Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
Healthy as any of us can possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. I am scott henkel, i am the director of the wyoming institute and im so happy to welcome you to tonights thing can drink. The topic of which is, pandemic and historical perspectives. So i am so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris who is assistant professor of history in american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institute here committee who will be a moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So please wear. Thank you, scott. And thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate. Who i know our later time zones so thank you for sticking with us. And of course to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then i will let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with what we are doing tonight. We so first we hav
Unearthing the secrets of sykora, archeologists reveal an ancient treasure trove in egypt and in sport. Lewis hamilton is formula one world champion, agag. The brit won the turkish pretty to secure the title for a record equalling 7 time. Well, it is now 1500 g. M. T. That means its 6 oclock in the evening in ethiopia and gunmen have killed at least 34 people in the attack on a passenger bus in the west of the country. The number of dead is also likely to rise. Theres no indication who carried out the attack or if its linked to the escalating crisis and the north, which is now threatening to destabilize the entire region. The lead, a gray has confirmed his forces, launched rockets into eritrea, and hes threatening to carry out further attacks. Because it was the hope of those who attacked you great will not just attack and return home. We will retaliate while they are here and strike the airports from which they launched attacks. There is no place that we cant reach and we will continu
Current. Archaeologists reveal an ancient treasure trove each and i, we begin in ethiopia, where gunmen have killed at least 34. 00 people in an attack on a passenger bus. It happened in the west and theres no indication who carried out the attack. Or if its linked to the escalating crisis that were seeing in the north, while that conflict is threatening to destabilize the region, the leader of the region says his forces fired rockets into eritrea and hes threatening to carry out even more attacks. It is a whether those who attacked you great will not just attack and return home. We will retaliate while they are here and strike the airports from which they launched attacks. There is no place that we cant reach and we will continue to attack selected targets that the invading forces are using against us. While the tape e. L. F. Is now fighting both eritrean and Ethiopian Government troops, Prime Minister abu ahmed says, ethiopia will achieve its goals on its own. He tweeted those who co