Past events | Dartmouth Class of '69

Casual Conversation with Prof Kelley about Moby Dick September 28th
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On Sunday, September 28 at 3 pm ET on Zoom we will have the opportunity to have a conversation about Moby Dick with Wyn Kelley, Senior Lecturer Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She comes to us through the good offices of classmate Bruce Alpert. Lecturer Kelley’s MIT faculty listing, with drop down lists of courses taught, and publications as well as a link to her cv, may be found here: https://lit.mit.edu/wkelley/ .
Casual Conversation August 18th - King Lear
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On August 18, 2025, at 3 pm Eastern Time, Princeton University Professor Rhodri Lewis will be our guest for a Casual Conversation on King Lear by William Shakespeare.
Casual Conversation with Prof. Wohlforth on August 4 about subversion
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This coming Monday, August 4 at 5 pm Eastern Time we will be joined for a Casual Conversation with Dartmouth Professor William C. Wohlforth who will discuss the new book he co-authored with independent scholar Professor Jill Kastner (whose PhD is from Harvard University): A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion (Oxford University Press 2025).
Casual Conversation with Dr. Gregory Makoff on Sunday, July 20 at 3 pm ET
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On Sunday, July 20 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Dr. Gregory Makoff will spend time with us for a Casual Conversation. Dr.
Casual Conversation June 29th with Prof Deresiewicz
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William Deresiewicz is an independent scholar who will be with us on Sunday, June 29 at 3 pm Eastern Time for a Casual Conversation focusing on the essays in his collection The End of So
Casual Conversation: May 26th with Jonathan Eig
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Jonathan Eig won the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life (Picador 2023), and he will be with us for a Casual Conversation on Monday, May 26 at 5 pm Eastern Time.
Casual Conversation May 11 with Professor Bernard Avishi
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On Sunday, May 11 at 10 am Eastern Time, Bernard Avishai will be speaking with us for a Casual Conversation. (The earlier time is necessitated by our guest speaking with us from Jerusalem.
Casual Conversation April 27 with Professor Mendelsohn
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On Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm Eastern Time, Professor Adam D. Mendelsohn will join us for a Casual Conversation. Professor Mendelsohn is the author of Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War; The Union Army (New York University Press 2022).

Professor Mendelsohn is associated with several institutions. At the University of Cape Town,
Casual Conversation: March 24 with Professor DeSilva
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One foot, other foot,
One foot, other foot,
Now you can do
Whatever you want,
Whatever you want to do.
Here you are in a wonderful world,
Casual Conversation March 2nd, about the Dartmouth College Case
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On Sunday, March 2 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Thomas H. Cox and Gregory R.