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Margaret MacMillan on her new book “War: How Conflict Shaped Us”: In conversation with Iain Scott
December 14, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Virtual Event
$15 – $18
War – How Conflict Shaped Us
Drawing on lessons from wars throughout the past, from classical history to the present day, Margaret MacMillan reveals the many faces of war—the way it has determined our past, our future, our views of the world, and our very conception of ourselves.
Lecture is on Zoom
Monday, December 14
2:30-3:30pm EST (7:30-8:30pm GMT)
Margaret Olwen MacMillan CC CH is a Canadian historian and professor at the University of Oxford. She is former provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously at Ryerson University. Macmillan is an expert on history and international relations.
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