The 2017 annual meeting of the organization of american historians. Our session is called historians in court. It examines the complex roles of historians applying their scholarly skills to courtroom litigation. Thanks first for organizing this session and, in particular, to the president for her support of our endeavor here today. Today, we will address a timely topic the participation of historians in courtroom proceedings. Theres no systematic study, but the evidence we have indicates that the use of, for instance, scholarly amicus briefs, where scholars file amicus briefs in court proceedings, has been increasing. Theres a long history of scholarly input into Appellate Court cases stretching back at least to the famous brandeis brief in the Supreme Court case in 1908. But for our purposes, our pedigree as historians might be traced back to the brown versus board of education litigation in which the distinguished helped the naacp make the case against School Segregation. More recent
The organization of american historians hosted this 90minute event at their annual meeting in new orleans. Ok. Ok, so, i think we are ready to get started. Sorry for the delay, but welcome to the first Plenary Session of the 2017 annual meeting of the organization of american historians. Our session is called historians in court. It examines the complex roles of historians applying their scholarly skills to courtroom litigation. Thanks, first, to the o. A. H. For organizing this session and, in particular, to the president , nancy cott, for her support of our endeavor here today. Today, we will address a timely topic the participation of historians in courtroom proceedings. Theres no systematic study, but the evidence we have indicates that the use of, for instance, scholarly amicus briefs, where scholars file amicus briefs in court proceedings, has been increasing. Theres a long history of scholarly input into Appellate Court cases stretching back at least to the famous brandeis brief
Here are some programs to watch on booktv this weekend. Live on in depth, historian Michael Korda discusses his many books and takes your calls. Booktv visits colorado springs, colorado, to talk with the citys authors and take in its literary sites. On after words, pulitzer prizewinning historian James Mcpherson recounts the life of confederate president Jefferson Davis as well as books about americas security concerns, the creation of the computer and the internet and military dogs. For more information on this weekends 48hour television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Up next, a Panel Discussion on feminism in the United States from the 1920s to today featuring the coauthors of the recentlypublished book feminism unfinished. The program, hosted by New York University in new york city, is about an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. Im delighted to be here even though moderation is not really my strong suit. [laughter] im very glad to be here tonight as the moderator.
This book is my first biography. It will be the last. Write. E too hard to i learned my book belongs to the category, the life and times biography. In fact when i began, i felt the times would dominate. The book would focus on the political and social culture of world war ii, of of the cold war. And that the life would be a illustration. That was not to be. The ea langeis the star of story. With her forceful personality, drivers into the seat. And in a certain sense took charge back and forth quite a of years. Biography is one life seen through another life, in this case, mine. Id written a great deal about gender. Forced me to examine more closely how gender an s in the life of individual. This lecture forced me to look spell out how i was doing and warn you and tell you that what im about to say is not in the book at all. Ts a kind of a meditation book. The fact about the now thinking of the issue of ender, it lived and it was produced in one context. But it takes on new meanings. It
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