Example, adult diabetes, Childhood Obesity and so on, other things that qatar is now trying to position itself as a Global Leader in addressing. I hate to end tonights discussion with the mention of diseases, but its been a pleasure and an honor being here. Thank you all, and my thanks again to osama. Thank you. [applause] before you turn if you dont mind i would like to say that have the professor for two more days here. You will be appearing at the Carnegie Endowment tomorrow at 1 p. M. To give his thoughts. Been back here for a conference on religious and secular trends in the region of north africa and the will be a paper on qatar involved with some of these religious developments in the region. So please, join us again tomorrow and the day after. But for now, please join us outside for some snacks and feel free to continue the conversation with professor mehran kamrava. Thank you all very much. [applause] is there a Nonfiction Author a book you would like to see featured on booktv
Brad gregory is the author of the uninteded reformation them resented his look on the protestant reformation in western society and culture. Professor agrees the recipient of the 2013 isi henry and anne paulucci book award. Good. All right right, well, good eveg and welcome. Welcome to the 2013 isi henry and anne paulucci book award presentation. My name is mark henry and im Senior Vice President and chief academic officer at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, isi. For those of you who may be new to us isi is a National Education organization founded in 1953 and philadelphia and headquartered since 1996 on centerville rd. In greenville. Isis mission is to educate for liberty, Inspiring College students to discover, embrace and advance the principles and virtues that make america free and prosperous. With the thousands of student and faculty members on virtually every College Campus in the country, isi each year produces a class of young and energetic leaders who, thanks to isi prog
In. Thanks so much. [applause] so we would like to invite you all to a reception following this. We have copies of the book on sale for 25, which is cheaper than you can get it on amazon even. We will set professor gregory available to sign copies. Romain additional 5. Thank you for coming. Please join us for a reception. [inaudible conversations] were talking like ida jones at the National Press club. Tell us about your book Mary Mcleod Bethune in washington, d. C. Should a chair from 1943 to 19 were denied invincibly came in 1930s to work with the fdr administration. She served as director of the National Youth administration and was taken by director of the actual organization itself. By the conservative is in the house and senate, by 1943 the cost of sending. she was able to be, nor become an organization of her life. So what we learn about her this but do we probably didnt know before . Will match is not only a local figure in washington d. C. She is a global figure. Because of ji
Programs from the past 15 years online at booktv. Org. [applause] well, this is fun. Im a fan, and i dont see any dead people here today. [laughter] a little joke. [laughter] actually, one of the memorable lines is i see dead people which is really fun. I like it. [laughter] i want to start up with something from your writing because i think when people want to read the book, they want to read something that you wrote. Its a personal book. It came out of you. It was not assigned to you. You picked the topic. You picked the passion, education. This wonderful line is when you were in high school, a tough neighborhood in north phillie, where we grew up, irish somehow, black, and very tough, and its a tough rundown neighborhood, the whole place, and you were talking to the kids, africanamerican kids there, wondering why you are the highest paid writer in the world, you tried to get their interest, right way to do it, i think. Im more me than they are them. Explain that about your success a
Students to discover, embrace and advance the principles and virtues that make america free and prosperous. With the thousands of student and faculty members on virtually every College Campus in the country, isi each year produces a class of young and energetic leaders who, thanks to isi programs and publications embark on their careers with a particularly deep understanding of and commitment to the american ideal of ordered liberty. Isi and the conducts over 200 Educational Programs around the country including lectures, debates, Conferences Seminars and summer schools. Isi also offers fellowships for Aspiring College teachers. Through our collegiate member we support dozens of newspapers. We also publish the quarterly journal and under our imprint isi books we have the general reader soft on penetrating conservative insights of recent decades. The isi henry and anne paulucci book award is named for two remarkable individuals who together constituted an extraordinary couple. Henry pao