Schedule

Monday, March 11
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.”