Good afternoon, everybody. Im glad to see that we are all alive and well. You all have survived now seven weeks. American History Death and dying and u. S. History, we reached week seven. I am steven barry, your host for all things morbid. Today not any grimmer than any other day in this class, we will talk about the history of Death Investigation, evolution of the system of Death Investigation in the United States, which really matures and comes of age at about the dawn of the 20th century, so its a 19th Century Story about how Death Investigation becomes forensic science and ultimately becomes the csi series. Now we all have a pretty lurid sense, i think, of Death Investigation provided by local news, right . This graphic is everywhere. I found a million of these. Its always the same with Police Tape and chalk outlines, so we have a very lurid sense of Death Investigation where if it bleeds it leads school in journalism in the United States. I will take the evolution of this system v
Were going to be talking about the history of Death Investigation the evolution of the system of Death Investigation the United States which really matures and comes of age. And about the dawn of the 20th century, so it is a 19th Century Story of how Death Investigation becomes forensic science and ultimately becomes the csi series. Now we all have a pretty lured sense. I think of Death Investigation thats provided by local news, right . This graphic is everywhere. I found a million of these right . Its always the same with the Police Tape and chalk outlines. And so we have a very lured sense of Death Investigation from the if it leads it leads school of journalism in the United States, but im going to take the evolution of this system. Very seriously and talk about how its developed over time. Starting with its historical importance now the most obvious area in which Death Investigation is critically important is to our criminal justice system. And this is the most familiar aspect. Im
dr. eberhardt: that association between blackness and crime makes its way into all of our minds. soledad: i m soledad o brien. welcome to matter of fact. today, a look at the pivotal role south carolina plays in presidential politics. earlier this year we visited the state and spoke to college of charleston professors h. gibbs knotts and jordan ragusa, co-authors of first in the south: why south carolina s presidential primary matters. who do you guys think will win it from the democratic side? i d be very surprised if biden doesn t win the south carolina primary. and that could be enough to get the momentum to be able to get the nomination. soledad: both men accurately predicted joe biden would win the state s primary and also his party s nomination. but neither gibbs or ragusa could have predicted just how close the race would be between lindsey graham and jamie harrison who are now virtually deadlocked with a little more than two weeks until election day. we ve spoke
thank you all for coming out. it s wonderful to see you here today. my name is christopher mcknight nichols, i m a historian at oregon state university, a scholar of the u.s. international role in the world, i specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization and my work that pertains to the panel today is promise in peril. you can buy it downstairs. i have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel, i think, and i hope you ll agree once we re done. it s a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as his totori significance. our panel is entitled turning .1916. this the not just about foreign relations but also world relations, international relations. now the spark for this panel is the centennial of the 1916 election in which woodrow wilson ran on a he kept us out of war platform, despite the military interventions ongoing in mexico and in the caribbean. marking the secentennial of thi elec
in the ways memorializing founding fathers difference from differs from confederates. president lincoln s cottage in washington, d.c., provided the video. tonight is not unique in that we will be focusing on pre-conceptions on memorials, but it is unique in that it is not just a conversation in response to recent events, both the killing of unarmed black citizens by mostly white police officers or ex police officer as well as the protests across the country and around the world, which have called for both systemic change and a reckoning for the symbols, monuments, memorials and flags of white supremacy. many of which relate to the civil war era. what makes our conversation tonight also different is that we ve already had it. five years ago, in fact. i want you to all think back to think about where you were in the summer of 2015, vergne and edna you gave us your time back then and you spoke in the rake of the confederate flag being taken down following the murder of nine