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the big 1862 round table. my name is manisha sinha, and im the draper welcome to the second part of the big 1862 roundtable. my name is manisha sinha and im the [inaudible] chair at in american history at the university of connecticut, and i will be cheering and moderating this roundtable. i should also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by c-span, and one of our speakers, mycah conner, will be zooming in for her remarks and, you can see her right here on the ...

Bless him, an associate dean of the college of humanities and at byu. He is also the editor of a book. His talk is entitled the special relationship as Popular Culture 1989 to 1906. Please join me in welcoming frank. [applause] thanks, bob. Echo has go stimulating this has been. I was going over my notes. I could spend half the talk making callbacks for yesterdays session. There were so many things i found helpful in my own thinking. I do have a couple of preparatory thoughts. From some things t...

He wrote a book called hello called buffalo bill in begonia. Where is our Marketing Panel . We still sold it in the gift shop. People loved that because Buffalo Bills name was on the cover there. Please join me in welcoming bob riddell. [applause] thank you all very much. I will be brief. I also want to add my voice of thanks to all the organizers in the last day today and tomorrow. This is a splendid series of events. The word fun does not get often get used in the context of academics. Fun is ...

Welcome in really need to be welcomed in a very personal confident way. To cut through some of that alienation and loneliness. , i conceived of a Mentorship Program where we pair incoming new members, graduate students, with a senior scholar of their choice, who has volunteered to do this. To get together for at least an hour for a cup of coffee, which the oah pays for. And to talk about the Young Persons career and their interests and the direction they wish to take. This morning, and met with ...

My two big sisters were cheerleaders and i was not. I think that my job is to be a cheerleader. There will be no pompoms or the usual accoutrements. The value of history is understanding our world and the alternatives that we might have passed up before but we can still reactivate or just do not do that again anyway, all kinds of excellent lessons to be drawn from history. Also, historians are very cool people. We have some of the best stories around. Many of them are valuable stories and extrem...

Figured out before other people had. I within a day or so said i can kill two words with one stone. I can go to newark, do a little bit of law school that summer im sorry, after that summer. If i did not like newark, i would go on my way. If i did like that, i would call that my home and the law degree would be applied there. As a workout, i did like newark. Thats how i came to go there. At the end of the semester and graduated. My parents wanted a formal graduation. , and went their sake home a...

That the panel is being televised by cspan and one of our speakers michael corner will be zooming in for her remarks and you can see her right here on the screen. Unfortunately another panelists kerry lane merritt had a family emergency a while ago and and let us know that she would not be to participate today. So just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put forward a few framing remarks on the 1862 moment and then let the speakers go for around 10 minutes each. I deliver their remarks ...

University of connecticut, and i will be cheering and moderating this roundtable. I should also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by cspan, and one of our speakers, mycah conner, will be zooming in for her remarks and, you can see her right here on the screen. Unfortunately, another panelist, keri leigh merritt, had a family emergency a while ago, and let us know that you would not be able to participate today. So, just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put ...

The big 1862 round table. My name is Manisha Sinha, and im the draper chair in American History at the university of connecticut, and i will be sharing and moderating this round table. Welcome to the second part of the big 1862 roundtable. My name is Manisha Sinha and im the [inaudible] chair at in American History at the university of connecticut, and i will be cheering and moderating this roundtable. I should also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by cspan, and one o...

The official University of Colorado Fool elicited smiles and laughs from passersby at the University of Colorado Boulder Monday morning amid a downpour of hail to celebrate April Fools' Day.