Columbia University Libraries’ Friends of the Columbia Libraries present "Fiction and History." The two-day symposium, held November 15 and 16, will feature readings and panel talks with noted authors and historians focusing on the intersection of history and fiction.

Participating in the event are:

Kevin Baker, author of Dreamland and Paradise Alley;
Mark Carnes, professor of history at Barnard College;
John Demos, the Samuel Knight professor of history emeritus at Yale University;
E. L. Doctorow, the Lewis and Loretta Glucksman professor in American letters at New York University;
Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty Tavern and The Officers’ Wives;
Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank;
Kenneth T. Jackson, the Jacques Barzun professor in history and the social sciences at Columbia;
Jane Kamensky, the Harry S. Truman professor of American civilization at Brandeis University;
William Kennedy, author of Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes; and
James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian

All events will take place at the Faculty House at Columbia University.  For more information, please visit the "Fiction and History" site.