And now i am delighted to introduce tonight speakers philip is the white burkett miller, professor of history at university of virginia, where he has also served dean of the graduate school and director of the miller center. His scholarly work has on critical episodes in american and world history. He has been a member of the defense policy board for defense Ashton Carter and a member of the board of the bill and Melinda Gates foundation and 2020 he was elected a member of the American Academy of diplomacy joining him on our digital stage this evening. Our coauthors kendall hoyt and dr. Richard j. Hatcher. Kendall hoyt, an assistant professor at gisela school of medicine at. And a senior lecturer at the third school of engineering at dartmouth college, where she teaches courses on biosecurity Health Systems and technical technological innovation. She serves on the us Covid Commission planning group. Has served as a consultant for the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations and
The first time, welcome to those who have been with us since friday. This journey began. Welcome to the philip roth. Unbowed and our weekend long celebration. The life and legacy of novelist and newark native philip roth on the occasion of would have what have been his 90th birthday today in fact would have been philip roths 90th birthday so happy birthday, roth. My name is carey and im a coproducer of the along with jon schreiber, president and ceo of njpac. Rosemary steinbaum, a trustee of the newark public library. Chelsea keyes njpac, director of strategic initiatives. James shapiro, professor of english at columbia university. And bernard schwartz, director of Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd street y. Over the course of these past three days, weve been telling a story. On friday, that story was about newark or, as they apparently say here. Newark, one syllable not to a majority minority city whose, cultural, political and economic and triumphs have in many reflected the Greate
university. it s good to see. you great to be here. and a pandemic handshake. how about that? you ve been on the podcast a couple of times before. it s nice to see you in the flesh finally. i am tired of zoom. we have a lot to talk about today. a book out march 1st, what it took to win, the history of the democratic party. you have been a prolific scholar for decades now writing about leftist political and social movements. what s brought you to write your magnum opus maybe, the whole thing and one small volume. well, i ve always been intrigued by the history of the democratic party. partly, because i have been involved as a canvasser, campaigner, arguer for the democratic party since i was an grade school. 1960 i caper john kennedy, angle would, new jersey, outside of new jersey, handing out leaflets. wearing a big button the size of a little pot pie for kennedy and johnson. i got away from the party for a while. i was a radical in the late 1960s, early 1970s. i felt t
Little did we realize that our panelists would be addressing president elect trump. We are fortunate that we have five historians that who have a sense of public purpose. They would like to reflect on some of the Public Policy imperatives and context that the new administration that will be faced with. As laid out in the program, we are going to follow the order alphabetical order. First up is nathan citino. Of rice university. A scholar of the middle east. Saudi written about u. S. And u. S. Arab relations. Khalil gibran muhammad, of Harvard Universitys Kennedy School whose work explores the , intersection between race, ethnicity, and Public Policy will be next. His research polices criminality in the United States. Our third speaker is my colleague margaret omara. I always want to say like maureen ohara, and she corrects me. She is currently focusing on the relationship between hightech and american politics. She has recently published a book on pivotal tuesdays, four elections that
I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the resultlts of the election. I am, too. More than i can ever express. Hillary clinton opens up after losing the election. Coming here tonight wasnt the easy thing for me. A few times this past week, all i wanted to do is just to curl up with a good book and nerver leave the house again. Donald trump and his Transition Team denying charges of turmoil and infighting in picking key members of his administration. Trump meets with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe today in new york. Your reaction to this election . I dont believe we have a fundamentally different country. The same country that elected donald trump, elected barack obama. President obama will meet with angel merkel, an ally he calls his closest foreign castile was shot in july. It scared the living jesus out of me. The answer is no longer blowing in the wind. Bob dylan says thanks, but no thanks to the nobel prize ceremony. This has to be the catch the day. A 9yearold saves