To resurrect old friendships and to be historians. Ofan what is the breadth the kind of historians who attend . James it includes college undergraduates, college professors, graduate students, high school teachers, people who are not professional historians but are interested in history. And think it is interesting to time talking and listening to historians. It includes historian to work for the federal government, who work in museums, think tanks. Even people who have advanced degrees in history that are working and doing other things. Susan if we had dropped into this conference 10 years ago, what would be different then versus what is happening now . James first of all, the diversity i just described would be different. The number of undergrads is unprecedented. We worked especially hard this year in trying to bring undergraduates to our conference. They have a special poster competition. We have k12 teachers then we used to have. We definitely have a lot more people with advanced
Step up to the microphone appear so that the audience can here the question. Keep the spirit going all year long with a subscription to the tribunes premium book section. Also, feel free to download the trip books out for more information as well as access to our digital bookstore. Finally the lit fest love social media. Feel free to take pictures, post messages and upload them to twitter histogram or facebook using the hashtag puerto rico lf 15. Please silence your phones caught in the flashes off your cameras. I will introduce our moderator. [applause] i like a short but sweet introduction. I will give a short one for brian. For the indefatigable research a joke that we should call him brian burrows. Thank you. I am here all week. I asked him how he wanted to be introduced. He said he writes for vanity fair and write books. The book for which it is best known as barbarians at the gate which came out in 1990. The merger of rjr reynolds and the biscoe, food services. But his latest boo
This is the second half of the years. Every saturday 95. Something going on every week. Today we are happy to have back with us a professor who is professor of history. Six times. Here it is always a pleasure. Talks, exploring early American History. Today she will talk to us about a theme coming up in her book. Marquette and Louis Jolliet and their explorations and what they found in their expectations in explorations. At the end we will take questions. Thank you for coming back. [applause] thank you david for having me here again. When imways so happy here. My family affectionately knows the talk as my annual. It is my annual everyone looks forward to. Opportunity. The i should explain. Usually they contact me and say can you give a talk on x and i say, not in the detail you would be happy with but i can connect see, and we have negotiation and something comes out and that is the talk for the year. Tos year i was grateful david because he gave me the opportunity to talk about somethi
Counterterrorism and Homeland Security adviser. She recently had a conversation with david chancer, director of Duke Universitys Triangle Center on Homeland Security to analyze security threats during the Obama Presidency and whats ahead for the Trump Administration. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our 2017 Terry Sanford distinguished lecture, a conversation with lisa monaco, counterterrorism in the trump era. Im sally kornbluth, and im here to kick off Terry Sanfords centennial birthday. I want to welcome any firstyear students this evening. Its wonderful youre here taking advantage of the program tonight, learning from distinguished fiscal lars and practitioners who visit our university is really a valuable part of your duke experience. So our event tonight is sponsored by the Sanford School of Public Policy, and the american grand strategy program. Thank you to all the faculty and staff who have made this possible. The Terry Sanford distinguished l
The trump era. Im the provost here at duke and im very pleased to be here today to kick off the yearlong commemoration of the centennial birthday. I want to welcome any firstyear students here this evening, its really wonderful that you are here taking advantage of the program, learning from distinguished scholars and practitioners who visit our university which is a valuable part of your whole duke expense. Our event tonight is sponsored by the Sanford School of policy, the triangle of Homeland Security and the american grand strategy program. Thank you to all the faculty and staff who have made this possible. The distinguished lecture is made possible from the Charitable Trust in honor of the late Terry Sanford. As im sure many of you know, Terry Sanford is a beloved figure in North Carolina and Duke University. He dedicated his life to leadership and public life. He served as the governor of North Carolina from 1961 until 1965, focusing on strengthening education, combating poverty