Hi, everybody. Afternoon. Im john obrien from the department of english and im happy to kick things off. Todays lecture is part of English Department lecture series known as the peters rushton seminars, a series that goes back to 1950. Its a series that included speakers such as keith brookes, randall general auden and seamus heaney. Today, were happy to welcome fred kaplan to the west oval room of the rotunda to speak on his designer Thomas Jefferson. Fred kaplan is distinguished Professor Emeritus of english at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of new york. A scholar in century literature, kaplan has become best known as one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. He is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln gore vidal, and now Thomas Jefferson in his masterly pen. Kaplan offers us a biography of Thomas Jefferson by giving an english professors kind attention to jeffer
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Following school, palmers joined princeton and williams and smiled. Continue williams gain gibson. He was the first africanamerican at the firm. He is now a retired partner of the firm of hunt andrews. In 1983, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of virginia, becoming the first africanamerican and being 32, the youngest person of any race to serve. There. In 1995 of this time, as received his lifetime image award. In 2005, thomas was named a member of the court of arbitration for sport, which is based in lausanne, switzerland. So settling International Sports with global jurisdiction. In 2006, he was appointed the board of visitors of william and mary and was reappointed to 39. He is a published poet and as we will discuss today, now a maurice. Jones thomas will be in conversation with risa goluboff, who is the first female dean of the university of india, Virginia School of law. Dean ghalibaf is a renowned legal historian with scholarship and teaching focused on american constitutio
Marrakech, about 40 miles from the epicenter. Then today is nine 11, 9 11. Today we look at another 9 11, 50 years ago, the u. S. Backed coup in chile that ousted president allende who would die in the palace that there. Two coup led to a 17 year dictatorship led by general pinochet during which time more than 3000 chileans were murdered and disappeared. We have to unite to one day find the truth. I think we deserve it as a people. It is a silent vigil for women. Amy we will speak to writer a professor Ariel Dorfman. He was cultural and press adviser to president allendes chief of staff during the last month of his presidency in 1973. It was a peaceful revolution. The attempt to put the resources of the country and the future of the country in the hands of the majority. Basically, was a movement for social justice and for putting in the center of history the real protagonist of that history, which are the everyday men and women who built the country. America we will speak with Ariel Do
Marrakech, about 40 miles from the epicenter. Then today is nine 11, 9 11. Today we look at another 9 11, 50 years ago, the u. S. Backed coup in chile that ousted president allende who would die in the palace that there. Two coup led to a 17 year dictatorship led by general pinochet during which time more than 3000 chileans were murdered and disappeared. We have to unite to one day find the truth. I think we deserve it as a people. It is a silent vigil for women. Amy we will speak to writer a professor Ariel Dorfman. He was cultural and press adviser to president allendes chief of staff during the last month of his presidency in 1973. It was a peaceful revolution. The attempt to put the resources of the country and the future of the country in the hands of the majority. Basically, was a movement for social justice and for putting in the center of history the real protagonist of that history, which are the everyday men and women who built the country. America we will speak with Ariel Do