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
History seminar. He is cool editor of the global and International History theories for Cambridge University press. Volume empires on war, 1911 to 1923, which refrains the history of the great war as a global war vampires and the will sony moment. Selfdetermination in the International Origins of and to colonial nationalism. He will close or symposium with a lecture that explores how president wilsons ideas and convictions were formed, how they shape the peace settlement and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming doctor erez manela. Thank you for that kind introduction. I want to thank laura and matt, and everybody on the staff at the World War One Museum and memorial. Including, everyone who kept us organized and well fed through these two days. This is the second time, as you mentioned. That i have worked with this group. I have been amazed by your intellectual engagement and you organizational history. I would like to take a moment t
The complete and formal surrender of japan in the day of tokyo itself, representatives of the allied power witness the final capitulation. Supreme allied commander for the occupation of japan boards the missouri. Macarthur and his chief of staff general sutherland are welcome escorts admiral nimitz to the deck where the ceremony is to take place. Right now we are on the veranda deck of the battleship missouri. Thanks to the events of september 2, we now call this deck. The surrender just behind me here is where the table set that day. The ship looks different. The nice shady canopy overhead was not installed and the turbine it was rotated in order to make more room on the deck for more that would be on board. You would have seen thousands of members of the missouri crew hanging onto anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. Morning, members from the japanese delegation were making their way on order. There were 11 of them. , general douglas ma
It is me, your professor. Thomas balcerski. Im excited to offer you a lecture of the antebellum congress. The outline, we start with a review of the first and second party systems. I will introduce a concept to you, a new concept, political culture, and compare that to something we have encountered before, Political Parties. Finally, the bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence on the antebellum political culture. As you will see, i have three major areas of evidence to talk about today. One, Tobacco Culture. Number two, political friendships, and number three, affairs of honor. I will conclude their after getting through that evidence. Like we often do in the class, i will start with an image on the screen. Im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . Lady washington is on a platform. Prof. Balcerski how high do you think she is . Off the ground
Welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. The admiral escorts General Macarthur to the lander deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. We now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. The pocket behind me is where the table sat that day. The ship looks different, the shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the torrent behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board to make more room for all the officials to be on board. If you had looked above us that day, you would see thousands of members of missouris crew, crews of other ships, hanging onto anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. At 9 00 in the morning, the ceremony was supposed to start. Members of the japanese delegation were making t