Course Description:In this two-part offering, Dr. Richard Bell explores the lives of a pair of fascinating figures of the American Revolution: Thomas Paine, the author of "Common Sense," and Benedict Arnold, the most famous turncoat in American history. |
Tuition: $30.00 Additional Fees: $0.00 |
Mondays, Mar. 3, 10; *1:00 – 2:30 p.m.* (2 sessions)
Livestream Zoom: This session will be streamed live on Zoom. A video recording will be provided to participants 2-3 days after each session.
Richard Bell, Ph.D., is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home" which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar award and the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.