SS 314: LESSONS FROM THE GREAT WAR: WORLD WAR I – Class presentation available

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SS 314           LESSONS FROM THE GREAT WAR: WORLD WAR I

This year marks the centennial commemoration of World War I. “Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected,” Paul Fussell wrote in The Great War in Modern Memory.  President Wilson proclaimed that this war was “a war to end all wars.” How is World War I remembered?

Some of the questions that we will address are: How did the assassination of an Austrian Archduke figure in the decision of European powers to go to war? How did U.S. domestic policies related to dissent and propaganda affect life in America and abroad? How is the war remembered and how have these memories shaped policies, past and present?

Tuesday, January 6:   Causes of World War I

Presenter:  Dr. Don Schwartz,

CSULB, Professor Emeritus of History. He was a professor of history at      California State University from 1987 and was named as Distinguished Lecturer      by the Organization of American History

Class Presentation: UCI OLLI THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

Tuesday, January 13:  Selling the War: U.S. Entry into World War I

Class Presentations:

The Great War Rememberedpp4

UCI OLLI THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

World War I Olli talk 1.15

Presenter:  Dr. Emily Rosenberg,

Professor and Chair of The History Department, UCI. She teaches US History      with a focus on International Relations

Tuesday, January 20: World War I Remembered

Presenter:  Jonathan Weil,

Retired History Teacher and Director of Los Angeles Center for International        Studies, Loyola Marymount University. He has taught world history in secondary    schools and in teacher education programs for more than 40 years.

Developer:   Jonathan Weil

Dates/Time:

Tuesdays, January 6, 13 and 20

10:00 AM – 12 Noon

Location:

Woodbridge Onken Classroom