Conversation with Dr. Mary Laurents
about her new book
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 · 4:30 - 5:30 PM
Please join the History Department and the Language, Literacy &
Culture Program in a conversation with Dr. Mary K. Laurents (2018
LLC alumna and a UMBC History adjunct) about her new book, British Identity in World War I: The Lost Boys, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Dan Ritschel, Associate Professor of History, will facilitate the discussion.
Dr.
Laurents utilized her doctoral research for her book which
analyzes the development of The Lost Generation narrative following the
First World War.
Dr. Laurents will also discuss the relevance of the impact of identity
fracture to the formation of extremist groups in the present day US.