Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (August 7 at 10 am – August 31 at 4 pm): $265
Regular Registration Price (August 31 at 4 pm – first day of class): $291.5

Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.

This seminar is full. Please call (312) 255-3700 to be added to the wait list.

Mark your Calendar!

The Newberry Bookstore will re-open on August 14, and you will once again be able to find most of your assigned books for sale there.

Seminar Description

From Spain to Russia and Flanders to Greece, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people of conscience fought fascism across Europe in the years leading up to World War II. Focusing on their experiences, this eight-session course will examine a turbulent time in world history and the determination of everyday people to build a more just world. In particular, the course will address the Jewish partisans who fought genocide; camp inmates who rose against their persecutors; women who defied the status quo; and the Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil war. Throughout, we will discuss how the memory of this resistance continues to influence our lives today.

Eight sessions. E - $265, L - $291.50

Brooke Heagerty holds a PhD in history. Her current project deals with the power of history and memory.

Materials List

Required:

• A course packet of additional material, compiled by the instructor and distributed during the first class, for which there will be a nominal fee due at that time.

First Reading:

• For the first class, please read the link that will be sent upon registration, in the confirmation email.

This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.