Good afternoon, everyone. I am the dean of the harvard graduate institute and is my pleasure to welcome all of you, whether you are joining us in person or online, to todays discussion on free speech on campus. We plan to this discussion some weeks ago, but i bet it has become an increasingly crucial conversation. Before i introduce those on todays program, allow me to express my gratitude to the Radcliffe Institute Leadership Society and our donors whose generosity keeps our program free and open to the public. I also want to thank todays distinguished speakers for sharing their expertise and perspectives, and i thank everyone who is joining us this afternoon for engaging in this critically important conversation. As i moved to an introduction of the substance of the program, i have a request for you. During this fraud period of understandably strong opinions and strong emotions, i ask that we engage with one another as generous listeners. With open minds and open hearts. Thank you in
America army making the all volunteer force is beth bailey book from 2009. Her most recent an army of fire how the us army confronted its racial crisis in the vietnam era. We appreciate you spending a little time with us here on good morning, everyone. My name, happy saturday. Welcome. The immigration quota act. A century later, groups and long shadows. My name is magdalena marie nati and im a stay with Adolphus College in minnesota. Im currently the president of the Immigration History Society and i coedited with erika lee, a special issue of the journal of history on the origins and of 1924, from which this panel has drawn before. I introduce our presenters today i would like to briefly describe what the 1924 immigration act was. Those of you might not be familiar with it also being taped. So i think our audience will be really interested in that. The 1924 immigration act banned entry of most immigrants from because they were ineligible to naturalize it imposed. National origins quot
Good morning, everyone. My name, happy saturday. Welcome. The immigration quota act. A century later, groups and long shadows. My name is magdalena marie nati and im a stay with Adolphus College in minnesota. Im currently the president of the Immigration History Society and i coedited with erika lee, a special issue of the journal of history on the origins and of 1924, from which this panel has drawn before. I introduce our presenters today i would like to briefly describe what the 1924 immigration act was. Those of you might not be familiar with it also being taped. So i think our audience will be really interested in that. The 1924 immigration act banned entry of most immigrants from because they were ineligible to naturalize it imposed. National origins quotas on immigrants the eastern sphere to reduce immigration, eastern and Southern Europe and it several categories for exclusion and deportation. While policymakers under pressure from business interest in the southwest exempted im
And Alistair Hudson, soon to be installed as the new director of the manchester art gallery and the whitworth. Welcome to both of you. A quick thought from each of you on this years short list and what it has that eu . It is a very considered short list, one where all the artists show an element of handicraft and thoughtfulness and humanity. Personally, iwould like to see more politics and a bit more over talking about what is going on in the world, which is there, but could be raised up a bit more. Some people would say that is that quite strongly. Sarah, your thoughts . Again, it is a very considered short list. It absolutely represents what the british art scene is about just now, that sense of practices coming across different art forms, different skills, ideas, knowledge, but also the way that artists are crossing borders. There is a real diversity with where people were born and grew up. It reflects where we are and where we are working. I like that quite politics that is within
Government. Slate magazine hosted the event. Leon hey everybody. [applause] leon hi everybody, thank you for being here. Can everybody hear me . Great. Here, a week and a half after the show ended. Season one ended. , or it could slate have even guessed that we would be talking about season one, and that we are now planning season two of slow burn. Thank you again to the slate plus members who are here. It is really a dream to be here in the watergate hotel. We have a great show tonight, it is our first live show. We have this fantastic lineup of guests. Introduce them without clearing my throat anymore. Elizabeth drew to my left. [applause] elizabeth covered the water gate scandal for the new yorker. Her coverage was collected in the book washington journal. Dickight is did cap it cavett. [applause] etthosted the dick cav show. He introduced interviewed a number of key figures in the watergate scandal. Here we have susan glasser. [applause] susan is the chief International Affairs col