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I am a professor of history and chair of the panel. For those tweeting, the tag for this session is oah badpres and you might want to add the tag oah2016. The theme is on leadership. As 2016 is a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a roundtable of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership, what about its failures gather rather than its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. Just yesterday the clinton and Sanders Campaign engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified to be president. So things are getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars, have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although it didnt occur to me it did occur to me on the train coming up that bad to whom might be an important qualifier. What did it mean to be a bad president . What counts as bad . How do we define a bad president . And specifically, who might hav
Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. And just yesterday the clinton and sanders campaigns engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified candidate to be president. So things are just really getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although, it did occur to me on the train coming up, that bad to whom
History programming in primetime. W well take you live to conferences and historic site. Go behind the scenes with us to museums and archives and travel with us to the nations classrooms where you will hear some college and University Professors lecturing about history. As the 2016 campaign continues, watch past and president ial campaigns on the way to if white house. And reel america that showcased documentary and other films. Watch our airing of portions from the 1975 Church Committee hearing of the cia, fdi, irs and nsa. Look for all of you are programming every weekend on cspan 3. All this week while congress is in recess showing American History tv on primetime here on cspan 3. Beginning with american artifacts and looking at photographs. Followed by an event in honor of the centennial ce and armstrong cable in help in coordinating the visits. View the winning documentaries at student cam. Org. Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first
Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first looked at what makes a president the worst, followed by their nominees. The panel was port of the organization of american historians annual meeting held this year in providence, rhode island. It is an hour and a half. Welcome to the oah 2016 and welcome to the planary panel, worst president ever. Im claire potter, professor of history and director of the Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems par