About the UCBRC Book Club
If you are a UC Berkeley retiree and are passionate about books, interested in history, and enjoy stimulating discussions, you are invited to join the UCB Retirement Center Book Club. The Club was started in 2007 by Robert Middlekauff, Professor Emeritus in the UCB History Department.
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Member-Run: The club is organized and hosted by its members.
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Rotating Book Selection: Book choices will be decided on a rotating basis by the members themselves, allowing for a diverse range of topics and voices. Please note that the focus of this book club is history, and so book choices focus on historical topics.
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Zoom Meetings: The book club meetings will take place on Zoom to be inclusive of retirees who do not live locally or have mobility issues.
If you are interested in joining the group, please contact the Retirement Center at ucbrc@berkeley.edu for the meeting details and to be added to the email list.
Recent Books We've Read
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Tom Paine’s America: The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Radicalism in the Early Republic by Seth Cotlar
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A Slaveholders' Union: Slavery, Politics, and the Constitution in the Early American Republic by George William Van Cleve.
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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion, by Edward J Larson.
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American Nations, by Colin Woodard
- A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement In America, 1870 - 1920, by Michael McGerr