American progressionism and the coming of the new deal. He argues thattal al smith lost the 1928 election, his ideals and policies paved the way for president roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome all of you here for our talk for this evening. Im evan dolley, and on blehalf of the program here, welcome to our history talk. At the outset for being able to hold this talk, thank you to the funding of the history fund which is supporting this event, and let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. So our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert childs. He is a graduate of tascun university. He began a phd in history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012, and the talk hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that phd dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has, during the course of this particular research, or the research for this project, he has received a couple prestigious
Author of the book the revolution of 28 al smith, american progressivism and the coming of the new deal. His Progressive Coalition paved the way for franklin roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome you all here to our talk for this evening. On behalf of the History Department here, welcome, to our evenings talk. Were able to hold this talk thanks to the generous funding of the history fund which is supporting this event. And let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. Our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert chiles. Hes a graduate of town send university where he studied music and found the true faith and began a ph. D. In history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012. And the talk that hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that ph. D. Dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has in the course of this particular research, the research for this project, hes received a
Brian professor allison stanger, whats the famous middle berry protest . Prof. Stanger what happened you mean . The story has been retold many times. A Student Group invited Charles Murray, rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. And because they knew he was controversial, they invited me to ask three or four questions. And it went from there. Brian this was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every liberal arts campus is of is a b
Host professor allison stenger, what is the now famous middlebury protest . Prof. Stanger what happened to you mean . The story has been retold many times. A Student Group invited Charles Murray, rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. And because they knew he was controversial, they invited me to ask three or four questions. This was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every mobile arts campus is of a bubble. The context is import
To ask three or four questions. And it went from there. This was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every mobile arts campus is of a bubble. The context is important to understand what transpired. Brian how many students . Prof. Stanger 2350, so fairly small. Brian i found the number 63,000 online but said that is what tuition and room and board cost for a year. Prof. Stanger we make a real effort to try and make the experience available to as many br