And their methods for educating and offering information to the public. This is an hour and a half. All right. Well, we can begin the session. Welcome to all of you who have weathered the snow and ice to be here this afternoon. Welcome to this panel, history and Public Policy centers sponsored by the National History center. Im nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the World War Ii Museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a 32year career at the university of new orleans and i will say more about that after the panelists are introduced. We are going to take a little bit of a different approach today and rather than having each panelist stand up to talk about their respective centers and institutes, well have a series of questions ill go over in just a moment, and theyll each respond in a few moments each. And we then, the work their centers are doing in the course of their remarks. So i am going to introduce briefly each of the panelists, and perhaps you can raise your hand a
Orleans. I will say more about that after all the panelists are introduced. Were going to take a little bit of a different approach today. Rather than having each panelist stand up and talk about their respective centers and institutes, we are going to have a series of questions i will go over in just a moment and they will each respond in a few moments each. Well weave in the work their centers are doing in the course of their remarks. So im going to introduce very briefly each of the panelists. Perhaps you can raise your hand as i mention your name. For audience here and many more who are not affected by the weather watching on cspan. Thank you, cspan for covering this panel which is being telecast. First, brian vella, is the Dorothy Danforth professor at the Miller Center at the university of virginia, johns hopkins, ph. D. Author of numerous books, associational state in 2015, government out of sight in 2009. The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the university of virgini
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Affinity for america and what goes on here, so people always want to hear about us and the correspondence left experience. I didnt intend to do that until i finished my time here, but given what happened with last years president ial election, there was such a massive interest both here and at home in ireland. So much interest in what had happened, what had gone on. The question a lot of americans i think are asking themselves, last year was extraordinary, and so has this year been. I was approached by a publisher to write about behindthescenes but also in explaining guide about what happened in the 2016 election campaign, and what led the campaign to be what it was and help people understand that it is not all black and white, red and blue. Brian how Many Americans in the u. S. Have irish roots . Caitriona census figures between 13 and 14 million, so million, so a massive figure. A vast deal is for him. Diaspora. You would be doing well to find a family in ireland that doesnt have fam