OU Book Club
Offered monthly October-May, the OU Book Club continues to be one of OLLI at OU’s most popular courses. Each month brings a new book, a new lecture, and a lively discussion from one of OU’s best professors. Join us as Dr. Rufus Fears leads you on a discovery of times past and lands far away as you read a different work of classic literature each session.
This year’s theme for the University of Oklahoma Book Club will be history.
This is OLLI at OU’s only course that meets in two places – on the OU campus in Norman and at Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City.
For more information, call OLLI at OU (405) 325-3488 or contact us online.
Norman OU Book Club
1600 South Jenkins Avenue, Norman
Norman Club Meeting Dates and Books
- October 7, 2010 — His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph Ellis
- November 4, 2010 – American Sphinx: Thomas Jefferson by Joseph Ellis
- December 2, 2010 — Andrew Jackson by Marquis James
- January 20, 2011 –With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen Oates
- February 3, 2011 — Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform by Eric Goldman
- March 3, 2011 — Harry Truman Memoirs by Harry Truman
- April 7, 2011 — Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard Nixon
- May 5, 2011 — The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan
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Oklahoma City OU Book Club
50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Club Meeting Dates and Books
- October 14, 2010 — His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph Ellis
- November 11, 2010 — American Sphinx: Thomas Jefferson by Joseph Ellis
- December 9, 2010 — Andrew Jackson by Marquis James
- January 27, 2011 — With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen Oates
- February 10, 2011 — Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform by Eric Goldman
- March 10, 2011 — Harry Truman Memoirs by Harry Truman
- April 14, 2010 — Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard Nixon
- May 12, 2011 — The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan
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About the Professor
Rufus Fears is David Ross Boyd Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma, where he holds the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty.
Professor Fears earned his doctorate degree from Harvard University and is a fellow of many distinguished organizations, such as the American Academy in Rome, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundations. Prior to taking his post at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Fears held teaching positions at Indiana University and Boston University, where he served as chair of the Department of Classical Studies.
A 21-time award winner for outstanding teaching, he was chosen as Indiana University’s first-ever Distinguished Faculty Research Lecturer and has three times been named “Professor of the Year” by the University of Oklahoma. He won the 2005 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.