I got to sit in an hour long seminar class with Jonathan Spence. His writing style is a bit dry, but his speaking style is engaging. The man's knowledge pool is incredible - he knows the connections between more events and personages off the cuff than most books explore. I could listen to him talk for days.
I didn't get into the class (he had a cap and history majors got first dibs), but I was grateful for the chance to meet and talk to the man whose books I read as an undergraduate. He even referred to several of my questions as both interesting and unlike anything he'd heard posed before (in the, "That's very creative and insightful" sense). A high compliment from someone of his status!
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