Good evening and welcome the bancroft prize program. Columbia university is honored to cosponsor this annual celebrate with the Columbia Department of history each year. The history. Selects one of its leading historians to chair a panel of three jurors chosen the finest scholars in the field hailing from Top Research University across the country. We are delighted that American History tv elected to expand its partnership with us this year by Recording Program for airing an archiving on its website. We will circulate word when the air date and Online Access are available. Were also thrilled that so many guests are joining us for tonights program which features brief interviews with the book prize winners. Their scholarly works delving the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is a joy to celebrating books tonight. In addition to the important prizes that are awarded the endowment left to Library Libraries by, Frederick Bancroft enables us to continue to acquire both rare archival material
Celebrate with the Columbia Department of history each year. The history. Selects one of its leading historians to chair a panel of three jurors chosen the finest scholars in the field hailing from Top Research University across the country. We are delighted that American History tv elected to expand its partnership with us this year by Recording Program for airing an archiving on its website. We will circulate word when the air date and Online Access are available. Were also thrilled that so many guests are joining us for tonights program which features brief interviews with the book prize winners. Their scholarly works delving the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is a joy to celebrating books tonight. In addition to the important prizes that are awarded the endowment left to Library Libraries by, Frederick Bancroft enables us to continue to acquire both rare archival material and new publications of Scholarly Research conducted by historians around the world. It is a privilege to wo
Good evening and welcome the bancroft prize program. Columbia university is honored to cosponsor this annual celebrate with the Columbia Department of history each year. The history. Selects one of its leading historians to chair a panel of three jurors chosen the finest scholars in the field hailing from Top Research University across the country. We are delighted that American History tv elected to expand its partnership with us this year by Recording Program for airing an archiving on its website. We will circulate word when the air date and Online Access are available. Were also thrilled that so many guests are joining us for tonights program which features brief interviews with the book prize winners. Their scholarly works delving the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is a joy to celebrating books tonight. In addition to the important prizes that are awarded the endowment left to Library Libraries by, Frederick Bancroft enables us to continue to acquire both rare archival material
Community of readers. So thats who were really trying to gather around over the course of the weekend. Not only professional writers, but folks who write for their own just enjoyment and creative purposes. And anyone who loves to read anything. Any connection with the local universities here, absolutely. Weve got a longgoing collaboration with the [inaudible] at vanderbilt university. They help us program a special [inaudible] all the kings men. Absolutely. Thats right. This year among a couple of special tracks that we have going on, we have one that is, you mentioned all the kings men, the Pulitzer Prizes are are celebrating their 100th anniversary, and as part of commemorating the centennial, the robert m. Warren center at vanderbilt [inaudible] some of which actually talk about robert warrens influence as a poet and as a novelist. So really its important artists who won pulitzers in two categories rarely. So, but the Warren Center at vanderbilt, very special partners of the festiva
The robert m. Warren center at vanderbilt [inaudible] some of which actually talk about robert warrens influence as a poet and as a novelist. So really its important artists who won pulitzers in two categories rarely. So, but the Warren Center at vanderbilt, very special partners of the festival every year. Youll also see University Presses set up all over the plaza here, the folks at the University Presses and at Humanity Centers around the state, really important to help us make this such a great and diverse program. Tim henderson, whats your background . Howd you get involved well, ive been at humanities tennessee for nearly 20 year, identify been the e. D. For ive been the e. D. For just over four. I mean, i came out of academia and was teaching english literature, got back to nashville after many years, had found the council, and it was just love at first sight. I mean, the work that humanities tennessee does is not only important, its an enthusiastic group and a great bunch of su