Leave tap city says this dystopian future. Some of you may have recently streamed on netflix a movie called the gate from new york where manhattan was going to be a penal colony. Thats how bad things were getting. They were more than 2000 people murdered in two new york city , more than 2000 the same that time that was happening with war and courts have obliterated the proper reading of the religion clauses of the First Amendment. He amendment was strong in some areas under siege and other areas. We are talking about a situation that was very serious. How did we respond to the many challenges . One of the things that happened was the crime rate. From Civic Leaders to rudy giuliani. His finest battle 9 11 or in which he is a local leader actually helps new yorks crime rate so much that a chop the National Crime rate. So you look at these challenges and American History and what you begin to see is when you have these massive challenges and increased in liberty and the energy of local go
Cspans campaign 2020. Your unfiltered view of politics. This comes from Purdue University with biographers looking at political history. This talk was part of a twoday conference called remaking political history. Its an hour and a half. Welcome and thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. I will have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully well convince you that youve made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biography and political history. Randy robert has written so many. Youve written half of our total number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre. Weve obviously been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we again, let me introduce the panelists. And as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about the genre. First we have larry maslin in the graduate acting program
Historians talk about religious influence on u. S. Politics and Foreign Policy in the 20th century, and address the question of why this is not a highly studied topic. This was part of a two Day Conference called remaking american political history. Thank you all for coming. I will be chairing this roundtable today. I will give you a brief overview of what were going to talk group,nd introduce our and then we will get started. 15 years ago [inaudible] oh, there we go. Thank you. There is a switch on the mic. 15 years ago, in a journal of American History article, john butler challenged historians of modern america to Pay Attention to religion. In particular, he noted, religion of the continuing importance in 20th century american politics deserves sustained attention and analysis. Of american religious history have proliferated over the past 15 years, yet in political history, religion has often retained a jackinthebox surprising,olorful, anomalous, idiosyncratic, but left on the perip
Foundation and enough to say the taxpayers Washington State as part of the building for the arts project. I looked all of our funders but especially of public funding for the arts. Im hoping this might be returned to town hall for some of you are familiar with this building but havent been back for a couple of years. During the time weve been renovating, this is still a soft launch for the space, different elements like signage and bar and cafe service have yet to come online so bear with us. September is the real formal launch of townhall with a big festival of programs we recently announced the you can see on our website town hall seattle. Org. Check us out. We are really happy to reopen and get going with the program especially in the sure which is a new space for us. Thank you for being our guinea pigs. I do know and a couple gifts that this is a little cold in here, we have adjusted the thermostats and are trying to make it more comfortable. Im sorry about that. In the meantime as
Choice hanging out with us to biographiesedia and in political history. Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that, i was losing count because Randy Roberts had written so many, more than half of our total number. We have a lot of experience in this genre, we have been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. Panelists. Oduce the as i introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience, what was it that drew you to biography . What is it that you love about the genre . First we have larry, professor and in the graduate acting program in the New York University of the arts with an affiliate in the graduate musical theater writing program. He particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy, and has written the biography of Richard Roberts Richard Rogers and several other books. His most recent is a documentary film, Sammy Davis Jr. i gotta be me. What has drawn you to biography