Upcoming Events
 Bruce Scott |
The Concept of CapitalismFriday, February 12, 2010 - 11:00amBRUCE R. SCOTT, the Paul W. Cherington Professor of Business Administration at Harvard, focuses on the impact of public policy on the business environment. He argues that the underlying of much of the economic instability of recent years stems from not understanding capitalism as a three-level system of governance. In 1991, Scott was appointed by the U.S. Senate as one of its four representatives on the U.S. Competitiveness Policy Council. His newest book is The Concept of Capitalism (Springer, 2009). A book signing will follow his Forum. |
 Michael Burlingame |
Abraham Lincoln: A LifeMonday, February 15, 2010 - 11:00amMICHAEL BURLINGAME, the May Buckley Sadowski Professor of History Emeritus at Connecticut College, is the author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life (2 vols.; Johns Hopkins, 2008) and The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln (University of Illinois Press, 1994). He has also edited several volumes of Lincoln primary source materials. Burlingame has received the Abraham Lincoln Association Book Prize, and was inducted into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois in 2009. |
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Recent Forums
Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security—From World…
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 11:00am
Julian Zelizer
December 7, 2007
May 12, 2008
