Discussion with julian, id like to share a little bit about the history of the strand. The strand was founded in 1927 on book row. Stretching from union square, book row gradually dwindled from 48 bookstores until, after 93 years, the strand is the sole survivor. Now run by Third Generation owner nancy bass. We want to thank all for our support because without all of you, we wouldnt be where we are today. And also an update on the store in case youre curious, the physical store in union square is open, weve been open for about two weeks. So wear a mask and stop by if youre in the area. Tonight were excited to have Julian Zelizer who is celebrating the release of his book, burning down the house. Julian is a class of 1941 professor of history of Public Affairs at Princeton University and a cnn political analyst. His most recent book coauthored by our moderator, kevin kruse and the fierce urgency of now. Zelizer has been awarded fellowships with the New York Historical society, the russe
Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
The u. S. And China Economic Security Review Commission held a hearing to examine the current relations between the United States and china. This portion event included a Panel Discussion looking at chinas relationship with taiwan and hong kong. This is one hour and 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Id like to welcome our third panel that will explore relationships we will start with miss ms. Bonnie glaser shes published wildly in academic journals. As well as Media Outlets. And we will hear from dr. Lin. Her commentary on the political economy of Greater China appears in english and chinese media. And we will also hear from dr. Hui. She is written on hong kong democracy movements. I ask all of the witnesses to keep your comments to seven minutes so that we can ask lots of questions which we are very good at. We will start with ms. Glaser. Thank you. For your invitation today. As you know this marks the fourth year of deteriorating relationships between the china and taiwan. At a time when i
Good afternoon everyone. Youll find seats and we will get our panel going. Good morning. Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival. Im Chris Goodman with the Mississippi Department of archives and history if youve not done so please silence your cell phones. This panel on the u. S. Civil war is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State University One of the book festivals Board Members from Mississippi State john mars luck is on the panel. As Francis Coleman here . Dean of libraries . Another strong supporter. As is stuart rockwell, director of Mississippi Humanities Council. I dont believe hes in the room but think them for their support and we are in the room today courtesy of forming walkmans walker. Our panelists are jaclyn dowd hall commercial be harold, john mars luck and bend when you can purchase copies of their books outdoors and you can find the times they will be signing in your brochure. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 mi
[inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] the panel is titled American History, renegades and sponsored by the Mississippi Library commission. Tracy carr, with the library commission, was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival we couldnt do this without the Mississippi Library commission or libraries from all over the state so thank you very much for your support. We are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm, our gratitude to them. Our panelists are tom craven, eric j dolman and Peter Houlihan. You can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your program. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes then open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. Help me welcome our moderator for this panel, kitty blunt director of Mississippi Department of archives and history. [applause] thank you. Im