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HYBRID EVENT | Venture back to the 19th Century to meet statesman George Boutwell, who fought for racial and economic equality alongside Presidents Lincoln and Grant. Hear from his biographer, also a distant relation, author Jeffrey Boutwell, and Harvard professor Robert Putnam about this remarkable man, his family, and this turbulent, formative period in American history.
Moderated by Robert D. Putnam
National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis’s shares his own family history, which shifts our understanding of the larger American story. Don’t miss his conversation with historian Kendra T. Field.
Moderated by Kendra T. Field
Gain insight into the business of sea trade and a form of “globalism” that dates back to the 15th century. In this evening colored by maps and images, author Nicholas Nugent will bring to life the seafaring pioneers and “the spice ports” that spanned Asia, Europe then, finally, America.
Moderated by William M. Fowler, Jr.