Monday Scholars: How Railways Transformed the World

On Zoom only:

Monday Scholars combines the best of online learning and engaging discussion!

Join us for the full 12-weeks or drop in to explore your favorite topics. Each week, we will watch two video lectures together and then engage in lively conversation afterwards. The conversation will be facilitated by OWL's Caroline Ugurlu. 

About the course:

Climb aboard for a thrilling ride through the amazing world of railways: an invention that profoundly changed human life. 

Railways are one of the most important inventions in modern history. From the 1825 opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England, trains revolutionized both travel and trade and radically changed the way we experience the world.

Join us as we explore the impact of railways, from the early 19th century to today’s futuristic trains including railroads during war and for tourism. 

About the professor:

Patrick N. Allitt is Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University, where he has taught since 1988. He received his PhD in American History from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Divinity School and Princeton University. He is a widely published author whose books include A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism; The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities throughout American History; and Religion in America since 1945: A History.