Heather Cox Richardson: Free Public Event

Thursday, October 26 at 6PM at THE CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE

Topic: Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College. She has written about the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the American West in award-winning books whose subjects stretch from the European settlement of the North American continent to the history of the Republican Party through the Trump administration. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and The Guardian, among other outlets. She is the cohost of the Vox Media podcast, Now & Then. 

Her most recent book is Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, forthcoming from Viking (on sale September 26, 2023).  Many of us know Professor Richardson best from her Substack blog, Letters From an American.

Please join us for this free public event, sponsored by The Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations.  The format for the evening is “A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson,” with the audience invited to participate. Our moderator will be Forum member, Jo Dondis.   The event will take place at the Camden Opera House, from 6-7PM.  Doors open at 5:15PM.

Admission is gratis but you must be registered in advance to attend.  Space is limited.  Registration opens on October 17 at 9AM. You can register beginning then at:

Camden Opera House Events Page

 

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