example, to our brotherly russian federation, and our detachment went e memory and glory of the faculty of historye, where well, work was also carried out that is certainly connected with memory, including the belarusian state university at the novodevichy cemetery. mm, there was work to put in order the grave of the first , we need to upgrade, in modern terms. uh, all the plans that, of course, have to make them more. well, probably relevant from the point of view of the current and external situation that exists around the country and the needs of the university itself, the marathon of good and useful deeds continues in in the near future, representatives of the belarusian state university will decide on the venue for the next action to become part of a single team, any caring belarusian can. the reigning champion of the country against the most titled club, the principal rivals metallurg yunost, today will compete for the right to play in the final of four ruslan saleev cup and only the winner of the meeting will continue the fight for the trophy . we follow zhlobin on belarus 5 tv channel also

i went to the faculty of history to study and was immediately actively involved in social and political actually further. i already told you. in fact excellent education historical, but now in my opinion. one of the most requested. yes, it helps a lot to understand this perfectly, that it is really for you to understand. eh, modernity must necessarily understand the past to read it. e and, accordingly, the mistakes of the past to learn, so as to avoid the mistakes of the future what? unfortunately, we, i mean, all of us collectively often do not know how. well, they put it in lipetsk. also connected with the donbass. i was not born in the city of lipetsk. there since 6 years. i dream everything go, at least remember something. but yes, that's it, i'm in the seventh generation of donetsk, that is, all my ancestors. here the don donetsk basin was born. and? here is the most interesting both parents. yes, they are from the donetsk steppes, but they were born in the rostov region on the territory of the rsfsr. here, uh, my older brother was born in donetsk let's say my parent graduated from

the finds will be transferred to the educational laboratory of the museum department of the faculty of historypsu there they will undergo additional study in office conditions, and then replenish the exhibition exposure. 61 participants in 6.5 hours are the first numbers of the first day before the casting for the most talented show in the country, factor buy and factor b60 plus in the search for future stars , the audition began in minsk the day before and gathered singers and smolevichi from gomel, soligorsk , minsk and moscow from schoolchildren. yes, those who put it off for later, ogorodnaya took our grandparents in the majority. these are people who are far from show business, agronomist hairdressers, civil engineers who erected, capital cinema, moscow in general, i did not have to stipulate my family to ride with me. it was my family who persuaded me not to be afraid to go and try it. experience great experience great experience. uh, knowing that you've never been anywhere like this and your family is a huge support. and i think that the factor is undoubtedly the best. uh, the best show

sculptures were collected on the territory of the lugansk region by students and teachers of the faculty of historypedagogical university and parks archaeological museum of the university of our students and messages from the past polovtsian statues though time and wind they were not spared, and they talk about the status of the person depicted as the gur, and most of all the female woman occupies a very high position in polovtsian society. and, first, the cases of death. e men. they could take the reins of government, but the most important thing is the reproductive function of a woman, a woman gives birth to a hero of the future warrior, the mother of igor svyatoslavovich novgorod of the siversky prince was also a executioner, and the daughter of the fifth year during the events described in the word about igor's regiment was his daughter-in-law, therefore this story is long. here you are already they said that the russian princes took red polovtsian gays as wives. that's why many stay in novgorod in the seversky prince in obscurity. one of the many specific princes of the era of fragmentation of

the finds will be transferred to the educational laboratory of the museum business of the faculty of historye belarusian state university. there they will undergo additional study in office conditions, and then replenish the exhibition exposition. thank you review prepared by svetlana chernova at the international satellite tv channel belarus 24 , the popular tv and radio host pavel lozovik about the vector of development of the tv channel and plans to expand the belarusian information presence in the world. let's ask the new head of the chief director of the chief directorate of the belarus 24 tv channel pavel lozovik pavlovich hello, welcome olga, how can i first of all congratulate you on this appointment, a really popular tv channel. for the sake of the presenter, they occupied a leading position for a long time on the first national channel of the belarusian radio. but what is it like now to lead such an international tv channel is responsible, it really is. a new niche, new horizons, but, in principle, these are the opportunities that were on the radio, after all. we also have the inte

these are graduates of the budgetary form of education of the faculty of history.orists got acquainted with the practice through a quest in small groups with a record book. they went through the main premises above the archive and at each location passed the exam , completing the accounting and scientific reference devices, ensuring the safety of the digitization of documents and using the stages that they will have to face in archiving . such an event is held for the first time , the guys are armed with good theoretical knowledge, they also had practice in archival institutions. uh, well, now our task is to quickly adapt already to work. uh, to the guys, uh, mentors are attached to our most experienced colleagues. well , we surrounded their attention, and well, they were not left alone with some questions. it is very important for specialists to understand that they have entered the team, that is, they can calmly communicate with the team without experiencing any fears or worries. therefore , these days are good for rallying the team and helping to get to know the

, the finds will be transferred to the educational laboratory of the museum business of the faculty of history there they will undergo additional study in office conditions, and then replenish the exhibition exposition. thank you review prepared svetlana chernova the popular tv and radio presenter pavel lozovik has become the new leader of the international satellite of the belarus 24 tv channel on the channel's development vector and plans to expand the belarusian information presence in the world. let's ask the new head of the chief director of the chief directorate of the tv channel belarus 24 pavel lozovik pavlovich hello, welcome, olga, this is the first place to allow you to congratulate you on this appointment , a really popular tv channel. for the sake of the presenter , they took a long time, leading another position on the first national channel of the belarusian radio. but what it's like now to head such an international tv channel is responsible, it's true. a new niche, new horizons, but, in principle, these are the opportunities that were on the radio, after all. we also have the

education institution and the corresponding year he also studied at the kyiv-milan academy at the faculty of history archeology and vseudgenton at the university majoring in film production after moreover, he realized that it is very difficult to study at two universities at the same time and actually stayed in britain for the 21st-22nd year in the second year of a british university and in the summer of the 22nd year he returned home for the summer vacation and actually the next semester had to begin on september 26, 2022, but on september 14, our state made a decision that no more foreign students would graduate. and actually, i stayed here until they did, and we tried to submit petitions and write letters and make some requests so that the state would decide on this at the legislative level or said that we have a very difficult situation and everyone really has to fight, but in fact the state made completely opposite decisions, on the one hand , all students are not subject to mobilization, on the other hand, students do not have the opportunity to complete their studies, and in fact, we found ou

myroslav mysla i just taught this boy when he was a student at the karazin university at the faculty of history how wise he was active, organized, as much as we broke through that street, there was something . and they renamed the street again, which requires renaming. it is public and contains grapes. it does not exist. it is called astana because it was a propaganda name. i.e. these moments when we don't value our own and just mark other people's mark mark mark mark although there is no relation, you are right, there is no blue to kharkiv. well, very slowly. that process is going on in us , i will say. well, but there are ideas of what to do so that it sped up eh p- there is a little time left. we are asking something about yours, your topic is also about scholarship recipients of the kharkiv punches, so to speak , people who receive a special scholarship as honorary citizens, among them there are many interesting people, in particular there in the old days of former communists, there are no communists samoilova samoilenko i apologize but it is also interesting that the richest man from khark

i went to the faculty of history to study and was immediately actively involved in social and politicaly further. i already told you. in fact , an excellent historical education, but now in my opinion. one of the most requested. yes, it helps a lot, it's great that it's really for you to understand. uh, modernity must necessarily understand the past to read it. e and, accordingly , the mistakes of the past to learn, so as to avoid the mistakes of the future what? unfortunately, we mean all of us collectively often do not know how. well, they put it in lipetsk life is connected with the donbass i was not born in the city of lipetsk. there since 6 years. all i dream of is to go, at least remember something. but yes, that's it, i'm in the seventh generation of donetsk, that is, all my ancestors. here the don donetsk basin was born. and? here is the most interesting both parents. yes they from the donetsk steppes, but in the rostov region on the territory of the rsfsr were born. here, uh, my older brother was born in donetsk let's say my parent graduated from the stalinist pedagogical insti

, the finds will be transferred to the educational laboratory of the museum business of the faculty of historyere they will undergo additional study in office conditions, and then replenish the exhibition exposition. thank you review prepared by svetlana chernova at the international satellite tv channel belarus 24 became a new leader, a popular television, radio presenter pavel lozovik oleg of the re-development of the tv channel and plans to expand the belarusian information presence in the world. let's ask the new head of the chief director of the chief directorate of the tv channel belarus 24 pavel lozovik pavel vyacheslavovich hello, i welcome olga as first of all. let me congratulate you on this appointment, already a really popular tv presenter for a long time, leading a position on the first national channel of the belarusian radio. but what is it like now to lead such an international tv channel is responsible, it really is. eh, new. the niche is new horizons, but, in principle, these are the opportunities that were on the radio, after all. we also have international radio belarus, wh

i graduated from the faculty of technology of our university in 2014. i had a history of working in the field of swimming, and i entered this field because of an accident. when i was four years old, i fell into a lake and was drowning. at that time, the only person who knew how to swim was my father. my father was trying to save me from the water, and actually it was my father who meant salvation dad, after this incident, my father decided to send me and all my brothers and sisters to swimming classes . he knew that my family and brothers have the talent to swim in the sea. after the accident, my brother and i started training in swimming in the sea and my talent and he discovered it in this field and after that i started this field in a completely specialized way , continuing professional sports since i was 14. it was in 2006. and that's why my brother and i swam 8 or 9 kilometers and i was the first girl to swim in the sea, i got acquainted with that distance when my brother was 6 years old, we swam to malacca, which is 42 kilometers long, from the port of la kavita,

faculty of the pskov. eh, some kind of pskov history teacher of the school of history, did not bode well.ector of the whole institute of the russian academy of sciences, then graduate school. e in the duke. this is known in st. petersburg, which means that the herzen pedagogical university is also, it seems, how far away it is . all sorts of american structures later . unexpectedly, it means that it receives an invitation for a full-breed internship at the state department, along the line of the state department. after that, a rapid explosion begins. it's just 5 minutes. i got acquainted. it means that moscow is farther away, it means more and more and it already means, uh, the director of an entire institute, which is really the russian academy of sciences. so we think that scientists do not needed, but the executive power is a legislative judicial official. he does not rely on his thoughts, he relies. well , of course, he has experience, there and so on such a number, well, it relies on the expert opinion of serious academic circles. everywhere there are memos closed, not closed, and so

professor of history and faculty member from the university of illinois at chicago. the research focus is race agenda. the author a black entrepreneur in san francisco and the price from women historians. in 2019 she was a fellow at the huntington library. her new book the fight against the color line. thank you for being with us. i'm going to hand it over to you and i will see you again for q-and-a at the end. >> thank you so much. i am so happy to be here. let me just get this going. >> first of all i have a big thank you for the california historical society. i wouldn't have a career as a historian without them. they have been helping me every single step along my career. i visited them for my first book where he mentioned my research on the old library on baker's street and the librarians, the curators, i can't say enough. i dedicated all of my time and i want to give a special shout out for them helping me tonight and setting the program up. but i also want to give a shout out to deborah kaufman. one of my chapters wouldn't exist without her help and i've worked

the future , it has to be a holistic consulting with the history of these islands, with the history of the people, who must remain with the facultyice. and anything other than that, again, it would be a bother to me, if it was just turned into some playground. i do not believe that this will be allowed. and, i would certainly waive more than one flag or two, if things had that way. i moved here very many years ago. i consider myself part of these islands, but i am a visitor. and, culturally, i have been traveling my whole life. that is really what this is. the essence and the real backbone of these islands, they are people who have lived here for hundreds of years. and, one has to be gracious and have huge deference to a factory of history. and i think, in truth, many people who come from the hawaiian culture understand and thankfully interest, are being reminded about how just important the lovely islands are. so, in any context, it's about honoring and having dignity and of coming out of this disaster. >> omar jimenez joins us. thank you for having that conversation. he cares deeply about the island itself and the people. >> yo

. >> lynn hudson is a professor of history and affiliate faculty member of black student university of illinois at chicago peer research focus the study of race and gender on the u.s. west. she's the author of a black entrepreneur who in 19th century san francisco which was awarded the prize from the western association of womennt historians. she was a fellow at the huntington library. her new book is "west of jim crow: the fight against california's color line" which covers a history of discrimination white supremacy in california. you for being with us peer ongoing handed over to you and i will see you again for q&a with the audience at the end. >> thank you so much. i am just so happy to be here. let me just get this going. first of all, i have big thank youse to give to the california historical society. i frankly would not about a career as a historian without them. they have been helping me every single step along my career. i have visited them for my first book where i did much of my research about maryellen in the old library and the librarians, the curators, i just i can't say

history and humanities at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. before moving to the current ratio is assistant professor of history at northeastern university in boston and the core faculty member at the school lab for networks. cameron is in of the nutmeg state to does anybody know what the nutmeg state is? a number of you. i was hoping i'd be able to enlighten you. although he posted palm streets and sunny skies of southern california when he studied as an undergraduate he loved the west so much that he moved up interstate five to stand for where he his ph.d. in history in 2015. he argued boasts an impressive publication record and tonight he is here to to discuss with this his most significant accomplishment today, paper trail the u.s. -- "the u.s. post and the making of the american west" published by university press. cameron will be happy to take your questions and afterward signed books which are available to purchase just outside. the drill is you buy them outside and bring them back here so cameron can find them. please join me in welcoming cameron blevins. [applause] >> can you hear me all right? good, okay. i just wanted to make sure. thank you so much for com

mile high city before moving to front range he was assistant professor of history at northeastern university in boston, and a core faculty member at the schools -- mu lab for text map and networks. they learned last night cameron is a nativity of the nutmeg state for those of you anybody knows what that is -- number of you ii was hoping i ws going to be able to enlighten you. although he bolted for palm trees and sunny skies of southern california when he study at pomona college as an undergraduate. he liked west so much that he moved up interstate 5 to stanford where he completed his ph.d. in history and in 2015. he is already boasted impressive publication record and tonight he's here to discuss with us his most significant accomplishment to date just paper trails the u.s. post in the making of the american west. published earlier this year by oxford university press. following lecture cameron will be happy to take your questions afterwards for books to purchase outside i think the drill is to buy them outside and then to bring them back here so cameron can sign them. so pleads joine me in welcoming cameron blevins. [a

he was assistant professor of history at northeastern university in boston and a core faculty member the school's lab for tech, maps and networks. i learned last night cameron is a native of the nutmeg state, for those of you -- anybody know what the nutmeg state is? a number of you. i was really hoping i was going to be able to enlighten you. although he bolted for the palm trees and sunny skies of southern california where he studied at pomona college as an undergraduate. heh liked the west so much that he move up interstate 5 to stanford where he completed his ph.d. in history in 2015. he already boasts an impressive publication record, andve tonigt he's here to discuss with us his most significant accomplishment to date, his paper trail -- anpaper trail: the u.s. post account expect making of the american west, published earlier this year. following his lecture, cameron will be happy to take his questions and afterwards stein books that are available for purchase right outside. i think you buy them outside and bring them back here so that camerone can sign them. please welcome me

before moving to the front right she was assistant professor of history at northeastern university in boston and a core faculty member at the schools in the lab for text maps and networks. i learned last that cameron is a native of nutmeg state your for thoses of you who don't know but the nutmeg state, a number of you, so there is going to enable to invite you. although he bolted for the palm trees and sunny skies in southern california when he studied at college as an undergraduate. he liked the west so much that he moved up interstate five to stanford where he completed his phd in history in 2015. he already boasts an impressive publication record at tonight he's here to discuss with us his most significant accomplishment to date, "paper trails: the u.s. post and the making of the american west." published earlier this year by oxford university press. following his lecture cameron will be happy to take your questions, and afterwards to sign books which are available for purchase just outside. i think the drill is to buy them outside and then to bring them back here so m that cameron consigned them here so p

of such strong faculty champions and partners. and now it is my honor to introduce our mc for this evening dr. andrew lipman of the columbia and barnard history departments and a winner of the bancroft prize in 2016. [applause] >> please welcome andrew lipman, social professor of history barnard college and chair of the 2020s or bancroft prizes jury. h, delighted to welcome you all tonight to celebrate three remarkable books. now, as anne mentioned, beginning last year, the library introduced a new format for this ceremony. instead of having the winners give acceptance features. we're now featuring interviews, the authors, so we can really get into the meat of their books. but before we get to that, i've been asked to offer some short about the juries process and thinking, and i have say our work was only possible thanks to the absolutely stellar faculty and staff at columbia libraries. under the leadership of ann thornton, they offered wise counsel, managed the complex logistics of delivering and organizing submissions and also planning this beautiful ceremony. tonight. and on behalf of the jury, i'd like to thank you all. you made this so m

faculty of the pskov. eh, some kind of pskov ties of history, a teacher of the school of history, did not portend anything.duchess. this is known in st. petersburg, which means that the herzen pedagogical university also seems to be far away from all sorts of american structures, then unexpectedly, it means that it receives an invitation for a full-breed internship at the state department, along the line of the state department. after that, a rapid explosion begins. it's just 5 minutes. i got acquainted. it means that moscow is farther away, it means more and more and it already means, uh, the director of an entire institute, which is really the russian academy of sciences. so we think that while scientists are not needed, but the executive branch of the legislative judicial officer. he does not rely on his thoughts, he relies. well , of course, he has experience, there and so on, of course, well, based on the expert opinion of serious academic circles. everywhere there are memos closed, not closed, and so on. no one is likely to argue. and here is a strategic institution that he was supposed to give an an

history to have led the council of economic advisers and the treasury department. she began her federal career in 1976 at the reserve board and in 1980 she joined the faculty in berkeley and remained there until she was appointed by president clinton to the federal reserve board of governors in 1994. three years later he named her chair. 2004, secretary yellen began her third tenure as president of the federal reserve bank of san francisco and in 2010 president obama appointed her vice chair of the federal reserve, nominating her to be the chair of the federal reserve were she was the top anchor of the nation from 2014 to 2018. she has been a strong advocate of the irs in our workforce and we greatly appreciate her and all the efforts to secure funding for the revenue service to help us transform and modernize our tax system. please join me in welcoming secretary janet yellen. [applause] >> thank you so much for the lovely introduction and it's great to be here with all of you . before i begin, i would like to speak about the recent decision to downgrade the u.s. credit rating. over the past few years the american economy has seen an historic recovering from the depth

of housing for students, staff and faculty, adding that no transactions have been finalized. if the sale and conversion were to come to fruition, it would market another interesting chapter in the recent history. the former fairmont hotel was, for decades, the signature hotel in downtown san jose which filed for bankruptcy in march 2021 during the pandemic. it would reopen under new ownership and a new name a year later. >> i think it is evidence that the pandemic has introduced changes to economy, society and certainly to the business sector. these changes may be permanent. we are still sorting them out. but one of the impacts has been a significant reduction in business travel. >> the hotel has 264 rooms . according to s jsu, the university has just under 4300 campus beds but there are about 150 students currently on a waiting list for campus housing. >> i like that we are at least trying to find solutions somewhere. maybe that might not be the best place to put student housing, but at least, you know, we are trying to find somewhere. >> reporter: students say they applaud the efforts to increase affordable housing in the face of a dire need. >> i still think that we should be fixing what w

faculty champions and partners. and now it is my honor to introduce our mc for this evening. doctor andrew litman of the columbia and barnard history environment and winner of the bancroft prize in 2016. [applause] >> please welcome associate professor of history bernard college chair of the 2023 bancroft prize history. >> good evening. on behalf of the colombian bartered history departments would like to welcome you all tonight to celebrate three remarkable b books. as and mention beginning last year the laboruc introduced a nw format for the ceremony. instead of having the winners give acceptance features interviews with the authors we can get into the meat of the book. i've been asked to offer short words about the process and thinking. i have to say our work was only possible thanks to the absolutely stellar faculty and staff at columbia libraries under the leadership of ann thorton they offered us wise counsel, manage the complex logistics of delivering and organizing missions, also playing the beautiful ceremony tonight. ond eh behalf i would like to tk you all. you made this so much easier for all of us. i was fortunately to

faculty champions and partners. and now it is my honor to introduce our mcth for this evening, dr. andrew lipman of the columbia and barnard history departments, and a winner of the bancroft prize in 2016. [applause] >> good evening. on behalf of the columbia and barnard history departments, delighted to welcome you all tonight to celebrate three remarkable books. now, as an mentioned beginning last year the liber introduced a new format for the ceremony. instead of having the winners give acceptance speeches we are now featuring interviews with the authors so we can really get into the meat of their books. but before we get to that i been asked to offer some short words about the juries process and thinking. i have to say our work was only possible thanks to the absurdly stellar faculty and staff at columbia libraries under leadership of and thorton, they offered us wise counsel, manage the complex to logistics for delivering, organize submissions and also planning this beautiful ceremony tonight. and on behalf of the jury i would like to thank you all. you may do so much easier for all of us. i was similarly fortunate to work wi

faculty of complex videos illustrative emotional heart-pickers, including how sorry to pop no thick monographs. we have enough of them for books, including for housewives, so that each stage of each period of the country's history, monuments, architecture of traditional culture, leaves a trace of emotions. everyone cannot be historians. well, be proud with your country to understand when it started and why we have such a flag, and not another , all of us are obliged to alexander the prosecutor general's office. well, let's call this word curates the issue. how since a fairly large number of friends are being committed to genocides, uh, new burial places are being found, this question is the ideological saturation of the school curriculum , it was taken into account during the audit, and it was taken into account, and i’ll tell you more than that, i’ll tell you that on the initiative of the prosecutor general’s office, together with the ministry of education a textbook for children of different ages has now been prepared. these are three benefits. first fourth grade, fifth-ninth grade a and tenth-eleventh loginacide of the belarusian people and to the first september. i hope that we will show each child, but we

want to make sure that the full time faculty at the miller center so that's my colleague here and mickey russell riley whom is the co-chair with me of oral history. dan and mark are in the presidents recordings program and our day jobs are doing our programmatic work but we are also expected to do scholarship that's based on that programmatic work and sometimes beyond it. and so bill said, i want to make sure you all have sabbatical opportunities, chairs, for example, chaired professors in the university. i know typically henry abraham every six semester would get a leave. we're at about every 13th semester, but still grateful for that. and i know that mark would that opportunity to go for to the kennedy library and delve deeply into the archive there in addition to taking his day job of working in the in the tapes. so for people who may not be as familiar mark with the recordings program and the kennedy tapes, secret white house tapes that he tell us about that and then tell us about using those resource sources that the miller center produces, but also the archives that you were able to delve into at the kennedy presidential library. well, i w

faculty member failed because i supported desegregation. we think about the south. we think about where we are in south carolina. there is a river of a race that runs through all the history that is here but that's part of what we can see in the landscape. what is a red brick building over here? booker t. washington. this is when the african-american high school, the university in the aftermath of desegregation. toward out most of it except for where the auditorium was here and build things behind at e squad was built were booker t. washington high school was. behind us in this direction this was an african-americann neighborhood. the university procured atlanta from urban renewal. and ultimately would sell some of it and be part of its foundation. this part of campus where we are was an african-american neighborhood. the university would take over the neighborhood in the aftermath the resident were deemed to be living in an area that needed tom be torn down fr the goodness of the community would have to move elsewhere except for a few pre-there were still some remaining pockets of african-american homes just over this. we booker t. washington named after the defining hig

faculty member fired because supported desegregation. all so we think about the south think about where we are in south carolina there is river of rice that runs through all of the history that's here. and so that's part of what we can see in this. what is the red building over here? okay. so this is booker t washington. this was the african-american school, the university in the aftermath of school desegregation in the mid 1970s. but booker t washington high school and eventually tore down most of it, except for where the auditorium is here and, built things behind it. so east quad is built where the booker t washington high school was behind us in this direction over to the left is what is known as wheeler hill. this was an african-american neighborhood and the university procured, the land from it through urban renewal and ultimately would sell some of it and be part of its foundation. but this part of campus where we are was an african american neighborhood and the university would take over that neighborhood. and the african-american residents who were deemed to be living in blighted areas and in a slum area that needed to be torn down for the goodness of the commu

history. there is a character and culture to each school and the character of culture of mid 20th century ucla economics was one of courage. an entrenched facultyshwater economist, pushing against those liberals up in new england as they are. they were different at ucla. a guy who died in 88 last year, he was a hero in my house and someone once said to me he was the marine coming out of the trenches. andrew has been the marine in this odd on fed cycle. you have taken shrapnel for your high-yield call. people are like no. yet you reaffirm the fed higher this morning. andrew: if you look at the economic data -- the first time on the show. thanks. if you look at the economic data, it keeps coming in, showing a tight labor market. we keep getting these numbers from spending. i don't think we're going to get five or 6% gdp this quarter but probably at least 2%, maybe 3% gdp growth. you did hear some of that coming out of jackson hole. look at the core inflation numbers, they have slowed for a couple of months, that is good news. headline inflation has slowed so there is good news in terms of price pressure that is more subdued. but when you look at

faculty champions and partners. and now it is my honor to announce our m c for the evening, dr. andrew lippman of the columbia university and barnard college history department and the winner of the bancroft prize for history in 2016. >> please welcome andrew lippman, associate professor of history at barnard college and chair of the 2023 bancroft prize for history. >> good evening. on behalf of the columbia and barnard history department, we would like to welcome you all tonight to celebrate three remarkable books. now, as and mentioned, beginning last year, the library introduced a new format for this ceremony, instead of having the winners give acceptance speeches, we are now featuring interviews with the authors. so we can really get into the meat of their book. before we get to that, i've been asked to offer some short words about the jury's process and thinking. and i have to say, our work was only possible thanks to the absolutely stellar faculty and staff at columbia libraries, under the leadership of and thornton they offered us wise council and manage the complex logistics of managing, and planning this beautiful ceremony. on behalf of t