Recent Presentations at:
Meramec Bluffs, Ballwin
Villa at Riverwood, Florissant
Bethesda Barclay House, Clayton
Laclede Groves, Webster
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The History of Christmas (3 sessions)
• Christmas in Medieval England
• Winter Solstice and Stonehenge: Dark and Light at the Turn of the Year
• Christmas Eve 1914 and 1968
Money in Society: from Ancient Babylon to Bitcoin and Beyond (4 sessions)
• Coins and Currency in the Ancient World
• “The Pope’s Moneylender” – Banking in the The Renaissance
• Boom and Bust — The Tulip Craze of 1632 and the Great Depression
• Obscure and Future Currencies, Life in a Post-Money Era
Landscapes 1: The Alps in History, Song and Image (4 sessions)
• The Alps on High: Geography and History of the Mountain Chain
• Ötzi the IceMan, A Prehistoric Discovery
• The Hills are Alive: Music in The Alps
• Alpenfilm: The Cinematic History of Mountain Conquest
Halloween and the Popular Imagination (3 sessions)
• The Celtic Festival of Samhein
• Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Monsters of Modernity
• Witches: Then, Now, and Always
The Sacred Geometry of Holy Spaces: Cathedrals and Mosques (4 sessions)
• The Savafid Mosque of Isfahan: The Triumph of Ornament
• Hagia Sofia: Byzantine Glory
• Duomo: The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
• Chartres Cathedral: A Pinnacle of Faith