David Blight: Biography and History in Authoritarian Times
Wed 7 Oct, 18:00 · Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue · New York
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The annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture, delivered this year by the historian David Blight on what it means to write a life when the political weather turns authoritarian. Blight is one of the sharpest voices on American memory and the Civil War's long tail. Free, in the Graduate Center's big auditorium opposite the Empire State Building.
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