The Golden Years: Author Talk and Book Signing
Thursday, November 21, 2024 | 5:30pm-6:30pm
Details:
Thursday, November 21, 5:30-6:30 pm
Please join the UVA Center for Health Humanities and Ethics for a John F. Anderson Memorial Lecture featuring James Gregory Chappel, PhD, Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History at Duke University, in conversation with Dr. Justin Mutter of the University of Virginia School of Medicine for a conversation about Professor Chapel's latest book, Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age. Refreshments will be served. The UVA Bookstore will offer books for sale with an opportunity to purchase signed copies. Free and Open to All - Must RSVP below to attend.
James Chappel is the Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History at Duke University and a senior fellow at the Duke Aging Center. He attended Haverford College, where he received a BA in History, and Columbia University for a PhD in History. His prizewinning first book, Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Church, was published in 2018. Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age will be published by Basic Books in November 2024. In addition to many academic venues, his writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Nation, and the New Republic.
Open to all.
Location:
The Center