The Humanities Institute for Lifelong Learning (HILL) offers opportunities for adult education to residents of the Greater Capital District of New York. HILL provides six-week Fall and Spring semesters with courses taught by distinguished faculty from across the region.
HILL Spring 2026 Semester
We hope that you enjoyed HILL’s Fall 2025 term.
The Spring 2026 HILL semester will begin Monday March 16th. The current plan is for three six-week courses to be offered.
Monday PM – Mama Africa: The Life of Miriam Makeba – Seton Hawkins,
Director of Public Programs, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Tuesday AM – Shakespeare’s Poetic Language in Plays and Sonnets
Christi Spain-Savage, Associate Professor of English, Siena College
Tuesday PM – The Erosion of Democracy in the 21st Century – Robert Turner,
Kate Graney, and Beau Breslin, Professors of Political Science,
Skidmore College
Information regarding the format of these courses (in-person, Zoom, hybrid), specific times, registration procedures for the Spring 2026 semester, and full course descriptions will be posted on or about February 2nd. If you are on our email list, you will also receive email notification.
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