i am louise mirrer the new york historical society's president and i'm to welcome you here for tonight's virtual program. program the words that make us the constitutional conversation. i am grateful this evening for sponsoring the program tonight. i'mal also delighted and thank you for your great partnership. just before introduce our speakers and went to recognize and thank you —- new york historical trustees joining us the outstanding chair of the trustees and executive committee and trustee dorothy goldman, and one of tonight speakers who will be joining us momentarily on the virtual stage. but also like to think the chairman's counsel we are grateful to each and every one of you for your encouragement and support during this challenging time. 's we are pleased to welcome back to our virtual stage professor of law and political science at yale university before joining the faculty he clerked for a judge now associate justice breyer on the court of appeals for the first circuit. also a regular visiting adjunct professor and the author of the recently released book america's constituti

i am louise mirrer the new york historical society's president and i'm to welcome you here for tonight's program. program the words that make us the constitutional conversation. i am grateful this evening for sponsoring the program tonight. i'mal also delighted and thank you for your great partnership

i am louise mirrer the new york historical society's president and i'm to welcome you here for tonight's virtual program. i'm particularly grateful this evening to je realty for sponsoring the program tonight. i'm also delighted to welcome -- and to thank you for your great partnership. before i introduce our speaker i want to recognize and thank the new york historical society for joining us this evening. first and foremost the outstanding chair of our board of trustees the chair for the executive committee and trustee store the goldman suzanne heck and tonight one of tonight's speakers akhil reed amar who will be joining us momentarily on our virtual stage. i'd also like to thank the council. we are so grateful to each and every one of you for your encouragement and support especially during this challenging time. we are pleased to welcome akhil reed amar back to our virtual stage. a professor of law and political science at yale university he clerked for judge associate justice stephen breyer and the judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. he's a regular visiting adj

i am louise mirrer, new york a. >> societies president and ceo and i am thrilled to welcome you to the knights virtual program, "war: how conflict shaped us." to knights presentation is presented as a part of our menard's and irene schwartz distinguished speaker series which is the heart of our public programs. just before i introduce our speakers i want to recognize and thank several new york historical trustees were joining us this evening. the chair of the board, visioneer chairman emeritus of new york historical roger her dog, the chair of our executive committee richard reese, and trustees brian kane, suzanne, david. i would also like to thank members of our chairman skelton who were joining us this evening. we are so very grateful to each and every one of you for your encouragement and support especially at this challenging time. now then, we are very pleased indeed to welcome martha mcmillian, a professor of international history at the university of oxford. doctor mcmillian prettily was on the faculty before going on to serve as provost at trinity college at the university of t

i am louise mirrer, new york a. >> societies president and ceo and i am thrilled to welcome you to thetual program, "war: how conflict shaped us." to knights presentation is presented as a part of our menard's and irene schwartz distinguished speaker series which is the heart of our public programs. just before i introduce our speakers i want to recognize and thank several new york historical trustees were joining us this evening. the chair of the board, visioneer chairman emeritus of new york historical roger