The Culture of Calamity Friday, September 4 at 12 pm via Crowdcast About the Event How do communities react when faced with epidemics, earthquakes, and other disasters? Using significant historical calamities ranging from the collapse of the early seventeenth-century Jamestown colony, ending with the deadly Johnstown flood of 1889, historian Cynthia A. Kierner explores European […]
Unmasking the “Angel of Death” Friday, September 18th 12 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event Part biography and part true-life medical mystery, Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death” is a swift-moving, engrossing, and balanced look at a man who came to represent the horrors of the Nazi death camps. David Marwell cuts through the layers
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Race, Work, and Healthcare in the New Economy: A Conversation with Adia Harvey Wingfield Wednesday, September 16 at 4:30 pm via Crowdcast About the Event Adia Harvey Wingfield’s book Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy offers a rigorous intersectional analysis of the American healthcare industry in the New Economy. Wingfield argues
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Patriot of the World: Travel and Discovery with Robin Hemley Thursday, September 17th 7 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event Witty and pulsing with energy, Robin Hemley’s book, Borderline Citizen: Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood, focuses on his journey across the world, and the way such a trip impacts the mind of its traveler.
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All Women Everywhere: Power and Teamwork with Abby Wambach Monday, September 28th 1 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event Two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach’s new book, Wolfpack: How To Come Together, Unleash Change, and Change the Game, centers around taking strength back into the hands of women everywhere. Using
Celebrating Susan Shreve and Mason’s Creative Writing Program’s 40th Anniversary Friday, September 25th 12 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event Celebrate Mason’s past while we look toward our future. Join longtime Creative Writing Program director Bill Miller as we celebrate Susan Shreve and hear about career publishing thirteen novels, thirty children books, as well as