At williams college. Dr. Nolan is the author of several books including what we are here to discuss this evening what they saw in America Alexis de tocqueville, max weber, g. K. Chesterton and sayyid qutb. I especially look forward to this discussion as dr. Nolans insights will help us wrap up a yearlong study at the Mcconnell Center on American Political Culture inspired by tocquevilles democracy in america. Dr. Nolan holds an undergraduate degree from the university of virginia. His teaching and Research Interests fall within the general areas of law and society, culture, technology and social change and historical comparative sociology. He is the recipient of several grants and awards including the National Endowments for the humanities fellowships and a full bright scholarship. We look forward to dr. Williams pardon, dr. Nolans engaging discussion this evening on dark strands and bright threads, what they saw in america. Dr. Nolan has agreed to take questions from the audience foll
Captioning performed by vitac hello, my name is bill white. I am in the Cornerstone Program at purdue but in another life i was a historian. I walked into graduate school in 1969, not quite 1912 when the book on the cabinet was written, but a long, long time ago. So i have a generic history graphic question that i want to take all the panelists to the first word of the conference, remaking american political history. Are there sources or questions that you and other scholars are asking in 20182019, 2020 that just would not have been asked, would never have been thought of when i walked into graduate school 50 years ago . Great question. Thank you. Somebody want to be brave and go first . Sure. So i think that from my own personal work there has been a renewed turn to looking at institutions as structures, as bodies of people who are responding to International Issues and pressures and trying to prove themselves on an International Stage, to understanding that the states the federal sta
Staff will respond during Public Comment. If there is an item of interest to you that is not on the agenda and under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. If the fire alarms evacuate, you must exit the building in an orderly fashion. Please note the elevators will return to the first floor and are not available for use. If you need assistance out of the building make your way to the closest area of refuge which is directly across the hall in the mens washroom. Put the button on the speaker phone and staff will assist you. We are at item 2, president s report. President buell it is appropriate to welcome ashley summers, our new secretary of the commission. [ applause ]. Thank you. President buell were very fortunate in that ashley was legislative aide to supervisor katie tang and she worked in the Mayors Office and was a past member of prozak and even did some work for the recreation and Park Department in the p
You may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. If the fire alarms evacuate, you must exit the building in an orderly fashion. Please note the elevators will return to the first floor and are not available for use. If you need assistance out of the building make your way to the closest area of refuge which is directly across the hall in the mens washroom. Put the button on the speaker phone and staff will assist you. We are at item 2, president s report. President buell it is appropriate to welcome ashley summers, our new secretary of the commission. [ applause ]. Thank you. President buell were very fortunate in that ashley was legislative aide to supervisor katie tang and she worked in the Mayors Office and was a past member of prozak and even did some work for the recreation and Park Department in the past. So weve got a real pro and we welcome her aboard. She has very big shoes to fill. On that note this is probably margarets last meeting here, but were going to drag
The beginning of the conference. My name is seth i teach history at the university. And im here to proceed over this panel. Talking about the 1790s then and now thinking about the relationship between the particularly fragile moment in american political history which was the 1790s. And how we might think about what we can learn from that moment and how it connects or maybe it doesnt connect to whats happening in american political history at this moment. So the way this is going to work is ill introduce the four panelists. Each person will talk for five to seven minutes or so and develop a few lines of inquiry. Ill ask a few questions based upon what people have said. And folks will have a chance to have a conversation here. But then we want to leave the last at least 45 or 30 minutes for questions from the audience. So as we go on, please have in mind things that you want to say or things you want to ask about. All right. So i want to introduce folks from my left to my right. So firs