edward baronson. he talks about his beginnings, controversies and changing means. this event sponsored by the mousse jim of jewish heritage in new york city is just over an hour. jim of jewish heritage in new york city is just over an hour. >>> good evening, and welcome. i'm melissa mar tens, director of collections and exhibitions here at the museum of jewish heritage, and i'm very happy to welcome you this evening with the launch of a brand new book off of yale university press, the statue of liberty, a transatlantic journey but edward warnson, and just to note before we get started we are being taped by c-span this evening, so when we get to questions at the end, we will want to entertain those by mike so that way you're all heard, and i'll call on you at that point. ed baronson is a professor of history and director of the institute of french studies at nyu. in addition to the book we're discussing tonight, we's the author or editor of five other books in the field of european history. he's currently writing a history of modern europe for oxford university pres