I am Ellen Alan Clark and i am the Library Director for the American Revolution institute and it is my special pleasure to welcome you and to introduce our speaker, dr. Christy pichichero. She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view doctor pecker row will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Their experiences had a profound impact on their politics and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She
Greetings, everyone. I am Ellen Alan Clark and i am the Library Director for the American Revolution institute and it is my special pleasure to welcome you and to introduce our speaker, dr. Christy pichichero. She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. Will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their military enterprises. Their experiences had a profound impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by
And how it relates to the prohibition and now they legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to the substance. Onave been doing research and cannabis legalization for the last two decades. You get to join us now on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. Remember yesterday, we were talking about the impact of culture and science on our approach to medicine in anceptualizing what is acceptable substance for medical consumption and what marks those substances that are different from addison. Today, we are going to try to see how those very ideas impact the laws that govern our access to the substances. We are going to start just over a century ago with the pure foods and drug act of 1906. This is something that impacts us into the present and really helped to control our access to a whole range of substances. Law itself is focused on Consumer Protection. We do not want the American Public to have access to substances that could potentially be dangerous. It coul
She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this ,ra, such as rochambeau consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Profounderiences had a impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from musicton, a bachelor of from the Eastman School of music, and a phd and french studies. She has been a membe
Watching at home, is a course focused on business in society here at Colorado College and this class in particular were looking at the making of the u. S. Drug war and in particular how it relates to the prediction and now the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular sub stan. Ive been doing research either no graphically and historically on the drug war and for the last two decades so you get to join us today on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. We were talking about the impact ourulture and science in approaches to medicine, and what is a sub acceptable substance and what marks those substances that are different from medicine. Today, we are going to try to see how those ideas impact the laws that govern access to these substances. We are going to start over a century ago with the food and drug act of 1906. It impacts us into the present and helps control our access to a whole range of substances. The law itself is focused on consu