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.
2019–2020 Schedule
- Oct. 14: Mustafa Minawi, The Ottoman Scramble for Africa: Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz
- Nov. 11: Denis Judd and Keith Surridge, The Boer War: A History
- Dec. 9: Michael Reid, Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America
- Jan. 13: Lilia Schwarcz and Heloise M. Starling, Brazil: A Biography
- Feb. 10: Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl
- Mar. 9: Orlando Figues, Natasha’s Dance: A Culrural History of Russia
- Apr. 13 meeting cancelled
- May 11 meeting cancelled
- ***Group is on hiatus while BA is closed due to COVID-19***
- future readings:
- Jon Meacham, The Soul of America
- Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
- Chris Matthews, Bobby Kennedy
- World History Discussion Group Past Readings
