the big 1862 round table. my name is manisha sinha, and i m the draper welcome to the second part of the big 1862 roundtable. my name is manisha sinha and i m the [inaudible] chair at in american history at the university of connecticut, and i will be cheering and moderating this roundtable. i should also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by c-span, and one of our speakers, mycah conner, will be zooming in for her remarks and, you can see her right here on the screen. unfortunately, another panelist, keri leigh merritt, had a family emergency a while i go, and let us know that you would not be able to participate today. so, just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put forward a few framing remarks on the 1862 moment, and then let the speakers go for ten minutes each, deliver their remarks, maybe talk amongst each other, raise some questions for each other. i d be happy to facilitate that. and then we will open it up for q&a with the audienc
former chair of the pulitzer prize forum. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the itzer prize, and barnes andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. you to s also say thank joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. spinteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and
thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days winnowing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and vote on a winner. it is with great pleasure then to presen
board. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries down to a final three. these are submitted to the thetzer
the big 1862 round table. my name is manisha sinha, and i m the draper chair in american history at the university of connecticut, and i will be sharing and moderating this round table. welcome to the second part of the big 1862 roundtable. my name is manisha sinha and i m the [inaudible] chair at in american history at the university of connecticut, and i will be cheering and moderating this roundtable. i should also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by c-span, and one of our speakers, mycah conner, will be zooming in for her remarks and, you can see her right here on the screen. unfortunately, another panelist, keri leigh merritt, had a family emergency a while i go, and let us know that you would not be able to participate today. so, just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put forward a few framing remarks on the 1862 moment, and then let the speakers go for ten minutes each, deliver their remarks, maybe talk amongst each other, raise s