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
- Jun. 10: Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom
- Jul. 8: Simon Winder, Lotharingia
- Aug. 12: Robert Morrison (editor), The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern, first edition
- Sep. 9: Jill Lepore, These Truths
- 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. 8: Orlando Figues, Natasha’s Dance: A Culrural History of Russia
- World History Discussion Group Past Readings
