Join us to discuss The Peoples of Sicily: A Multicultural Legacy by Jacqueline Alio and Louis Medola. Home to Normans, Byzantines, Arabs, Germans and Jews, 12th-century Sicily was a crossroads of cultures and faiths, the epitome of diversity. Here Europe, Asia and Africa met, with magical results. Bilingualism was the norm, women's rights were defended, and the environment was protected. Literacy among Sicilians soared. It was higher during this ephemeral golden age than it was seven centuries later. Can the eclectic medieval history of the world's most conquered island be a lesson for our times? The discussion will be moderated by Lynn Harris.