Harvard Clubs of Northern New England Faculty Speaker Zoom Event!
Professor Zachary Nowak speaking on “A Student’s History of Harvard College”
In this webinar, Dr. Nowak walks us through the historical origins of our beloved Harvard University and notable antics and accomplishments of Harvard students. Did you know Harvard students rioted because of rotten cabbage in their soup, created modern American football (twice), and (with Radcliffe students) led one of the most famous student strikes in American history?
Mark your calendar now, and plan to join with fellow Harvard alumni for a very special virtual event!
Date & Time: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: Zoom (link available here)
This event is free! No travel required.
Our Speaker: Zachary Nowak received his PhD in American Studies from Harvard University. He had a postdoctoral teaching and research position from 2018 to 2021 in the Harvard University History Department. He currently serves as the chair of the Advisory Board for the Food & Sustainability Studies Program at the Umbra Institute, an American study abroad program in Perugia, Italy, as well as teaching in the Harvard University Extension School.
Nowak is a scholar of the natural and built environments with an emphasis on the nineteenth-century United States. He looks for stories in history’s vacant lots, railyards, and cracks in the sidewalk. Nowak also has done and continues to do research on global food history. He is an accomplished instructor prepared to teach global history, U.S. history surveys, historical methods courses, and courses in the environmental humanities and food studies.
Nowak is the author of "Truffle: A Global History", the translator of "Why Architects Still Draw" by Paolo Belardi, the editor and translator of "Inventing The Pizzeria: A History of Pizza Making in Naples, and the co-editor (with Peter Naccarato and Elgin K. Eckert) of "Representing Italy Through Food”.
If you have any questions, please contact Ken Lee at klee01@verizon.net