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Robert Darnton of Harvard U - "Censorship and Literary Transformation" - Thurs Apr 19 7:30 PM

  
Decorated historian Robert Darnton of Harvard University will close out the 2017-18 Chautauqua Lecture Series on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 PM in O'Donnell Hall, with a lecture on "Censorship and Literary Transformation: Bourbon France, British India and Communist East Germany." Free and open to the public. Attendance slips provided.

Robert Darnton is the author of dozens of important books of cultural history, a distinguished Professor of History and Librarian Emeritus at Harvard University, a Trustee of the New York Public Library and the former President of the International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. His is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur of France, and a MacArthur "Genius" Award winner. His most recent book, just published in 2018, is "A Literary Tour de France."

Event Date: April 19  7:30 PM  Location: O'Donnell Hall, Whitlock Building  Cost: Free