St uncorrected proof of that book standing at this podium during the introduction of our 2007 symposium about robert e. Lee z ofte as isn often true, theres a hi story behind elizabeths rise to historian. She studied with the now president of harvard university. And i must tell a story about drew. When she waswh madee the president of harvard, people were saying le, sh isnt this unbelievable . Shes the first female to be theto president of harvard and i commented to her that i thought it was more remarkable she was the first prepped of thefriend of the confederacy. But she embarked as a career at arlington house. She published clara barton professional angel. Meanwhile, her career took off in a different direction when she entered the u. S. Foreign service and served 20 years. Is now this is typical background for a civil war historian. Zabeth elizabeth served 20 years as a highly decorated senior diplomat and conventional arms negotiator for the state al department. She has spokenl al
You come down the valleys of the tigris and euphrates. Mesopotamia did have some historical presence. There was a possibility, and i talk to people who know iraqi history better than i do, there was a possibility iraq could have developed as a reasonable country within those boundaries. But there were accidents in history. The good king died early. His son was a useless playboy who killed himself in a car accident. There was a boy who was not a good regent. That was a problem. You got a series of political movements in iraq. Then you had a series of military coups. Given a different history and different accidents, iraq might have developed in a different way. I always found the argument that if you draw boundaries, you cannot expect a country to grow within it. If you look at the boundaries of canada, they could not be more artificial. It is one Straight Line from the great lakes to the west coast. But a country has grown within those borders. You look at many african countries, Natio
Recipient. Next robert kenzer nominates Abraham Lincoln, citing lincolns influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu. S. This is about 45 minutes. Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. His Research Interest
The book received eventually every prize in the world i think elizabeth, the lincoln prize, our Jefferson Davis award, the richard b. Harwell book award and the Richard Slatten award for excellence in virginia biography. I personally had the opportunity to read aloud an expert from an uncorrected proof of that book standing at this podium during the introduction of our 2007 simple pose yum about robert e. Lee. A sanchez often true, there is a story behind elizabeths emergence as a major civil war historian. She earned an m. A. In history from the university of pennsylvania studying withdrew gilpin faust, the now the president of Harvard University and i must tell a story about drew. When she was made the president of harvard people were sayingment is this an unbelievable, she is the first female to be the president of harvard. And i commented to her, i thought it was more remarkable that she was the first friend of the museum of the confederacy to be the first president of harvard. [ l
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