The Nation in Red and Blue

Keynote Speaker - Professor Bruce Schulman

"Red and Blue America: Origins and Evolution of a Political and Cultural Divide"    

(56 min: 37 sec)           

Bruce Schulman is a Professor of History at Boston University. He has written extensively on American political culture and economic growth. His books include: From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt: Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South 1938-1980; Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism; The Seventies: the Great Shift in American Culture; and the forthcoming Reawakened Nation, the Birth of Modern America, 1896-1929, the latest addition to the prestigious Oxford History of the United States series. He is also a frequent contributor to national newspapers including the Los Angeles and New York Times. In addition to his scholastic achievements, Schulman's talents as a teacher have been recognized twice at UCLA and then twice again at Boston University.

Lecturer - Associate Professor Lisa McGirr

"American Conservatism and Right Wing Movements
in the Twentieth Century"

(47 min: 30 sec)           

Lisa McGirr is Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History at Harvard University where she teaches twentieth-century U.S. history. Her most recent book, Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (a multiple prize winner), examines the grassroots rise of the national political right. In addition to her many articles on American conservatism, labor, and reform movements, her current research is focused on the 1920s, revisiting the Sacco-Vanzetti case as well as writing a social and cultural history of national prohibition.

Lecturer - Professor Susan Hartmann

"Gender and Politics in Post World War Two America"

(1 hr: 01 min: 32 sec)           

Susan Hartmann is Professor of History at the Ohio State University. Among her many works are two prize winning monographs: Truman and the 80th Congress and The Home Front and Beyond: American Women in the 1940s. She is the author of From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960 and The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment. She has written numerous articles and essays on feminism, public policy, and 20th century American social and economic history. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Association of University Women. In addition to her other public service positions, Professor Hartmann also sits on the Board of Directors of the Truman Library.

Concurrent Workshops

"Where Do Politics Fit in the Classroom?" -  Professor Bruce Schulman

(51 min: 56 sec)            

"Where Do Politics Fit in the Classroom?" -  Assoc. Professor Lisa McGirr

(45 min: 54 sec)            

"Where Do Politics Fit in the Classroom?" -  Professor Susan Hartmann

(52 min: 38 sec)