

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: How Sickness Shapes Us Book Talk with Susan Wise Bauer 'M.A. '94, Ph.D. '07
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 03:30 pm – Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Best-selling author and historian Susan Wise Bauer will discuss her newest book, The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy, published in January 2026. She is also the author of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education and The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, among others.

This event will be in the MacKenzie Theatre on the ground floor of Swem Library.

Register: https://events.wm.edu/event/view/libraries/370511
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/williamsburg/how-sickness-shapes-us-book-talk-with-susan-wise-bauer-ma-94-phd-07/200029640098657
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://events.wm.edu/event/view/libraries/370511?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=williamsburg-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Williamsburg
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 400 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, VA, United States, Virginia 23185
- **lat**: 37.26985
- **long**: -76.71614
- **full address**: 400 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, VA, United States, Virginia 23185

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: W&M Libraries (https://allevents.in/org/wandm-libraries/13305202)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 400 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, VA, United States, Virginia 23185
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** W&M Libraries
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about How Sickness Shapes Us Book Talk with Susan Wise Bauer 'M.A. '94, Ph.D. '07 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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