I know Frank Biletz (a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in British history
who teaches at Loyola University in Chicago) and took some classes from him
about ten years ago. He is a good teacher and knowledgeable about Churchill and
I'd recommend this course to anyone in the area.
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From: "George K. Davis" <gkdavi...@att.net>
To: "ChurchillChat" <churchillchat@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 2:42:04 PM
Subject: [ChurchillChat] Newberry Library in Chicago Churchill Seminar ! Starts
Feb 2019
Churchill and the Second World War
Led by Frank Biletz. Ten sessions, 10 am - noon
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Saturdays, February 23 – May 4 (class will not meet on March 23)
10 am - noon
Cost and Registration Information
Early Registration Price (January 8 at 9 am** – January 25 at 4 pm): $300
Regular Registration Price (January 25 at 4 pm – first day of class): $330
** Registration opens online at 9 am. Phone registration will be accepted
starting at 10 am.
Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.
Register Online Seminar Description
Winston Churchill’s extraordinary leadership of Britain during its “darkest
hour” and through the ultimately victorious campaigns of the Second World War
will be the subject of this seminar. Topics will include Churchill’s opposition
to appeasement at the Munich Conference; the fall of France; the “finest hour”
of the RAF during the Battle of Britain; the Blitz; relationships with Franklin
Roosevelt and Josef Stalin; the D-Day landings at Normandy; the liberation of
France; and the shaping of the post-war world.
Ten sessions. E - $300, L - $330
Frank A. Biletz received his PhD in history from the University of Chicago,
with a primary specialization in modern British and Irish history. He is
currently an adjunct instructor of history at Loyola University Chicago. He has
been teaching seminars at the Newberry since 1994. Materials List
Required:
* Winston S. Churchill, Memoirs of the Second World War , Houghton Mifflin,
1987 reprint. ISBN: 978-0395599686
First Reading:
* Because of the length of Winston Churchill’s Memoirs of the Second World
War , participants are advised to get as much of a head start as possible
before the seminar begins. At a minimum, participants should read Book I,
chapters 1 to 11 before the first class meeting.
This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program . Learn
more about our registration procedur
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