A Day With Some of the Greatest Teachers in America
On Monday, March 11, two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors will headline the University of Oklahoma’s “Teach-In” on the topics of the Great Depression and World War II. They will be joined by four leading historians: H.W. Brands, Noah Feldman, Christina Romer and David Wrobel. It promises to be the single greatest day of teaching about this period in American history ever put together.
A Special Occasion For Students, Alumni, and Oklahoma
Oklahoma will have a unique opportunity to attend and participate in OU’s “Teach-In: A Day With Some of the Greatest Teachers in America” on March 11 on the main campus in Norman. The incredible array of American historians who will be featured during the day represent some of the best scholarship on the foundational and formative eras of our nation’s history.
Why The Teach-In?
The University of Oklahoma is committed to making sure that our students are prepared for citizenship when they graduate, and the Teach-In reflects that commitment.
I believe that a solid understanding of our country’s history has never been more urgent. America cannot remain great unless all of us understand how we overcame adversity and became great in the first place. – David L. Boren, President
OU is becoming a national leader in making civic education an integral part of the college experience. I’m proud to say that our new concentration and minor in Constitutional Studies makes OU the only top-tier university where an undergraduate can focus his or her studies on the American Constitution and its history.
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The Teach-In is a celebration of what we’ve accomplished so far and a statement of our commitment to teaching American history. The speakers who are coming to OU on March 11 are the scholars who have taught us the most about the Depression Era. It will be an opportunity to learn from those who have shaped our understanding of ourselves as a nation.
David L. Boren, President
9:30 a.m. – John Steinbeck’s America: A Cultural History of the Great Depression and World War II
Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center
President David L. Boren will open the session and introduce University of Oklahoma Western History Professor David Wrobel.
Question-and-answer period to follow.
10:30 a.m. – Lessons from the Great Depression for Policy Today
Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center
Economics Professor Christina Romer, University of California, Berkeley
Question-and-answer period to follow.
Noon – (Luncheon Address) A Tale of Three Cities: How the United State Won World War II
Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union
President Boren will introduce luncheon speaker Professor David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian, Stanford University.
2 p.m. – The Beginning of the Era That is Just Now Ending
Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center
History Professor H.W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin
Question-and-answer period to follow.
3 p.m. – The Great Depression and American Constitutionalism
Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center
International Law Professor Noah Feldman, Harvard University
Question-and-answer period to follow.
4 p.m. – America Transformed: A Panel Discussion on the Impact of the 30′s and 40′s
Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center
Discussion with all speakers moderated by Kyle Harper, Director of the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage and recipient of the James Henry Breasted Prize.
Question-and-answer period to follow.
6 p.m. – Reception
Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union
6:30 – Dinner with David McCullough’s address “Truman” to follow
Dinner, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union
President Boren will introduce two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning
historian and author David McCullough, who will give a dinner address on “Truman.”
Pulitzer-prize winning historian and author
David McCullough is a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his books Truman and John Adams. His books have been praised for their scholarship, their understanding of American life, their “vibrant prose” and their insight into individual character.
Pulitzer-prize winning author and historian, Stanford University
David Kennedy, Pulitzer-prize winning author of Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. He is professor of history emeritus, a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and the co-director of The Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University.
Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
H.W. Brands is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He writes on American history and politics, with books including Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American and TR. He is best-selling author of Traitor to His Class and The First American, which were finalists for…
