Summer Lecture Series, Session 6: Restoring Faith in American Democracy

Douglas Brinkley, Professor of American History, Rice University

August 19, 2021
9 am - 11 am
Location
Zoom Webinar
Sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
Audience
Public
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Description

Addressing our historic ability to overcome divisions. What is different today? As we start our decade deeply divided, can we restore our belief that American democracy works, and works for everyone?

Douglas Brinkley, Professor of American History, Rice University
Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, CNN Presidential Historian, CBS commentator, and contributing editor at Vanity Fair.  The New York Historical Society has chosen Brinkley as their official Presidential Historian. Author of numerous books, including Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War; Voices of Valor: D-Day: June 6, 1944, written with Ronald J. Drez; The Reagan Diaries, which Brinkley edited; The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt’s Crusade for America; American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the American Space Race.

Moderator: Jack Beatty
Jack Beatty is a writer, senior editor of The Atlantic and news analyst for On Point, the national NPR news program.

Location
Zoom Webinar
Sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
Audience
Public
Registration required
More information
Osher
603-646-0154