Studentcam. Org. Harvard professor erez manela talks about Woodrow Wilsons education shaped his policy, specifically the league of nations and the aftermath of world war i and discusses how wilson championshiped. This video is courtesy of the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Dr. Erez manela is professor of history at harvard university. He also serves as director of graduate programs at harvards weatherhead centers and cochair of Harvard International and global history seminar. He is coeditor of the global and National History series for Cambridge University press, the volume empires at war 1911 to 1923 with robert gurwath which reframes the history as a global war of empires and the international other begins of anticolonial nationalism. Dr. Manela will close our symposium with a lecture that x explores how president wilsons convictions were form the, how they shaped the 1919 peace settlement and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gent
Cambridge university press, with robert gurwath, which reframes the history of the global war and the wilsonian moment, selfdetermination and the International Origins of anticolonial nationalism. Mr. Manela will close our symposium with a lecture that explores how wilsons ideas and convictions reformed, how they helped shape the 1919 peace settlement and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dr. Erez manela. [ applause ] thank you, lora, for that kind introduction. I want to take a second to thank lora and matt and camille and everybody else, all the rest of the staff at the world war i museum and memorial, including everybody who has kept us organized and on time and well fed throughout these two days. This is the second time, as you mentioned, lora, i worked with this group. And im just i have been amazed by your intellectual engagement and your organizational wizardry, so i would like to take a moment to put our hands together and
Its like nothing washington or the nation has ever seen, a flurry of executive orders and actions from a president in office only a little more than two weeks. The result has created a lot of strong feelings on both sides of the political aisle. Some calling mr. Trumps actions overre overreaching and unconstitutional. Others believe he is well within his Rights Action president. Joining me is a professor of constitutional law at the university of pennsylvania. He clerked for u. S. Supreme Court Justice david suitor. If his name sounds familiar, its because he is the great, great grandson of president theodor roosevelt. Welcome. Thank you for being with us. Lets talk about executive orders. Help us understand what does that really mean . Well, an executive order is actually not as mysterious or important as most people think. Its the president telling someone within the executive branch to do something. The president has authority over the executive branch. He can tell his executive off
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