History Bites Lunchtime Lecture Series

Local media producer Jonathan Barkan will give a multi-media presentation on Henry Knox's efforts to bring the guns of Ticonderoga to aid General Washington in Boston.

The Jones Library building at 43 Amity Street has seen many changes over its near 100-year life, and this presentation will take you on a tour of some of the ways the library has adapted to meet the needs of the thousands of patrons who walk through its doors every year.

In Dames, Dishes, and Degrees: Faculty Wives in America, local author Amy Mittelman reveals what really went on behind ivy-covered walls as she explores the origins, structure, and history of faculty wives’ clubs.

The first biography of Shaw in a quarter century, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw traces his transformation from a rebellious son into one of the Civil War’s most celebrated heroes. Acclaimed historian Kevin M. Levin also reveals the sacrifice and service of the African American men who fought and died for their freedom afresh through Shaw’s eyes.