Espionage Around the Globe




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ClassGraphic What can we learn about history and culture as well as politics and spycraft from reading espionage novels? From D-Day to Syria, Shanghai to Luxembourg, the United States to Europe, join us to read and discuss six award-winning or highly-regarded espionage novels set in locations around the globe. We will read one book per week, including: Jackdaws, Ken Follett (Penguin Books, 2002); Damascus Station, David McCloskey (W. W. Norton & Co., 2022); Shanghai, Joseph Kanon (Scribner, 2025); The Expats: A Novel, Chris Pavone (Crown, 2013); The Quantum Spy: A Thriller, David Ignatius (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018); and The Sympathizer: A Novel, Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press, 2016).
 

Class Details

7 Session(s)
Weekly - Thu

Location
Wieboldt Hall

Instructor
Multiple

Tuition:  $0.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
9/10/2026 - 10/22/2026 Weekly - Thu 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM Chicago, Wieboldt Hall  Map Laurie Toth  ; Timothy Atkins