Remembering Americana with Raffi Andonian

About this class:

This is an 11-week virtual class using the Zoom platform.

Thursdays Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16 - 6:15-7:45 pm CT

Peanut butter and beer -- St. Patrick's Day parades and cultural memory -- historic monuments and mummies in museums. 

When looking back to the past from our present, how do we select what to remember? The debates about what qualifies as appropriate history have occurred for generations as we seek to understand and validate who we are. In this course, we will look beyond our own opinions, and together as a group aim to learn more to pause and inquire so we may contribute constructively around us.

Instructor bio:

Raffi Andonian is a frequent guest on ABC-NBC-FOX-CBS TV stations nationwide and also produces and hosts his own streaming TV show that aims to challenge the present by inquiring about the past. He has authored 3 Amazon best-selling books, and he has a bachelor's and a master's degree in history and another master's degree in historic preservation. He began his career as a guide working at the Gettysburg battlefield, the Martin Luther King Jr. childhood home, and in Los Alamos where the atomic bomb was created.

Humanities North Dakota classes and events are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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