Finish thanks so much for coming out. My name is andy gray bell, and im the director of the center for southwest stus here at smu. Studies here at smu. Let me start by thanking the many people, or at least a few of them, who have helped make this evening possible starting with our friends at the center for president ial history with whom we are cosponsoring this event tonight, particularly jeffreying brian and ron that. I also want to thank Vivian Elmore who coordinates things on our end for the Clement Center. It is my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last nights weather to fly in from denver where he teaches digital humanities at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. He was assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and a core faculty member at the schools lab for tech, maps and networks. I learned last night cameron is a native of the nutmeg state, for those of you anybody know what the nutmeg state is . A number of you. I
Here at smu. Let me start by thanking the many people. Well at least a few of them who at least a few video who have helped make this evening possible starting with our friends at the center for president ial history with whom we are cosponsoring this event tonight. Particularly jeffreyrt engel, Brian Franklin and rhonda spinster elected thank ruth ann elmore who coordinates things on our end for the clements center. So was my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last night whether to fly in from denver where he teaches u. S. History and digital humanity at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. Before moving to the front right she was assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and a core faculty member at the schools in the lab for text maps and networks. I learned last that cameron is a native of nutmeg state your for thoses of you who dont know but the nutmeg state, a number of you, so there is going to enable to invite you. Alt
Todays lecture is called tamany catholics. Just to put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, what weve been looking at is this struggle for American Catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real and human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived to be a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. Even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appearedded as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Catholic efforts to participate in mainstream american institutions only seemed to m
Catholics. Just to put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, what weve been looking at is this struggle for American Catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real and human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived to be a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. Even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appearedded as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Catholic efforts to participate in mainstream american institutions only seemed to make things worse, and this is pe
Event for philip common good is an organization probably started 25 years ago i dont remember but i have been on the trustee for for a long and its a it supports you know philip and philips causes and these books are big events for common good philip for those who know him and im sure many of you do does everything with enthusiasm and passion for those of us who around philip its sometimes exhausting, but its always some we always learn something in our lives are enriched by it. There there are several in this room i know would say the same thing philip you know started hes had a career as a brilliant appellate lawyer which is where i first knew him. He then built a law firm in new from scratch and it was successful and that was thats a big event. But he got bored, decided he needed a new challenge and so he decided to fix the government and legal system in america somehow this anybody would do that. This is his seventh book, maybe his important but all of them had important effects. C