Today Nelson Lichtenstein presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he a
Life fell in pieces around me. I was a junior in college and six months earlier i was assaulted by. An alumni at the school in my dorm. I was alone. I was out of all my classes. And so the obvious thing to do was to hide in the library. And there among stacks, for the first time in my life, i saw the name a vietnamese author. The name was back when and the book was stealing the dinner. I cannot tell you exactly how it felt to no longer feel alone in the world as turned the page by page. But i can tell you that i had the same feeling now, a decade later, reading best latest owner of a lonely heart, published this fall by scribner, and that her ability to make a reader feel seen is exceeded only by her real life integrity, grace and elegance. Beth, who has also written under the name bittman, will, is the author of three previous books, the stealing the buddhas dinner, the novels short girls and girl. Her awards honors include an american book, a patriot fund award from the pen america c
The the year is 2013. We are in providence, rhode island. It the middle of winter, snow and ice fall as far as the human can see and like that snow my life fell in pieces around me. I was a junior in college and six months earlier i was assaulted by. An alumni at the school in my dorm. I was alone. I was out of all my classes. And so the obvious thing to do was to hide in the library. And there among stacks, for the first time in my life, i saw the name a vietnamese author. The name was back when and the book was stealing the dinner. I cannot tell you exactly how it felt to no longer feel alone in the world as turned the page by page. But i can tell you that i had the same feeling now, a decade later, reading best latest owner of a lonely heart, published this fall by scribner, and that her ability to make a reader feel seen is exceeded only by her real life integrity, grace and elegance. Beth, who has also written under the name bittman, will, is the author of three previous books, th
Presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he also serves as vice dean fo
elizabeth cohen and christina nash or a warm. welcome to the three of you to the washington history seminar in fact to so liz and christina i d say welcome back great to have you back to the washing history seminar. i m christian osterman. i direct the wilson center s history and public policy program and i have the pleasure to co-chair the seminar series with eric arneson of the national. enter and george washington university today eric will introduce our speakers and moderate the discussion. the washing history seminar is a collaborative effort of two organizations the national history center of the american historical association and the wilson centers history and public policy program. for well more than a decade. the seminar has served as a non-partisan forum to discuss important new historical findings insights and publications something that s central to the mission of both of our organizations. behind the scenes fair two individuals who helped produce this event rach