Hello, everyone. Can you hear me okay . Okay, im trying not to be in the view but by the end of this we will be behind the curtain. Welcome to kate dawsons book events. My name isto becca oliver and im the director of the writers of texas and we are the largest Literary Arts Organization in texas and we support writers and one of the things we love to dor is have the opportunity to talk to published authors about ther most recent book but also to dig in a little more than i think we get to as often as we would like to add book events which has a craft talk. Talk more aboutut what craft wet into creating the book and especially for the book were talking about today, american sherlock, there are so many interesting things that kate can share that would be applicable to any writer that happens to be here. Who here is a writer . Who here writes but did not raise their hand . Yes, there are always a few of you. [laughter] we will make sure we get to conversation about craft as well. I just
It is a real honor introducing someone who is kind, classy, and a careful scholar and someone who has been the heart of the lincoln forums since its inception. She is now the associate provost of Faculty Affairs at howard and this places her in the enviable position of having to say no to everyone. She is the former chair of history at howard. She is the former interim dean and professor of history. Her works focus on africanamerican history and the history of the jacksonian era, the reconstruction. Some of her works include the emancipation proclamation three views which is now coming out in paperback. The price of freedom, slavery and the civil war. Volume one and volume two. As well as the historical perspectives of the african Burial Ground new york blacks and the diaspora. What i have always found about her scholarship is she reminds us of the human toll of the civil war. We often can float into abstractions or perhaps im speaking of myself and the world of ideas and look at histo
At one point, pigs were running loose through the villages, sometimes abandoned villages. Like a nightmare scenario but it really happened, like something out of early Cormac Mccarthy or the book of exodus, infectious pigs running wild to the countryside, coughing. One fellow called at the 1mile barking cough because you could hear the sick pigs coming in due new york pig farm would be next. Real story. Nissan encephalitis is this disease in humans. This is what the disease scientists do, they go out and try to solve the ecology and evolutionary biology of these new diseases. Where does the virus live, what is the reservoir host, how do humans come in contact with the virus, what are they doing . And ecological disruption that causes the spillover. It gets into sometimes and eating intermediate animal, pigs, in australia a virus falls out of back and get into horses. Pigs or horses are referred to as the amplifier host, the virus reproduces abundantly in them. They showed lots of virus
Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Im rita lerner, a daughter of Holocaust Survivors and trustee of the museum of jewish heritage, a living memorial for the holocaust. It is my pleasure to introduce this special evening. Before we begin tonight i would like to say a few words about the museum. The museum of jewish heritage is the leading New York Institution dedicated to fighting antisemitism and bigotry. For more than 20 years the museum has challenged visitors intellectually, rigorous to understand the ways in which dehumanization of the people can evolve to deeply destructive ends. Engaging with history, people of all ages and backgrounds inherit our mission to never forget and to combat intolerance that endures to this day. If youre interested in receiving any information of Upcoming Events please join our mailing list. A sign in sheet can be found at the admissions desk. I also invite you to become a member of the museums vibrant community. We are honored to have you with us ton
Welcome everybody. Im Susan Eisenhower and its a terrific pleasure to be here today to have conversation with dr. Lynne cheney and karl rove. This is a real honor for me, and a real treat to be able to have kind of an intimate conversation about the executive power in the United States to actually wield power alongside of the president of the United States, and also to talk about what its like to be behind the scenes. Let me just say very quickly if i cough, im not sick. Im having a little you came back from wuhan with that cough. Are you feeling all right . Are you a little warm . Lin, do you want to change . I think the two women ought to be here. I had to clean out somebodys fireplace flue the other day and inhaled some fire smoke. In any case dont be alarmed if i find myself coughing. Let me just say that its really a thrill to talk to again, and as like some experiences as a child with what its like to be in the company of people who wield enormous power, to observe both the press