Redefining "History" for the 21st Century
| Dates: | April 5, 2018 |
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| Meets: | Th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
| Location: | Belgrade Community Library |
| Cost: | $0.00 |
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How "history" is perceived, defined, and used has changed over the centuries, sometimes radically. In this presentation, we will journey through history's past, noting major shifts and the people and events that drove those shifts.
Are we on the cusp of another major change? Humans are rapidly transforming the natural world in highly impactful ways. And those transformations are, in turn, transforming us - our bodies, our cultures, our institutions. Is the discipline of history expanding to include and better articulate this relatively new reality?
Are we on the cusp of another major change? Humans are rapidly transforming the natural world in highly impactful ways. And those transformations are, in turn, transforming us - our bodies, our cultures, our institutions. Is the discipline of history expanding to include and better articulate this relatively new reality?
| Fee: | $0.00 |
Belgrade Community Library
106 N BroadwayBelgrade, MT 59714
Brett Walker
Brett L. Walker is Regents Professor of History at Montana State University. He has taught at Yale University and in 2015-16 was the Edwin O. Reischauer Professor Japanese History at Harvard University. He has published five books, including a popular textbook on Japan, and was a Fulbright Fellow and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He teaches a course at MSU titled "Making Our World in Ten Events."