A Guided Discussion With Dr. Stephen Engle: The War That Won’t Go Away: Today’s Search for a Usable Past
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Program Details
A Guided Discussion With Dr. Stephen Engle: The War That Won’t Go Away: Today’s Search for a Usable Past
Course Description
That Americans continually return to the Civil War to interpret the present confirms the conflict’s centrality to the ongoing public discourse about what unifies and divides us. Even today, a national debate questions how and why Confederate symbols square with the unfinished business of Reconstruction. Such emblems remind us that as we grapple with the politics of race in America, we continue to encounter the Civil War. Following an overview, the group will discuss how and why we still search for a usable past. Opinions are bound to vary! The success of this new format hinges on the tolerance and mutual respect of each attendee. OLLI Boca is confident that participants will engage in the spirit of open-mindedness and civil debate.Course Info
- Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Date: Monday, October 25
- Location: Friedberg Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Building
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Fees:
Member - $50
Non-member - $65
One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $65.
About the Instructor
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Stephen D. Engle, Ph.D., is professor of history, a prize-winning author, and director of the Alan B. and Charna Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency. He is a past Fulbright Scholar to Germany, a C-Span lecturer in American history, Andrew Mellon Fellow, and is currently a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, and a lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution’s Associates Program. In 2016, he was named Florida Atlantic University’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year and in 2019, he was appointed FAU's Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA.