Are at isctrilat d. C. So my name is Alexander Evans and of the your master for todays event and i currently work as the research and Program Coordinator at the center for east Asian Studies within Johns Hopkins sais. Perhaps more important for todays event i am an alum of the 63rd japanamerican student conference back in 2011. I think in a lot of ways it was bad experience that really continued to motivate me to study japan put you on the path that i am in the creek of that experience. Particularly given that it was right after the march 11 triple disaster, an opportunity when japan was not open to many students to be able to go in and have persontoperson exchange with something that i would say it may sound corny but i changed my life. And so before we get started today will have a couple introductory marks so i would first like to introduce ms. Linda butcher, secular director of isc. Prior to this role she served as a director of Media Relations and Public Affairs at the current Eco
Good evening. Welcome. Happy new year. Im matthew spalding. Welcome to the allen b. Kirby campus. Our event is cosponsor idbid real clear politics. And i recognize david, in the back, there he is. The pressurer and John Mcintyre who is with us here as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays med on the 35th anniversary of the new cite tieran ming. The title of the book is vox poply, the perils of populism. It means the voice of the people. The old adage, the voice of the people is the voice of god, which was often times used in history to attack monarchs and attack people who said such nonsense. The idea of populism is also not new to america. One thinks of will William Jennings bryan, roosevelts, Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan more recently. Not surprising in a regime of popular consent based on human equality. Theres always been a tension between popular government and constitutional government. That sense of the potential of populist demagogues. Hence, promises and peri
Good evening. Welcome. Happy new year. I am david azerrad, dean of hillsdale college, welcome to the center for constitutional studies and citizenship which is our campus in the nations capital. This event is sponsored by real clear politics, realclearpolitics. Com. David dozier who is hiding in the back is the publisher, jan mcintyre, the cofounder is with us as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays the list on the 35th anniversary of the new criterion magazine in which those essays were originally published, the title of the book is vox populi the perils promises of populism. Which is also our topic. That is not a new idea. The voice of the people is the voice of god which was often times use not only to attack monarchs but to attack the people who says such nonsense. It is not new to america, andrew jackson, previously. Not surprising in a regime of popular consent and you any quality. There has always been tension between popular covenant and constitutional governm
College here in washington d. C. Welcome to the center for constitutional studies in constitutional ship. We are cosponsored by clear politics. Com and i recognize david hiding in the back. He is the publisher and jen mcintyre of the co founder who will be here as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays in which the essays were originally published. The perils and promises of populism. It is not a new idea in latin means the voice of the people. The voice of the people is the voice of god which is often time used in history to attack monarchs and attacked the people who said such nonsense. The idea of populism is not new to america. Thats pricing in a regime of popular consent but theres always been somewhat of attention between popular government and constitutional government, the potential of populist demagogues. Hence promise and peril. Populism abounds from agent rome to brexit england and donald trump are elected as president on a populist revolt. Our speakers will
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