Casual conversation

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,

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,

On Sunday, March 2 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Thomas H. Cox and Gregory R.

Professor Mary Fulbrook will be joining us from the UK this Sunday, February 16 at 1 pm Eastern for a Casual Conversation about her extraordinary book Reckonings: Legaci

This Sunday, February 2 at 1 pm Eastern Time, prolific author Harry Freedman will join us from his native UK (the reason for the early time for us) in a Casual Conversation about his newest

On Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 3 pm Eastern Time, Ehud Eilam, Ph.D., will be our guest for a Casual Conversation, sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group, which classmate Bruce Alpert chairs.

A Casual Conversation on estate planning and administration will be held at 3 pm Eastern on Sunday, December 22.  Our conversants will be classmate and attorney Doug Reynolds as well as Kevin Cox, a law firm colleague of classmate Bruce Alpert’s son Jeremy.  Doug was recruited by classmate Clint Harris.  This session was suggested

On Sunday, December 15 at 3 pm Eastern, Paula Kurman, widow of major league baseball pitcher and author Jim Bouton, will join us for a Casual Conversation.  She comes to us courtesy of classmate Chip Elitzer, who writes:  “Paula’s book about their [hers and Jim Bouton’s] life together, ‘The Cool of the Evening,’ has just been published.  In a way, it’s the completion of a trilogy, following Jim’s classic, ‘Ball Four,’ and his recounting of our adventure together in Pittsfield [MA], ‘Foul Ball Part II.’”