Please mark your calendars now for an upcoming talk by Dr. Michael Verney, Assistant Professor of History, on his book, A Great and Rising Nation, Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic (read about book here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo153387819.html .

Dr. Verney’s talk will take place in Harwood Reading Room in Olin Library at Noon on Wednesday, October 26.

Please feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch. Light refreshments will be available.

Dr. Verney is Assistant Professor of History at Drury, where he teaches courses in North American and US History. His talk is on his first book, which was published by the University of Chicago Press in July 2022.

This talk is sponsored by the Humanities & Ethics Center and supported by the Dean of SHSS, the Departments of Languages & Literature and History, Philosophy, and Religion.

Fun fact! The photo on the attached poster was taken by Dr. Verney while conducting research for his book. Want to know more about that experience? Come to what I know will be a fascinating talk!