Please join the John Hay Library as we celebrate the University\u2019s 250-year history with a lecture series by Brown faculty and staff that highlights themes from the University Archives\u2019 \u201cElements of Tradition and Change\u201d exhibit.<\/p>\n
The first lecture will be given by historian Ted Widmer entitled \u201cBrown\u2019s DNA\u201d.\u00a0 The lecture will incorporate aspects of Brown’s history Dr. Widmer has encountered during research for his history of Brown University.\u00a0 He currently serves as Assistant to the President at the University.<\/p>\n
Dr. Widmer is widely published on topics in American history and politics. His first book, Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City,<\/i> was the recipient of the 2001 Washington Irving Literary Medal. He is the author of Martin Van Buren <\/i>and Ark of the Liberties: America and the World<\/i> and co-author of Campaigns: A Century of Presidential Races.\u00a0 <\/i>Widmer earned a Ph.D. in the history of American civilization, an A.M. in history, and an A.B. in the history and literature of France and America from Harvard University.<\/p>\n
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Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, October 21, 2014<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 5:30 pm<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong> Lownes Room, John Hay Library<\/p>\n Speakers: <\/strong>Ted Widmer, Assistant to the President: \u201cBrown\u2019s DNA\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Please join the John Hay Library as we celebrate the University\u2019s 250-year history with a lecture series by Brown faculty and staff that highlights themes from the University Archives\u2019 \u201cElements of Tradition and Change\u201d exhibit. The first lecture will be given by historian Ted Widmer entitled \u201cBrown\u2019s DNA\u201d.\u00a0 The lecture will incorporate aspects of Brown’s … Lecture | Ted Widmer, \u201cBrown\u2019s DNA\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,20,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events","category-hay","category-special-collections","category-university-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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