The World History Book Group meets the second Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Coolidge Seminar Room (1G), unless otherwise specified. Titles are democratically selected, with an emphasis on recent publications.
2018–2019 Schedule
- Oct. 8: "Histories of Herodotus," translated by George Rawlinson (though for this discussion any translation will be fine)
- Nov. 12: Vincenzo Ferrone, The Enlightenment: A History of an Idea
- Dec. 10: Stephen Platt, Imperial Twilight: Opium War and the End of China’s Golden Age
- Jan. 14: Nisid Hajari, Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition
- Feb. 11: Stephen Platt, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
- Mar. 11: Jonathan Fenby, France: Revolution to the War with Terror
- Apr 8: Peter Russell, Canada’s Odyssey
- May 13: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Leadership in Turbulent Times
- Jun. 10: Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom
- World History Discussion Group Past Readings
