REWRITING THE

SPANISH CIVIL WARWEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 4PM CAPE COD LOUNGE

Adam HochschildHow do you write about a subject on which more than 15,000 books have already been written? Journalist and author Adam Hochschild will tell how and give a biography of his current book in progress.

Hochschild is the author of seven books of memoir, reportage, and history. His 2005 book Bury the Chains was a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. His magazine writing has won awards from the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists, and he has received awards for the body of his work from the American Historical Association and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition, he teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, has consulted for the BBC, and has taught writing workshops for working journalists in the U.S., Britain, Zambia, South Africa, and India.

Books by Adam Hochschild: King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

PROGRAM PARTNERS: FIVE COLLEGES, INC., UMASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, UMASS W.E.B. DU BOIS DEPARTMENT OF AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES, UMASS MODERN EUROPEAN STUDIES PROGRAM, HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE SCHOOL OF CRITICAL SOCIAL INQUIRY, AND HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS

THE UMASS HISTORY DEPARTMENT PRESENTS THE ANNUAL WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PUBLIC LECTURE