Of arizona and bank of america. Thank you, president robins and thank you all for coming here tonight. Its a thrill to see you here in Centennial Hall and as dr. Robbins said, we have ambitious plans to think about the arts in new and transformative ways here on campus. I am thrilled to be leading arizona arts and our new gateway to arts experience, assets and Educational Programs at the university of arizona. The core of our mission in arizona is to ensure that all students, regardless of major have meaningful experience in the arts and the david human can early change in transform five ways it is a prime example to integrating the arts into all aspects of the University Experience and to making it a true arts destination. Tonight, were in for such a treat as we hear from two Pulitzer Prize winners john medium in kenneth you can early as doctor robbins said, david will collaborate and work closely with faculty in aerz arz arts and the college of soech and behavioral, archive as an Inv
Back. We had a great session last night. This of course is the 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution. Were meeting at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Were very thankful to our sponsors. Richard c von hess foundation, and john am jeanne roe. Theres a long genie all itchy to this topic. It goes back more than a quarter century. Very personal for me. It starts with insight thats brought out in the exhibition that is celebrated, here the life and death of a irish soldier. This explores connections between the American Revolution and ireland through the eyes of st. George, both a soldier and. Artist not a fine artist, a caricaturist. Of course we know that satire and mockery, something we use a lot here among the staff at the museum can reveal a lot about culture. This is certainly a theme that comes up. About 30 years ago when i was a graduate student doing research for a dissertation chapter in edinburgh, there was another graduate student at the
Story and how to tell the story of the country in a way that neither sells a short the National Greatness or whitewashes our National Sins in our politics and what may be an unusual way and this book is clearly intended to speak the gist of the moment to hear about how to approach the questions. Wilfred mcclay is a national treasure. Hes first and foremost the chair of the university of oklahoma he is admired and loved by scores of students past and present and one of the great writers of American History. His book the self and society of modern america was just the best book in American Intellectual history. Its a students guide to u. S. History and why place matters, geography, identity and civic life in modern america acted in the service of the country he served for 11 years on the National Council of humanity is which is the Advisory Board of the National Endowment for the humanities. Hes a member of the u. S. Commission which i told you in order to challenge myself to pronounce t
How can increase or decrease better turnout, and look at the best way to educate local journalist covering issue, it is an hour and a half. Okay everybody it is time to take your seats please. So our next panel, this is the whole side you will see for the next panel so the theme of this panel is Voter Suppression and voter turnout and in particular the roles that Network Information technologies play in Voter Suppression and voter turnout from a variety of different perspectives so another way to think of it is maybe as peeling back the curtain a bit and getting into the technological underbelly of some of the things that the prior panel discussed. Once again we have a fantastic panel of experts from multiple perspectives backgrounds and disciplines and im not gonna repeat everything thats in the program but just briefly. To my immediate left is kara here is a senior policy analyst in the Economic Security initiative that georgetown law and our center of poverty and inequality she come
Discussion on technology and how can increase or decrease better turnout, and look at the best way to educate local journalist covering issue, it is an hour and a half. Okay everybody it is time to take your seats please. So our next panel, this is the whole side you will see for the next panel so the theme of this panel is Voter Suppression and voter turnout and in particular the roles that Network Information technologies play in Voter Suppression and voter turnout from a variety of different perspectives so another way to think of it is maybe as peeling back the curtain a bit and getting into the technological underbelly of some of the things that the prior panel discussed. Once again we have a fantastic panel of experts from multiple perspectives backgrounds and disciplines and im not gonna repeat everything thats in the program but just briefly. To my immediate left is kara here is a senior policy analyst in the Economic Security initiative that georgetown law and our center of po