Presented By The Truman Faculty Forum
The World In A Game: How Chess Paved The Way For Globalization
A Lecture by Torbjörn Wandel, Professor Of History
Wednesday November 4, 2015, at 7:00 pm
In Baldwin 176 (Little Theatre)
In his world history of this ancient game, Torbjörn Wandel does not just tell an engaging tale that takes us from ancient India and Persia through the Islamic world into al-Andaluz, medieval Europe, Renaissance Sicily, Spain, and beyond. Through his history of the game, he also reveals surprising paths and patterns of globalization that offer a fresh perspective on world history itself.
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