Look at women and womens role in u. S. Agriculture. The title for the lecture today, on invisible woman, comes from a 1983 book, so ancient in your mind, by carolyn sachs. Sachs book was groundbreaking. She was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that helped launch work by sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians and so forth, to look at the contributions of women who had largely been invisible up to this time. This is a nod to that groundbreaking book. One of the Big Questions we have been asking in this class and posing since the first day we met is, why should we study women in agriculture . Why not just study agriculture . Why should we take a gender lens and think about the different roles . Why . Thats one of the Big Questions, right . What we have been arguing, what i have been arguing and what other scholars argue, is that why we want to study women in agriculture specifically, and why we want to
The Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4th, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of ukrainian studeniranian studentd the u. S. Embassy in the wake of the iranian revolution in february of 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages on january 20th, 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 440, some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of students shoutinging antiamerican slogans and tauntingly burning the American Flag traumatized a nation and presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies as the 2012 movie, argo and they continue to weigh on the public discourse. So here, today, we want to explore this Lasting Impact on the hostage crisis a bit further and we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which
U. S. Embassy, the combination of worsening relations between this country and iran and the wake of the iranian revolution in february 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages on january 20th, 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 440 that lasted some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students breaching the embassy shouting slogans, tauntingly burning the american flag, traumatized a nation and a presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies as the 2012 movie, argo and continue to weigh on the public discourse. So here today, we want to explore this Lasting Impact of the hostage crisis a bit further. And we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which will be moderated by my colleague. Very pleased that our expert, that the distinguished guest have accepted our invitation. Todays event is being organized by the Centers History and Public Polic
Common between this country and iran in the wake of iranian revolution in february 1979. Even other crisis ended with the release of the hostages on january 20th 1981 after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 444 days, it has highly lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students reaching the u. S. Embassy shutting out americans floating slogans detailing Embassy Officials and tauntingly winning the American Flag traumatized and nation and the presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies like 2012, movie argo and they continue to be on the public discourse. So here today we want to explore this last thing impact on the crisis a big difference we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which will be moderated by my colleague. Very pleased that our expert that the distinguished guests have accepted our invitation. Todays events has been organized by the Centers History and Public Policy program, the Program S
52 americans were held hostage in the u. S. Embassy in tehran. Next, the Wilson Center hosts a panel discussing how the iran hostage crisis has impacted. S. Foreign policy since then. Good morning. Welcome to the Wilson Center. My name is christian osterman, and i have the privilege to direct the history and Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of iranian students who stormed the u. S. Embassy, the combination of worsening relations between this country and iran in the wake of the iranian revolution in february 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages in 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students breaching the u. S. Embassy, shouting antiameri