Burdan lecture to air on C-SPAN

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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (01/30/2014)(readMedia)-- A December lecture by Flagler College Assistant Professor Judith Burdan will air on C-SPAN'S American History TV this weekend.

Burdan's lecture, which discussed the role of women in the Gilded Age, will air at 9 a.m. Feb. 1 and again at 1 a.m. and 2 p.m. Feb. 2.

The lecture, "Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country: Money, Power and the 'New Woman' in the Gilded Age," was part of the College's Community Lecture Series.

The series continues on Feb. 18 with Dr. Tom Graham, professor of history at Flagler College. Graham will speak on Frank P. Thompson, the former headwaiter at the Hotel Ponce de Leon who occupied a role of leadership among the black employees of Henry Flagler's hotels.

Tickets to the lecture are $5 per person. Active military personnel may attend at no charge. Lectures begin at 10 a.m. in the Flagler Room at Flagler College, 74 King St. The lecture will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a coffee and pastry reception.

This year, thanks to VISIT FLORIDA's Cultural Heritage and Nature Tourism Grant Program, Flagler College offers complimentary admission to the Flagler College Community Lecture Series for any St. Johns County tourism employee. Tourism employees interested in attending the lecture will need to present their employee name tag or ID at the lecture series registration table.

Reservations for the lecture series are required due to limited space. Call (904) 819-6282 for reservations or more information.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.