Event time:
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 4:30pm
Location:
Henry R. Luce Hall, Room 101 (Auditorium)
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT
06520
Event description:
The Jackson School of Global Affairs presents
David Reynolds, emeritus professor of international history, Cambridge University:
“What We’ve Got Wrong About Churchill.”
Winston Churchill will be 150 years young on November 30, 2024. “Young” because he’s a hardy perennial, still a figure of controversy – lauded for his courageous leadership against Nazi Germany, but also denounced as a robust defender of British imperialism. Common to both views is the assumption that Churchill was above all a “bulldog” – rock-like and unyielding.
David Reynolds will question this stereotype, drawing on his recent book, “Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him” (Basic Books) and on the related podcast series Creating Churchill.
Admission:
Free but register in advance
Open to:
General Public