Upcoming Author Events

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Cover: Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants, by Sunil S. Amrith, from Harvard University Press
Sunil S. Amrith

Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants

Wednesday, October 2, 4:15 PM

Lecture and signing, Harvard University Joint Center for History and Economics

CGIS-S020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Cover: Transforming India: Challenges to the World’s Largest Democracy, by Sumantra Bose, from Harvard University Press
Sumantra Bose

Transforming India: Challenges to the World’s Largest Democracy

Wednesday, October 16, 12:00–1:00 PM [Register]

Lecture, “India in Transition: The 2014 Election in Perspective,” Chatham House

The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE, United Kingdom

Thursday, October 17, 6:30 PM

Lecture and signing at the London School of Economics

Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom

Thursday, December 11, 1:00–2:00 PM

Lecture at the International Institute for Strategic Studies

Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX, United Kingdom

Cover: FDR and the Jews, by Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman, from Harvard University Press
Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman

FDR and the Jews

Thursday, October 10, 7:00 PM

Allan Lichtman lecturing and signing at the Westchester Jewish Center

Rockland Avenue at Palmer Avenue (GPS: 175 Rockland Avenue), Mamaroneck NY 10543

Sunday, October 13, 10:25 AM

Allan Lichtman lecturing on “Current Developments,” as part of the Coffee, Conversation & Controversy series, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

6301 River Road, Bethesda MD 20817

Wednesday, October 16, 11:00 AM

Allan Lichtman lecturing at the Annual Book & Author Luncheon, Brandeis National Committee of Greater Washington

Location TBD, Washington, DC

Friday, October 18, 12:00–1:30 PM [Register]

Allan Lichtman lecturing and signing at the Live and Learn Bethesda [PDF] “Lunch and Learn” series

4805 Edgemoor Lane (2nd Floor), Bethesda, MD 20814

Tuesday, October 22, 6:45–8:45 PM [Tickets]

Allan Lichtman lecturing on “The Debate Over FDR: Humanitarian or anti-Semite?” at the Smithsonian Associates evening seminar series

S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive S.W., Washington, DC 20560

Thursday, October 24, 4:15–6:00 PM

Richard Breitman lecturing on “FDR and First News of the Holocaust,” Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University

Cabot Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Friday, October 25–Sunday, October 27, Times TBD

Allan Lichtman lecturing at Congregation Beth Israel

5716 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, CA 93923

Tuesday, October 29, 7:30 PM [Tickets]

Allan Lichtman lecturing and signing at the Alper JCC 33rd Annual Jewish Book Festival

Young Israel of Kendall, 7880 S.W. 112th Street, Miami, FL 33156

Wednesday, October 30, 7:30 PM

Richard Breitman lecturing at Ithaca College, sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program

Emerson Suites, Campus Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850

Friday, November 8, 2:00 PM [Tickets]

Allan Lichtman lecturing and signing, 92nd Street Y (Uptown)

Weill Art Gallery, 1395 Lexington Avenue (Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street), New York, NY 10128

Saturday, November 9, Time TBD

Richard Breitman speaking and signing at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor Book Festival

Location TBD, Ann Arbor, MI

Sunday, November 10, Time TBD

Richard Breitman speaking and signing at the Detroit Jewish Book Fair

Location TBD, Detroit, MI

Tuesday, November 12, Time TBD

Speaking and signing at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Book Festival

Location TBD, Rockville, MD

November 17–24, 2013, Date and Time TBD

Richard Breitman speaking and signing at Miami Book Fair International

Miami-Dade College—Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. Second Avenue, Miami, FL 33132

Sunday, December 1, 12:00 PM

Allan Lichtman lecturing at The Generation After, Inc. of Greater Washington, DC

Location TBD, Washington, DC

Thursday, December 5, Time TBD

Richard Breitman speaking and signing, Dutchess Community College

Location TBD, 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601

Sunday, December 8, 7:00 PM

Allan Lichtman giving the 2013 Kraft Education Foundation Lecture at Congregation Beth Shalom

1801 Baynard Boulevard, Wilmington, DE 19802

Sunday, March 2, 2014, Time TBD

Lecture at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280

Cover: Blacks In and Out of the Left, by Michael C. Dawson, from Harvard University Press
Michael C. Dawson

Blacks In and Out of the Left

Tuesday, October 8, 6:00 PM

Discussion and signing, Seminary Co-op Bookstore

5751 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

Cover: Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation, by Estelle B. Freedman, from Harvard University Press
Estelle B. Freedman

Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation

Thursday, October 17, 1:30–2:30 PM

Speaking at the Stanford University Reunions (open to the greater Stanford University community)

Terrace Room (4th floor), Margaret Jacks Hall, Stanford University, Palm Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

Wednesday, October 30, 6:00 PM

Speaking and signing, Humanities Forum of the Commonwealth Club of California, with book sales to benefit San Francisco Women Against Rape

595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

Sunday, November 3, 4:00 PM

Speaking and signing, Book Passage Marin

51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, CA 94925

Monday, March 24, 2014, 7:00 PM

Discussion and signing, Harvard Book Store

1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Time TBD

Speaking at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Radcliffe Yard, 3 James Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Cover: The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 1: 1886–1920, by Robert Frost, edited by Donald Sheehy, Mark Richardson, and Robert Faggen, from Harvard University Press
Robert Frost

The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 1: 1886–1920

Sunday, March 16, 2014, 11:00 AM [Tickets]

Editors Donald Sheehy and Mark Richardson in a discussion of Frost’s early years, 92nd Street Y

Weill Art Gallery, 1395 Lexington Avenue (Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street), New York, NY 10128

Cover: How To Be Gay, by David M. Halperin, from Harvard University Press
David M. Halperin

How To Be Gay

Saturday, November 23, 1:00–3:30 PM [Registered Conference Participants Only]

Panel discussion featuring David Halperin as respondent, “How to Be Gay in Religious Studies: David Halperin and His Critics,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting

Baltimore Convention Center (or environs), One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Cover: Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics, by Michael Ignatieff, from Harvard University Press
Michael Ignatieff

Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics

Thursday, January 30, 2014, 7:00 PM

Discussion and signing, Harvard Book Store

1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Cover: Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self, by Gish Jen, from Harvard University Press
Gish Jen

Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self

Monday, October 21, 5:30 PM (doors open at 5:00 PM) [Tickets]

Speaking and signing at the Writers’ Room of Boston 25th Anniversary Event

The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA 02138

Tuesday, October 29, 5:45 PM (reception at 5:00 PM)

Fiction writing workshop, “Now There’s a Story” [PDF event flyer], part of the fall 2013 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, Baruch College of CUNY

Asriel and Marie Rackow Conference Room (Room 750), 151 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010

Cover: Slow Reading in a Hurried Age, by David Mikics, from Harvard University Press
David Mikics

Slow Reading in a Hurried Age

Thursday, October 3, 7:00 PM

David Mikics in conversation with Mark Edmundson (author of Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education), Book Court

163 Court Street (between Pacific & Dean), Brooklyn, NY 11201

Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 PM

Discussion and signing, Brazos Bookstore (also featuring Robert Zaretsky, author of A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning)

2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005

Cover: A History in Sum: 150 Years of Mathematics at Harvard (1825–1975), by Steve Nadis and Shing-Tung Yau, from Harvard University Press
Steve Nadis and Shing-Tung Yau

A History in Sum: 150 Years of Mathematics at Harvard (1825–1975)

Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 PM

Speaking and signing, Harvard Coop

1400 Massachusetts Avenue (Harvard Square), Cambridge, MA 02138

Cover: The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, by Gregory Nagy, from Harvard University Press
Gregory Nagy

The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

Saturday, October 19, 1:30–2:30 PM

Conversation with critic Chuck Klosterman and novelist Claire Messud, moderated by Homi Bhabha, Boston Book Festival

Copley Square, 560 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116

Friday, November 15, 3:00 PM

Discussion and signing, Harvard Book Store

1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Cover: The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler, by Ben Urwand, from Harvard University Press
Ben Urwand

The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler

Wednesday, October 2, 7:30 PM

Discussion and signing, Cape Ann Community Cinema, part of the Doctoberfest Documentary Film Festival

21 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Gloucester, MA 01930

Thursday, October 10, 7:30–9:00 PM [Tickets]

Conversation with Jenna Weissman Joselit, part of the Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival

Washington DC Jewish Community Center (DCJCC), 1529 16th Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036

Tuesday, October 15, 7:30 PM

Lecture and signing, Free Library of Philadelphia

Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 PM

Lecture and signing, Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center

The Ursuline School Auditorium, 1354 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10604

Thursday, October 17, 7:00 PM [Tickets]

Lecture and signing at the Museum of Tolerance, New York

Simon Wiesenthal Center, 226 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017

Friday, October 25, 3:00 PM

Speaking and signing at the Harvard Bookstore, co-sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves

1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Monday, October 28, 7:00–8:15 PM

Reading, speaking, and signing at the Open Visions Forum, Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University

Kelley Theatre, 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824

Monday, November 4, 6:30 PM [Register]

U.K. launch event, Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide

29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP, United Kingdom

Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 PM [Tickets]

Lecture and signing, Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, part of the 22nd MJCCA Book Festival

MJCCA-Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338

Friday, November 22, 7:00 PM [Private Event]

Discussion and signing, Harvard Club of New York City

35 West 44th Street (between 5th Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas), New York, NY 10036

Wednesday, December 11, 12:00 PM

Lecture, signing, and film screening, National Archives

McGowan Theater, 700 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20408

Thursday, December 12, 6:00 PM

Columbia University Seminar on Cinema (part of the Columbia University Seminars)

Columbia University Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive, New York, NY 10027

Thursday, January 23, 2014, 7:00 PM

Conversation with Greil Marcus, followed by signing, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118

Sunday, January 26, 2014, 4:00 PM

Lecture and signing, University of California, Riverside in partnership with Temple Isaiah of Palm Springs

Temple Isaiah, 332 West Alejo Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Cover: A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning, by Robert Zaretsky, from Harvard University Press
Robert Zaretsky

A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning

Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 PM

Discussion and signing, Brazos Bookstore (also featuring David Mikics, author of Slow Reading in a Hurried Age)

2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005

Sunday, December 15, 11:00 AM [Tickets]

Lecture and signing in celebration of the centenary of Albert Camus, 92nd Street Y

Weill Art Gallery, 1395 Lexington Avenue (Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street), New York, NY 10128

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