Piracy: Ancient and Modern
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Olympic Club
524 Post Street (x Mason St.)
San Francisco CA
6 PM Reception; 6:30-8 PM Program and Q&A
$30
Heavy hors' d'oeuvres will be provided.
Cash bar (sorry you're on your own for bottles of rum).
RSVP to Bill Zeiring at wmziering@sbcglobal.net
Yar! Come join us ye landlubbers as we do explore the swashbuckling
world of piracy, both olde and new!
Professor Jameson will give an illustrated talk that includes a short
review of historical piracy in the ancient, medieval, and early modern
periods. He will then discuss the change from historical piracy to
the piracy of literature and contemporary piracy in the two principal
regions—the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia
(scene of the recent pirate attack on a cruise ship).