Orleans. I will say more about that after all the panelists are introduced. Were going to take a little bit of a different approach today. Rather than having each panelist stand up and talk about their respective centers and institutes, we are going to have a series of questions i will go over in just a moment and they will each respond in a few moments each. Well weave in the work their centers are doing in the course of their remarks. So im going to introduce very briefly each of the panelists. Perhaps you can raise your hand as i mention your name. For audience here and many more who are not affected by the weather watching on cspan. Thank you, cspan for covering this panel which is being telecast. First, brian vella, is the Dorothy Danforth professor at the Miller Center at the university of virginia, johns hopkins, ph. D. Author of numerous books, associational state in 2015, government out of sight in 2009. The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the university of virgini
To be here this afternoon. Welcome to this panel, history and Public Policy centers sponsored by the National History center. Im nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the World War Ii Museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a 32year career at the university of new orleans and i will say more about that after the panelists are introduced. We are going to take a little bit of a different approach today and rather than having each panelist stand up to talk about their respective panelists and i. N. S. Tunstituteinstitutes over in a few moments each, and when we then with the work that their centers are doing in the course of the remarks. So i am going to introduce briefly each of the panelists, and perhaps you can raise your hand as i mentioned your name and for audience that is here. And i suspect that many more who are not affected by the weather, but watching on cspan, and so thank you cspan for covering this panel which is being telecast. First, brian vella is the Dorothy
Importance of these institutions and their methods for Public Policy centers on the importance of the institutions and the methods for educating and offering information no the public. This is an hour and a half. All right. We can begin the session. Thank you to all of you who have weathered the snow and the ice to be here this afternoon. Welcome to this panel, history and Public Policy centers sponsored by the National History center. Im nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the World War Ii Museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a 32year career at the university of new orleans and i will say more about that after the panelists are introduced. We are going to take a little bit of a different approach today and rather than having each panelist stand up to talk about their respective panelists and i. N. S. Tunstituteinstitutes over in a few moments each, and when we then with the work that their centers are doing in the course of the remarks. So i am going to introduce brie
Event was hosted by the National History center. Welcome to this ongoing series hosted by the National History center. We bring perspective to Current Issues and try to provide historical content that can help to inform policymakers and deal with difficult issues. I would like to start first before introduce this mornings topic and speakers, to think the Carnegie Mellon foundation for funding our program. I would also like to thank the office of congressman Gerry Connolly for arranging meeting space. Above all, i thank, congressmann physics from the 11th the district a phd in physics from the 11th district of illinois. And his communication director for their help in organizing the briefing. As always, thanks to amanda perry for organizing the briefings, she is our assistant director. Some of you may remember a cover from the new yorker that came out just a few weeks ago. I will show you an example. It shows robots going about their daily work, coffee and their lunch pails. The rest of
This 90 minute talk. I want to thank you all for ignoring the weather reports and coming out on this not as cold as it has been monday afternoon for the first session of the winterspring term of the history seminar. Todays seminar features melvyn leffler, wholl be speaking on his just published collection of essays, safeguarding Democratic Capitalism us Foreign Policy and National Security, 19202015. I am from the George Washington University History department. I am the cochair of the seminar along with my colleague of the Wilson Center. Is onngstanding cochair a welldeserved sabbatical from publictorys center of policy and will be engaged in research and writing in germany for the next few months. As many of you as many of you know, this is a collaborative of the George Washington university and the Wilson Center. If you have not seen our lineup, please pick up a flyer outside of this room. It carries us through september although we go into late made toe in or you can go online the