Watch season premiere of Downton Abbey at FDU, Dec. 14

Downton Abbey's final season is coming in January 2016.
Downton Abbey's final season is coming in January 2016.
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From FDU:

Fairleigh Dickinson University is hosting a screening of the season premier of Downton Abbey in Lenfell Hall on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, starting at 5:30 p.m. The screening will be held as a prelude to the course Discovering Downton 3.0, offered by the University in the spring of 2016.

Downton Abbey's final season is coming in January 2016.
Downton Abbey’s final season is coming in January 2016.

The event will begin with a networking hour. Refreshments will be provided.

Carol Bere, Walter Cummins and Sam Convisor, Friends of Florham and co-authors of Florham, The Lives of An American Estate, will do a brief presentation about the history of FDU’s mansion and its similarities to Downton Abbey prior to the screening, which begins at 7 p.m.

FDU will be offering a course in the spring of 2016, discussing the historical context of the show, and life in Britain and America in the start of the 20th century.

Among the topics discussed in class will be the makings of the show, the history of the great houses and their decline, World War I and its aftermath, the real life of servants, and much more. The course is open to the general public and will run from Feb. 21 through April 17.

FDU is at 285 Madison Ave. in Madison. For more information, contact Judith Israel at 973-998-4007.

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