James MacLeod to Speak on New Book

On Thursday, November 16 at 7 pm, Dr. James MacLeod will present the talk Evansville in a Time of Revolutionary Change based on his new book Lost Evansville.

1945 to 1975 was an impactful, traumatic, and transformational period in American history, and changed Evansville forever. This talk examines the numerous changes that took place in the city in this period and how the citizens reacted.

Books will be available this evening for signing.

For complementary reservations, please visit https://emuseum.org/rsvp and select “James MacLeod’s Lost Evansville Talk” from the dropdown menu.

About Dr. James MacLeod

Dr. James MacLeod chairs the Department of History, Politics, and Social Change at the University of Evansville. He is also the author of Evansville in World War Two and The Cartoons of Evansville’s Karl Kae Knecht. In 2016 he wrote and co-produced a two-part documentary on Evansville in World War II for WNIN PBS titled Evansville at War. MacLeod is an active local historian and serves on the boards of the Vanderburgh County Historical Society, the Southwestern Indiana Historical Society, and the History Committee of the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science. In 2021 he received the Indiana Historical Society’s Hubert Hawkins History Award in recognition of his distinguished service and career in local history.

This program is presented in partnership with the

Vanderburgh County Historical Society.