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Happy Hour: The Great Siege of Malta and the Fate of Empires

The Great Siege of Malta and the Fate of EmpiresJune 12 @ 4:00 pm5:00 pm
Livestream
United States

Sixteenth century European historians will find this ESU Happy Hour fascinating and one of tremendous significance. The Great Siege of Malta, a four-month battle from May 18 to September 11, 1565, is considered one of the most ferocious conflicts in military history. Rarely have the odds been so une…

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Happy Hour: What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar

June 26 @ 5:00 pm6:00 pm
Livestream
United States

Shortly after Ernest Hemingway’s death in 1961, his widow, Mary Hemingway, was contacted by the owner of Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, asking her to retrieve the materials that Hemingway had stored there since he moved to Cuba in 1939. With the aid of Hemingway’s longtime Key West friends Toby…

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