To the website. If ive got that right ok. Thank you for your rapt attention this morning, i think you are in for more surprises this afternoon. Our first speaker is ed ayers. I feel like he needs no introduction to the Richmond Community but i will introduce him. He has received the National Humanities level from president obama at the white house and served as president of the organization of american historians and won the bancroft prize for distinguished writing in American History. He has served as the founding chair of the board of the American Civil War museum. He hosts the future of americas past, a Television Series that visits sites of memory and meets the people who keep those memories alive. He is the executive director of the new American History, and of course we all know him from a when we are driving around in our cars, as one of the American History guys. An online project design that has promoted the student in all of us to divide to dive into history and see it in new
Cspan2, television for serious readers. Good evening im john kenyon im the executive director of the city of Literature Organization prayed welcome tonight slip talks events featuring me the author joseph campbell. Botox is a series presented by the Iowa City Public Library featuring authors of books featuring political role of social engagement. In his new book, pulling failure in the u. S. President ial election, campbell looks at the long history of polling and its failures. You may recall dooey defeats truman or the shock of 2016 Election Results, campbell goes deeper. Looking at how polling methods in the way polls are covered in the media have affected our National Politics for decades. Campbell spent 20 years in journalism become a professor in Communication Studies program in America University in washington d. C. Hes also a writer historian, media critic and blogger. Hes authored seven books including getting it wrong, debunking the greatest myths in american journalism in 199
Next on the next on the presidency, presidency. Andrew cohen andrew looks at two days in jfks cohen looks at two days in jfks presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and 11th, 11th, 1963, that defined 1963. It defined his response to the his response Nuclear Arms Race to the nuclear arms and civil rights. Rice and civil rights. Mr. Cohen is mr. Cohen is author of two days authors in june. John author of two days in f. Kennedy and the june, 48 hours that jfk and the made history. 48 hours that made the white house history. The White House Historical association Historical Association provided this video. Provided this video. And you, tell us about andrew, tell us about your book which your book. Focuses it focuses on on two days in the two days in the Kennedy Kennedy presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and june 11th, june 11th 1963. 1963. Why why did you did you decide to decide to write a book write a book focused focused on only two days of the on only two days of
[ laughter ] but, you know, at the end of the day, you have to what is it . Theres the word hope. You hope. What was his name . Leonard cohen, the writer, leonard had something about a crack in the a crack in the sunlight or a crack in the whatever. And he said, theres something about that thats the reason we have cracks. So we can let the light through. And somewhere in people like lincoln and douglass they could let the light. Get your perfect offering, theres a crack in everything, thats how the light gets thats how the light gets in. What a perfect way to end this session. I just want to say thank you to richard, david, and craig for joining us today, for todays cabinet conversation and thanks to everyone for watching. Youre watching American History tv. Every weekend on cspan3, explore our nations past. Cspan3, created by americas capable Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. We cre featuring American History tv programs as
University. The notion is this our university should be empowered to look in the mirror and be honest with herself, we use it in a way of talking with leadership and talking about our society that institutions that are healthy and secure and should be willing to recognize whatever is going well and to be willing to say that we have a way to go. Its empowered to be honest with itself. In the subtitle which is shared leadership, culture change in academic success starts with the notion its not about one person, is not just about the University President , its about all of us working together with the vision of educating students, that is the notion of empowerment. I found the subtitle interesting because if you look at the cover of the book, you dont have one listed higher than the other or greater priority, you really have them almost laid out as a circle that we all rely on each other. Thats exactly right. Why was that you really tell important stories in this word the university is ne