2013 Hagey Lecture: Margaret MacMillan - Choice or Accident: The Outbreak of World War One

Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 8:00 pm in the Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall. Professor Margaret MacMillan is regarded as a leading historian of the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century. She is an officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Royal Society of Literature, and a professor of history at Oxford University. In addition to numerous articles on Canadian and world affairs, Professor MacMillan has written several award-winning books, including The Uses and Abuses of History and Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World. Waterloo’s premier invitational public lecture series since 1970, the Hagey Lectures are co-sponsored by the Faculty Association and the University of Waterloo.