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The War of Our Youth:

World War II – 60 Years Later

Part II: The War and Beyond

Fall, 2005

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Thursday Afternoons

1:30 – 3:30 p.m. 

September 15 - December 8, 2005

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Auditorium
O’Shaughnessy Educational Center
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul Campus  

Sponsored by:

Center for Senior Citizens’ Education  

World War II has been called the most significant event of the twentieth century and “the last good war.”  In addition to its length, breadth, and intensity, this conflict is significant because it changed the way war was fought, the way we lived, and the societal roles and relationships of many.  Part One of the series (Spring ’05) examined what brought the world to the brink of war, as well as some of the key developments and events. 

Part Two will consider other aspects of the war, looking at events that occurred during the war and in the last years, laying the foundation for the next century.   There are many ‘what if’s’ that provide fertile ground for thought and discussion and shed light on controversies and issues of the present.

1.  Sept 15            Europe 1939-1945: The Many Faces of Resistance                      John Mazis

2.  Sept 22            The Americanization of East Asia                    Richard Kagan

3.  Sept 29            Magic Intercepts and Hidden Turning Points                 Christopher Tassava                               
4.  Oct 6               The Holocaust: What It Was, What It Wasn’t                     Stephen Feinstein
     Oct  13             No Session

     Oct 20              No Session

5.  Oct 27             The Other Side of the Cold War:                                              Nicholas Hayes
                             Stalin’s Challenge to the Post –WWII Era                              

6.  Nov 3              U.S. Christians, The War and the Holocaust              Christine Athans, BVM

7.  Nov 10            The Future Face of the Middle East                                                 Erika Alin

8.  Nov 17            Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the A-Bomb                    Panel:  Winston Chrislock
                                                                                                                               Joseph Fitzharris
                                                                                                                                  Kenneth Jones
                                                                                                                                   Michael Klein
                                                                                                                        Christopher Tassava

9.   Dec 1             A Government Transformed:                                                      Steven Hatting
                            FDR, Truman and the National Security State

10.  Dec 8            What If . . ?  A Counter-factual Look at History     Panel: Winston Chrislock
                                                                                                                              Joseph Fitzharris
                                                                                                                        Christopher Tassava

Speakers

Erika Alin, Department of Political Science, Hamline University

Christine Athans, B.V.M., Professor Emerita, Church History, 
                                            University of St. Thomas School of Divinity

Winston Chrislock, Department of History, University of St. Thomas

Stephen Feinstein, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota

Joseph Fitzharris, Department of History, University of St. Thomas

Steven Hatting, Department of Political Science, University of St. Thomas

Kenneth Jones, Department of History, College of St.Benedict/ St. John’s University

Richard Kagan, Department of History, Hamline University

Michael Klein, Department of Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas

John Mazis, Department of History, Hamline University

Nicholas Hayes, Department of History, Chair in Critical Thinking, St John's University, Collegeville. 

Christopher Tassava, Department of History, Metropolitan State University
 

The War of Our Youth: World War II - 60 Years Later
Part II: The War and Beyond
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