On Monday, Sept. 21, 7:30 pm, the Education Committee will present a Zoom lecture by Dr. William J. Connell who will talk on “Niccolò Machiavelli: The Real Story”
“Machiavelli” is a name heard frequently, often with unsavory connotations. In this talk, Dr. William J. Connell – who has devoted many years of research in the Florentine archives to gain a deeper understanding of the Italian Renaissance – will give an account of Machiavelli in his life and times that shows what a sympathetic person he was, while also explaining how Machiavelli transformed the way the Western world thinks about politics and its goals.
An Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Dr. Connell holds the Joseph M. and Geraldine C. LaMotta Endowed Chair in Italian History at Seton Hall University in Orange, NJ. His books include the Routledge History of Italian Americans, Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance Florence and a translation of Machiavelli’s The Prince. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Harvard/Villa I Tatti Fellow, and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
The lecture is open to all residents. Questions about linking to Zoom should be addressed to Jeff O’Donnell.