Other stops on our tour at www. Cspan. Org citiestour. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Next come historians discuss u. S. Foreignpolicy on human rights during the latter half of the cold war. Chileters focus on iran, and cuba. They also examined the american stance on womens rights, torture and oppression in the developing world from the 1960s on. This session was hosted by the American Historical Association at their annual meeting. Its about an hour and a half. Thank you for coming to this session on human rights in the late cold war era. My name is amanda moniz. On the curator of philanthropy at the Smithsonian National museum of American History. Until recently, i was associate director of the National History center of the American Historical Association, which sponsored this afternoons panel. Amanda perry is the new assistant director. We are grateful to sarah snyder for organizing this panel. Panelistsroduce our all together and then we will hear their papers, wh
In the wake of the 2000 president ial elections, professor king directed the task force on election administrations for the National Commission on election reform chaired by former president s gerald ford and jimmy carter. That effort had landmarks and voting legislation signed by president bush in late 2002. He later oversaw the evaluation and structure for the Boston Election Department and he served in the Advisory Board of america elect. Org. In the past, professor king chaired harvards Bipartisan Program for newly elected members of the u. S. Congress and he directed the executive program for Senior Executives in state and local governments. Professor king is the author, coauthor and coeditor of three books and he has published in a range of journals including the american Political Science review and the journal of politics. Please welcome david king. [applause] david thank you. Is this amazing just to be in a group of people who are like you . Isnt that wonderful . I know there
Coming up next, two former republican members of congress sit down to talk about their time in washington d. C. And how things have changed in the u. S. House of representatives since the 1980s. We hear from Nancy Johnson and peter torqueleson. This is about 90 minutes. Id like to thank you all for coming this morning to our session on former members of congress, our donors and audience. Id like to introduce our moderator this morning, david cain, a senior lecturer and public policy, faculty chair and Public Administration programs in the john f. Kennedy schools of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, professor kings courses have focused on legislatures, Political Parties and Interest Groups. He is also a member of the core faculty within the car center for human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate of the toebman center for state and local government. In the wake of the 2000 president ial elections, professor king directed the task force on Election
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