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Friday, July 18, 2008
JFK on wasteful military spending (Conversation with Godfrey McHugh)
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The Miller Center recording of a conversation between JFK and Air Force aide, General Godfrey McHugh on 7/25/63.
JFK on wasteful military spending (Conversation with Arthur Sylvester)
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The Miller Center recording of a conversation between JFK and Arthur Sylvester, the press spokesman for Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on 7/25/63.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Jon Butler: On Evangelical Religion in America
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The HISTORY NEWS NETWORK (http://hnn.us) recorded this appearance of Jon Butler at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians on March 30, 2007.
Mr. Butler, a professor of history at Yale, spoke on the subject of "Evangelical Religion in America." His comments came in response to two papers delivered by George Marsden and Lisa McGirr.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: Denies Claims Made by Cop Who Arrested Him for Jaywalking
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In this interview Tufts professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto denies that he offered physical resistance to the Atlanta police officer who arrested him for jaywalking, as the officer claimed in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Fernandez-Armesto, an erstwhile Oxford don who now teaches at Tufts, indicated he may have to take further action to clear his good name. The implication was that he might sue.
He was interviewed by phone by HNN's Rick Shenkman on January 22, 2007.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Michael Burlingame: Did Lincoln Lie Us into War in 1861?
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Mr. Burlingame is the author, most recently, of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln. He is currently working on a multi-volume biography of Lincoln.
He was interviewed by phone by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 28, 2006. Mr. Burlingame was a member of a panel on Lincoln at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) on April 22, 2006. The panel was sponsored by the Lincoln Institute.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Otis Graham: The Immigration Crisis
Stream | Download (23:12; 8.0 MB)
He was interviewed by phone by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 25, 2006. Mr. Graham was a member of a panel on immigration at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) on April 20.
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David Gutierrez: What Is Wrong with the Immigration Debate
Stream | Download (16:46; 5.8 MB)
Mr. Gutierrez is a professor of history at the University of California in San Diego.
He was interviewed by phone by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 25, 2006. Mr. Gutierrez was a member of a panel on immigration at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) on April 20.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Jonathan Zimmerman: On Educational Imperialism
Stream | Download (4:20; 1.5 MB)
Mr. Zimmerman is a professor of history at New York University.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 21, 2006 during a break in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH), where he delivered a paper about educational imperialism.
Edward Berkowitz: Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11
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Mr. Berkowitz is a professor of history at George Washington University.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 23, 2006 about Michael Moore's documentary, Farenheit 9/11. Mr. Berkowitz spoke about the movie at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) on April 20.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
David Montgomery: Defending Historians' Academic Freedom in Our Own Times
Stream | Download (11:17; 3.9 MB)
On April 22, 2006 Mr. Montgomery appeared on the panel, "Defending Historians' Academic Freedom in Our Own Times," at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH). He was president of the OAH in 1999-2000. HNN recorded his remarks, which are excerpted here. (Warning: The sound quality is uneven.)
Michael J.C. Taylor: The Threat to Academic Freedom in North Dakota
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Mr. Taylor is an assistant professor of American History at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. He is up for tenure next year.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 22, 2006 during a break in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH).
Comment by Mr. Taylor on his interview (1-8-07): "My remarks were not meant as a critique of any individual, rather a statement of concern regarding increasing community influence on the content of university courses. For all who call academe their home, intellectual freedom and the ever-present attacks upon it should be viewed with disquiet, no matter from whence they come."
Michael Schudson: The Public's Right to Know
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Mr. Schudson is a professor of communication at the University of California, San Diego.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 22, 2006 during a break in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH), where he appeared on the panel, "The Public's Right to Know, 1945-1990."
James Loewen: Why We Haven't Talked About Sundown Towns
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James Loewen is the author most recently of Sundown Towns.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 22, 2006 during a break in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians(OAH).
Lisa Norling: Threats to Academic Freedom in Minnesota
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Ms. Norling is an associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota.
She was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 22, 2006 during a break in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH), where she appeared on the panel, "Defending Historians' Academic Freedom in Our Own Times."
Friday, April 21, 2006
Robert Weible: Why Historians Must Begin to Engage the Public
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Mr. Weible, the outgoing president of the National Council on Public History (NCPH), is the director of Public History at the State Museum of Pennsylvania.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman at the annual meeting of the NCPH in Washington DC on April 21, 2006 shortly after delivering his final remarks as president of the organization.
Alan Dawley: Is the OAH Ignoring the Iraq War?
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Mr. Dawley, the author of Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution (Harvard Press, 2003), is Professor of History at The College of New Jersey and a member of the Steering Committee of Historians Against the War.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 21, 2006 during a break in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. (OAH)
Sarah Vowell: Presidential Assassinations in American History
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Ms. Vowell, a contributor to This American Life, is the author of Assassination Vacation.
She found herself on a panel at the April 2006 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. The subject: "Meaningful Violence: Presidential Assassinations in American History, Memory, and Art."
She was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 21, 2006.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Joshua Zeitz: The Catholic-Fundamentalist Alliance Against Communism
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Mr. Zeitz is a lecturer in history at Cambridge University. He delivered a paper at the April 2006 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians on "First Saturdays and Final Days: The Catholic-Fundamentalist Alliance Against Communism."
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 20, 2006.
Daniel Williams: The Republican Party and Abortion ... The Role of a Religious Issue in a Partisan Agenda
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Mr. Williams is a historian at the University of West Georgia. He delivered a paper at the April 2006 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians on "The Republican Party and Abortion ... The Role of a Religious Issue in a Partisan Agenda."
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 20, 2006.
Mark Feldstein: Why the FBI Came Knocking on My Door Demanding to See the Jack Anderson Papers
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Mr. Feldstein is associate professor of Media and Public Affairs and the director of the journalism program at George Washington University.
He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman on April 20, 2006, just days after it was disclosed that FBI agents have demanded that he give them access to Jack Anderson's papers.
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