Administrative bloat in running universities. The ideological faculty. University enrollment is starting to decline because of demographic reasons and of course the whole of the issue of the Overland College dispute where the gibsons bakery was awarded 44 million in damages which was a very exciting thing and as people in the college are beside themselves. I think one of Charles Cousins went to over land and totally turned her into a marxist. So i am steve is a fellow at Governmental Affairs at berkeley and i hired steve back in 1991 he was our second hire. Lisa sawyer who was there when i joined pri. He and steve was a Ronald Reagan distinguished professor at pepperdine and a first conservative professor in a university of colorado bolder, 20132014. I think one of the most exciting things about steve, hes behind powerline. If you dont read powerline you should. The best things are the pictures. And every weekend we are laughing over the pictures. If you dont get it, you will. And one
Called remaking political history. Its an hour and a half. Hi. My name is Jaime Sanchez jr. Our panel is making the case for latino political history. A theme that is central to the idea of remaking american political history. This is not to say no one has ever thought of or written about latinos in politics in history. The conversation follows in the foot steps of many major works and scholars. But instead it is about rethinking about what political historians Pay Attention to. In an earlier panel this morning, leah asked a question about the segregation of the american political history in which there was a barrier to what organizations and individuals are labeled as political or diplomatic actors. In a similar vein, this panel seeks to shift to seeing latinos as central to the development of modern american democracy. Forged in the fire of 19th century warfare, boosted by constant mass migration throughout the 20th, latinos have been part and parcel of modern americas social fabric.
Tv, back story host brian tran brian balogh and Nathan Connolly give a behindthe scenes look at their weekly podcast. They were joined by a former staff member and a regular guest. This is part of a twoday Purdue University Conference Call remaking american political history. Welcome to the 10 45 panel called Something Like behind the scenes, back story maybe. Just so you know, youre not in the wrong place. I am brian balogh. I have been a cohost for back story for over 10 years now. I am going to introduce the panel and then we are each going to say a few words about our quite different roles. Nathan and i have the same role. He is trying to steal the 20th century for me and is doing a pretty good job of it. Will have relatively different roles in back story. We are going to talk about that a little bit. And then we wanted to open it up to your questions. This is not what it looks like behind the scenes at back story. In fact, we are rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to
Political history. This is not to say that no one has ever thought of or written about latinos in politics and history. The conversation follows in the footsteps of many major works and scholars. Instead is about rethinking what historians paid attention to. In an earlier panel they asked an essential question about segregation. There is a real barrier to what organizations and individuals are labeled as critical or diplomatic actors. This panel will shift the conversation towards a discourse other than peripheral. Their fortune the fire of the 19th century warfare and boosted by mass migration. They have an parcel of modern social fabric. Which will over 100 years of history in the United States. They have made a double mark on u. S. Politics. In the early legislative history at the selfless territories. They make u. S. Politics their own. And reading the major synthetic works of american political history we are hardpressed to find much representation of experiences and politics in m
Maybe. Just so you know youre not on the wrong flight. Im brian balogh and ive been a cohost for backstory for over ten years now. Im going to introduce the panel and then were each going to say a few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles and backstory. We are going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost nathan connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an ou