Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine.
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros.
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Lunch and Learn: How Did Colonial New Englanders Cope with Mental Health Crises?
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesPlease join us for a virtual discussion by Professor Cornelia Dayton about mental health in colonial New England.
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Lunch and Learn: Of Skulls and Skeletons: Burial Practices and Battlefield Cleanup During the American War of Independence
VirtualThis summer we're looking back at the Revolutionary War with our exhibition Hamilton Heroes and Villains, in honor of the musical Hamilton's return to the Bushnell. Beyond the flashy costumes and musical drama, what was it really like to fight in the war? In this noontime talk, historian Robert A. Selig takes a look at one of the darkest sides of any battle: the clean-up.
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Lunch and Learn: The History of Czech Communities in the U.S.
VirtualPlease join us for a virtual talk by Dr. Martin Nekola as he discusses the history of Czech immigrants in the U.S.
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Lunch and Learn: Black Revolution on the Sea Islands
VirtualThis virtual Lunch and Learn presentation by Frances O’Shaughnessy draws on military letters, treasury reports, and personal letters from the denoted “Port Royal Experiment” to historicize Gullah Geechee people’s expressions of freedom during the Civil War,
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Lunch and Learn: My Dearest Darling — Letters of Love in War Time
VirtualJoin us to hear about Lisa Franco’s book, My Dearest Darling: Letters of Love in Wartime, a story of one Connecticut couple's romance and personal sacrifices during World War II.
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Lunch and Learn – The Connecticut Yankee Occupation of St. Augustine, FL, 1862-1865
VirtualJoin us for this virtual presentation, as Dr. Eric Totten, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, will discuss the eclectic experiences of the Connecticut Yankees in and around the Ancient City during the American Civil War.
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Lunch and Learn – The Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut, 1933–42
VirtualJoin us for this virtual presentation, as Dr. James Fortuna, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, will investigate the CCC’s role as an agent of national transformation and considers the links between the New Deal’s treatment of the American landscape and its promotion of a new, more pluralistic national identity.
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Lunch and Learn – Connecticut’s Local Leaders: Creating the State and Economy in the Early Republic
VirtualJoin us for this virtual presentation, as New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, Elliot Warren, discusses how local leaders in Connecticut were integral to the development of an ‘American’ political economy in the early Republic.
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Lunch and Learn – ‘One Tory and One Scalp’: Violence on the American Revolution’s Northern Front
VirtualJoin us for this virtual presentation as New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, Dr. Blake Grindon, discusses the complex history leading up to the killing of Jane McCrea during the American Revolutionary War.
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Lunch and Learn – Kuang Qizhao, the Chinese, and Mark Twain
VirtualJoin us for this virtual presentation as Sam Wong and Evelyn Wong discuss the life of Kuang Qizhao, the official translator for the Chinese Educational Mission (CEM) in Hartford, Connecticut and his relationship with his neighbor, Mark Twain.
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