Lisa Clark Diller Speaks On Pirates, Democracy And Property Rights At 55+ Club

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Members of the 55+Club, and anyone of this age, are invited to attend the Nov. 11 meeting which will feature Professor Lisa Clark Diller, chairperson of the History Department of Southern Adventist University.  

Her topic will be "Pirates, Democracy and Property Rights."  She will talk about the Golden Age of Piracy and how it shaped the world today.  How did pirates help create modern nation states?  How did piracy contribute to ideas of intellectual property rights?  What role did pirates play in the formation of capitalism?  A question and answer period will follow. 

For more information visit https://www.southern.edu/history/faculty/Pages/lisadiller.aspx

Dr. Clark Diller received her Ph.D. in early modern history from the University of Chicago in 2003 and has been teaching at Southern Adventist University ever since.  She enjoys studying the development of religious toleration, and is inspired by her great students.

Members are encouraged to bring their hot food ready for serving, as well as cold food by 11:30 a.m. to the kitchen in the fellowship hall at the Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church.  The speaker follows the vegetarian potlluck  luncheon which begins at noon with Thanksgiving theme food assignments as follows: 

A-C Holiday Entrees
D-H  White or Sweet Potato dish
I-M  Vegetable
N-P  Pumpkin or Apple Pie
R-S  Soft Dinner Rolls
T-V  Cranberry/Jellied Salad

W-Z  Tossed Salad or Vegetable Tray with Dip  

For more informaiton call Erling Odell at 591-4779 or Rita Vital at 396-2550.


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