Philbys secret war. Britain is in shock america is in a panic flurry of highprofile resignations of politicians ministers leadership of western intelligence agencies occasioned an article in the soviet newspaper and there was only one publication in the news called hello comrade. Philby from this article was difficult to understand who he is, what he is then rufina the downy philby did not yet know that this was her future husband, the second person of British Intelligence. And the soviet agent who received asylum in the ussr for about 30 years to remain undiscovered and work so actively and consider it the greatest development. No, yes, thats it. Played a huge role. That is, he participated was involved in all the events in Different Countries of the world. After the exposure of philby and his escape to moscow, the echo of the scandal thundered in the west for many more decades, on the one hand, he was a traitor to Great Britain, on the other hand, a brilliant double agent without und
You may have noticed this event originally called for our speaker bill fowler to be here. He is my predecessor at the Historical Society, which many of you already know. He is a distinguished repressor of history at northeastern professor of history at northeastern. We realized that such a fundamental story of the irish in boston would benefit from additional perspectives. He suggested, i will give him credit, this conversation would have more depth if we invited others, leading subject experts on the irish famine in the american response. We are pleased bill is joined tonight by catherine shannon, the guest historian of exhibition at westfield state university. We have christine can nearly, author and founding director of irelands Great Hunger Institute at quinnipiac university. Please welcome me in joining join me in welcoming, bill, christine, and kathleen. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you to all of your staff and trustees for hosting this exhibit. Louder. Louder, ok. Close
She wrote and advised a multidiscriminatory research essential lens. It was licensing photographs across the curriculum, produced by the Oregon Public Television and learning. I watched several episodes of that, and i really loved it and learned a lot. Definitely check it out on youtube and other places. And her work is fantastic. Definitely feel free to read her articles explore her work and , you know think deeply about , how representation and identity is connected to photography. This is really what this program is about and what this exhibition is about. So i am going to hand it over to makeda a much better , speaker than myself. Have a great time. What is going to happen is she will speak for 45 minutes and then we will open up to the q and a. And then you can ask questions. So think up some great questions. [applause] makeda best thank you for that wonderful introduction. Perhaps the best introduction i have ever had. Very nice. So i think patty, on the life are the lights going
Thank you all for coming out tonight. Its great to have such a terrific crowd. Book tv is here, cspan. So, yeah. Lets hear it for book tv. We dont have an applause light so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. You guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. And people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. That would be excellent. As usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. In the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a onetime buffalo hunter and army scout, already a well known performer, held the first dress rehearsal for what would become Buffalo Bills wild west show in nebraska. According to an eyewitness when the deadwood stagecoach trundld into the arena buffalo bill invited the town council wlug the mayor, a beloved but notorious blusterer to ride in the coach. For the first two passes ar
Actor, entrepreneur, and congressional medal of honor winner. Next on history book shelf louis warren discusses the public image of the famous and controversial figure in his biography Buffalo Bills america, william cody and the wild west show. This is recorded at the center of the American West in boulder, colorado in 2005. Its about an hour. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. Its great to have such a terrific crowd. Book tv is here, cspan. So, yeah. Lets hear it for book tv. We dont have an applause light up there so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. You guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. And people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. That would be excellent. [applause] as usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. In the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a oneti