Our Community Reads - From McCarthyism to Today: Demagoguery Then and Now
Setting the stage for the era in which Red Letter Days takes place, Professor Emerita Isebill ("Ronnie") Gruhn will describe world events of the 1950s and subsequent developments to the current day. She will define the various "isms" (authoritarianism, socialism, and others) that are often misused in today's political discussions and explore any similarities between the McCarthy era and today. Professor Gruhn joined the UC Santa Cruz Political Science department in 1969 (she has chaired the department twice), and today she is a regular lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learner Institute.
- Date:
- Tuesday, February 8, 2022
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Branch:
- Virtual Library
- Attachments:
- Audience:
- Adults All Ages
- Categories:
- Online Our Community Reads SCPL Friends
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Our Community Reads is a program of the Friends of the Aptos Library, in which the community selects a book and then comes together for a series of related events. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information visit: friendsofaptoslibrary.org