History Connections Dinner And Lecture

History is a vibrant part of our lives, whether personal history, the country’s history, or history of the world. Join Lewis for a special historical presentation.

March 26, 2015 in the Faculty Dining Room
6:30 p.m. (Registration)
7 p.m. (Dinner)
Cost is $30, including a tax-deductible $5 gift to the History Department.

Topic: Ernest Hemingway: A Typical Doughboy in World War I?
Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Keene, Professor and Chair of the History Department at Chapman University

Ernest Hemingway served in the Italian Red Cross, while the overwhelming majority of Americans served in the army in France. This lecture reinterprets Hemingway’s “atypical” wartime service as “typical,” revealing how closely his experiences mirrored those of millions of American men.

Read more about the history of Lewis University at www.lewisu.edu/welcome/history.htm.