November 20, 2009

2010 Sears Lecture Series announced

The Sears Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of History, which is housed in Purdue's College of Liberal Arts.

"This series aims to help our audience make sense of America's situation in the worldwide downturn," said William Gray, a professor of history and event organizer. "What power do American leaders really have to shape economic outcomes here and abroad? How, in the past, have Presidents sought to mitigate the effects of global economic challenges? Is the Obama administration breaking new ground here, or following in the path of its predecessors?"

* Jon Meacham, editor of "Newsweek," will present "Economic Leadership in a Time of Crisis: Then and Now" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse.

* Robert Dallek, emeritus professor of history at UCLA, will present "Obama's First Year: War, Peace and the Economy in Historical Perspective" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall.

* David Painter, associate professor of history at Georgetown University, will present "The Moral Equivalent of War? American Presidents and the Oil Crises of the 1970s" at 7:30 p.m. March 9 in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall.

* Amity Shlaes, a senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations, will present "Roosevelt and Obama: Getting to Recovery" at 7:30 p.m. March 23 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse.

The biennial series is named for the late Purdue historian Louis Martin Sears, who was a faculty member from 1920 until his retirement in 1956 in what was then the joint Department of History and Political Science. Sears specialized in diplomatic history and biography and was the author of numerous books. The lecture series bearing his name is alternately produced by the history and political science departments in conjunction with Purdue Convocations.

Sources:   Abby Eddy, Purdue Convocations director of marketing, 765-494-5045, aeeddy@purdue.edu

Will Gray, associate professor in the Department of History, 765-494-4160, wggray@purdue.edu

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