, sculpture, and architecture will be considered. Special attention will be paid to works of art accessible in American museum collections, especially the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rita Keane is a professor of Art History at Drew University. She has an M.A. in art history from Williams College, and a doctorate in art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was honored with the coveted President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2023.

‘Environmental Policy’ by Dr Phil Mundo, Professor Emeritus,

Department of Political Science and International Relations, Environmental Studies and Sustainability Program, Drew University

5 Wednesday mornings, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

September 24; October 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2025

This course will be structured in two parts: (1) U.S. environmental policy and (2) global environmental policy. Each part will examine technical aspects of the problems, the history of efforts to address them, and an analysis of the success of those efforts. Issues discussed will include air and water pollution, climate change, energy policy, environmental justice, food production, land preservation, species loss, and toxic chemicals. The analysis will include the description, evaluation and politics of major environmental policies, as well as costs and trade-offs.

After earning a PhD in political science at the University of California – Berkeley and spending several years working at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Dr Phil Mundo joined the Drew faculty in 1986 where he taught courses on American Politics and Public policy and directed Drew’s Washington Semester Program and the London Semester Program. Professor Mundo’s research interests include political participation in the U.S. along with trade and environmental policies. Just retired, Mundo gives public lectures and continues work in his research areas.