Why You Should Read George Orwell with Dr Laura Beers

Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Dr, Laura Beers to convince us why we should read the works of George Orwell! Laura Beers is a historian and professor of history at American University. She earned her undergraduate degree in history from Princeton and went on to earn her master’s and Ph.D. from Harvard. She studies modern Britain with a focus on the ways politics is both influenced and shaped by cultural and social life. Her latest is book is Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century.  We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven’t yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center