Marilyn Luecke, Ph.D.

Read what Marilyn Luecke has to say:

History is dead—for those who lack the ability to bring it to life. And that is exactly what we commit ourselves to do at the Mount—bring History to life. But not in some trite or hokey sense, rather in a manner that helps students appreciate the importance of historical inquiry for an understanding of themselves and their world. For History’s examination of the past is to elucidate the present, so as to better direct our future. Without historical understanding, we suffer from a kind of social and cultural amnesia, not knowing the relationship of the past to the present, making our steps into the future even more uncertain than they might otherwise be.

5 Books

• William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing
  · I wouldn’t be surprised if Much Ado was Shakespeare’s favorite, too.
• Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
  · If you’re not interested in an alternative lifestyle, read it for the gorgeous prose.
• Alice Walker, The Color Purple.
  · Everyone can identify with Celie’s struggle to become her own person, and she’s a quilter, too.
• Mary Taylor Simeti, Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty Five Years of Sicilian Food.
  · Eat your way through history.
• Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice.
  · Heroine Elizabeth Bennett…you go, girl!