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We share perspectives on books and topics in History and Foreign Affairs in a friendly, small group roundtable discussion format. Our focus is on interesting eras, significant events, transformative figures, and trends across cultures and time. By discussing how Geography, Economics and Trade, Technology, Politics, and Culture have shaped History, we can better understand modern world events and current geopolitical conflicts.
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Upcoming events (2)
See all- Book: Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East ConflictLink visible for attendees
Tension had been building in Palestine for years between Arabs, British mandate officials, and Zionists advocating for a Jewish state in Palestine. Increasing immigration into Palestine of Jews fleeing Antisemitism in Europe in the 1930s brought things to a head.
Author Oren Kessler focuses on the Great Arab Revolt and the significant role it played in solidifying Palestinian identity and influencing both Arabs and Jews to resort to more extremist tactics to achieve their goals.
Palestine 1936 sheds light on events that are at the root of today's seemingly intractable Middle East conflict. The book received numerous awards, including WSJ's top 10 books of 2023.
Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by Oren Kessler (330 pp) is available in all formats at public libraries and bookstores.
- Book Discussion: Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy SnyderLink visible for attendees
Award winning author Timothy Snyder reexamines what everyone thinks they know about the mass murders committed during and after WW2 by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes.
Carefully researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what really happened.
Critically acclaimed in Foreign Affairs, Economist, Financial Times, New Yorker, and the NY Times, Bloodlands won 12 awards including the Emerson Prize in the Humanities, a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Leipzig Award for European Understanding, and the Hannah Arendt Prize in Political Thought and was named to 12 book-of-the-year lists.
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder is available in all formats at public libraries and bookstores:
