20th Century US Conflicts: The Rise of a Superpower By Vermont Humanities | May 25, 2018
The Spanish-American War and its related conflict in the Philippines marked the debut of the United States as a world power. How have successive wars increased that power – or callled it into question?
Our Civil War Legacy By Vermont Humanities | May 25, 2018
Discuss the crucial final month of the war and how, but for a handful of important decisions and a good deal of luck, the outcomeof the War and of the countrymight have been very different
Posted in History Lives On , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Frothingham , Hays , lang , Logan , luskin , Pittman , RCohen , Stoler , Turner , Wright
The Rise of Nazism By Vermont Humanities | May 25, 2018
Hitler’s appointment as German Chancellor on January 30, 1933 began a chain of horrific events that sent not only Germany, but the entire world, into the abyss.
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Tags: Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , Nicosia , Pittman , RCohen , Schley , Stoler , Turner , Wizansky
Portraits of the Artists By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These books feature fictional interpretations of famous artists.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Gerber , Heneveld , lang , Logan , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , tortolano , Turner , Wizansky , Wright , Young
Retellings By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These novels all re-imagine classics works of fiction, retelling them from a different character’s perspective.
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Tags: Brown , Burrington , Cerulli , Clift , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Shakespeare Mix & Match By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
Choose individual plays or run a series of comedies, tragedies, or histories.
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Tags: Brown , Frothingham , Heneveld , luskin , McCloud , Pittman , RCohen , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Understanding Post-Colonial Africa By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These four books help to introduce post-colonial Africa to the novice and explore some of the continent’s crises in greater depth, including the West’s complicity in them.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Clift , Frothingham , Hays , lang , Logan , luskin , Schley , Turner , Wright
China’s Transformation By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
How has the Chinas dynamic growth affected people, culture, the environment?
Gastronomy: Novels about Food and Culture By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These mouth-watering novels highlight how what we eat is closely aligned with who we are.
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Tags: Brown , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Memorable Memoirs: Take Two By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
The following memoirs use both traditional and unconventional formats to hone in on a specific feature of the each author’s life.
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Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Cerulli , Clift , Gerber , Hays , Heneveld , lang , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright , Young