For award-winning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, these poignant, familiar fossils serve as an inspiration for a new kind of world history, one that is genuinely global, spans all eras and all continents, and focuses on the family ties that connect every one of us. Introduction by Thomas DiPiero, Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences and professor in the Departments of English and World Languages and Literatures.Īround 950,000 years ago, a family of five walked along the beach and left behind the oldest family footprints ever discovered.
Additional signed copies of The World will be made available for purchase at the event, courtesy of Interabang Books. Purchasing a book as add-on at checkout will ensure a signed copy, reserved seating, and priority book signing. Author Simon Sebag Montefiore will have a lecture at the Meadows Museum at SMU for his new nonfiction book, The World: A Family History, on Tuesday, May 23rd.
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