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Lets pick up where we left off on wednesday. The main argument i was trying to make then focused on James Madisons role as the agenda maker for the philadelphia convention, and the particular argument i wanted to make is as madison prepares himself, i think the key item he worked on in his agenda is the idea that a system of federalism based upon the voluntary compliance of the states with the recommendations, the resolutions, the requisitions that came from the Continental Congress, was never going to work. When he reasons about this, he does so in a very interesting way. He combines a set of...

History of slavery, and in particular, the experiences of enslaved women. We already had a chance to look at the case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. There, jacobs introduced us, if you will, to that dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women, and that is sexual violence. We will come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our case today, that of celia. We also looked at the wpa narratives, and one of the things we noticed about those narratives was the extent to which some issues, ...

Steve cortes Discusses Campaign 2020 and the Republican Convention. Plus, emails, tweets, and phone calls. Washington journal is next. With gratitude for the confidence President Donald Trump has placed in me, the support of our Republican Party, and the grace of god, i humbly accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the United States. From the third night of the Republican National convention, the Vice President in baltimore excepting the nomination to serve as the president s running mate. We will begin with your thoughts andhe themes of the evening the issues surrounding...

Unable the come to the mike, let her know and we can accommodate that. Then afterwards, theres a book signing. Youll have seen this book in the lobby and sean is there, able to take your credit card and lynns ready to sign it. Its not too early to be making christmas gifts. Get all that shopping done well before. Shes the collieland professor of American History at occidental college. Shes taught a number of distinguished institutions, including berkeley, Whitman College and mckenna college. She specializes in u. S. Womens history and cultural and social history since the civil war. Shes a dis...

Empires and the wilsonen moment, the International Origins of anticolonialism. He will explore how president w explores how the president s convictions were formed, how they helped shape the 1919 peace settlement, and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dr. Erez manela. [ applause ] thank you, lora for that kind introduction. I just want to take a minute to thank lora and matt and camille and everybody else, all the rest of the staff at the world war i museum and memorial, including everybodys whos kept us organized and on time and wellfed t...