. >> wwe're at the rotunda at thomas jefferson university virginia. up next to speak with rita dove, professor and former u.s. poet laureate. [applause] >> the 2011 national medal of arts to rita dove for her contributions to american letters and a service as poet laureate of the united states from 1993-1995.

. >> wwe're at the rotunda at thomas jefferson university virginia. up next to speak with rita dove, professor and former u.s. poet laureate. [applause] >> the 2011 national medal of arts to rita dove for her contributions to american letters and a service as poet laureate of the united states from 1993-1995. she has a limited american poetry and literature and cultivated popular interest in the arts. [applause] >> getting that metal, getting the national medal of the arts meant personally for me something. it was quite an achievement and one that he felt almost, was really humbled to receive. but it also meant that the arts mattered. and to have the arts recognize at that level of the country of government was a profound act, not just for me, but for every young person in this country who ever wanted to express themselves, whether it was with paint or with words or with song or with their bodies and dance. so it met all of those things. i wrote as a hobby. i did not know it, i did not know to be a profession at all because i had no role model. i neve

. >> we're at the rotunda of thomas jefferson university of virginia we're here to learn more about the jefferson papers. >> jefferson is the founder of the cuvier and worked many years to develop the system of education in virginia and he said that was his last great project which he did after he left the white house. redesigned the buildings, the curriculum served as the director and intimate be involved as you will see in a lot of the details of building the building pretty much everything you can think of his view was the academic village looking at the plans for the university at the time it consisted of one very big building where class's were held and jefferson's idea was essentially make village out of it living near the professors and giving professors homes so there is constant interaction of students and faculty. plus it is in charlottesville in the 1820s city think of these amazing buildings in the middle of nowhere it was part of his ideal of the united states as the agrarian society with the elites becoming leader. >> the archives of the historical record go back long befo

. >> we're at the rotunda of thomas jefferson university of virginia we're here to learn more about the jefferson papers. >> jefferson is the founder of the cuvier and worked many years to develop the system of education in virginia and he said that was his last great project which he did after he left the white house. redesigned the buildings, the curriculum

. >> we're at the thomas jefferson university of virginia up next we take you to special corrections library to learn more about the jefferson papers. >> jefferson is founder of uva he worked for many, many years to develop this system of education in virginia. uva was his he said it was his last great project which he did after he left the white house. he designed buildings and designed crime welcome. he servedded as first chair of the board of visitors. he was intimately involved as you will see in a lot of the details about building the buildings. so pretty much everything you can think of. his vision was -- it's a term that got thrown around a lot today called an academic call village if you look at his plan for the university, at the time a lot of universities king thed of one very big building where class were held and dormitory rooms things like that and jefferson's idea was to -- essentially make a village out of it with the students living near the the professors and classes being given in the professor's homes and -- you know so there was all of this constant interaction of

. >> we're at the rotunda at thomas jefferson's university of virginia. up next, we take you to their special collections library to learn more about the jefferson papers. . >> jefferson is the founder of uva. he worked for many, many years to develop a system of education in virginia. uva was his-- he said it was his last great project, which he did after he left the white house. he designed the buildings. he designed the curriculum. he served as the first rector of chair of the board of visitors he was intimately involved in details of the building. his vision was it's a term that got thrown around today ofan academical vision. at the time a lot of the university basically consisted of one very big building where classes were held and there were dormitory rooms and things like that and jefferson's idea was to essentially make a village out of it, with the students living near the professors and classes being given in the professors' homes and so there was all of this constant interaction of student and faculty plus it's in charlottesville, in 1820's, a

university of virginia. it is of great importance to us because thomas jefferson was the founder of our you've earnestly -- of our university. wasuniversity of virginia one of the things he wanted to be remembered for. the declaration of independence was another. >> we are at the rotunda at the universif

university of virginia. it is a great importance to us because thomas jefferson was the founder of our university. on his tombstone, hugh mentioned three great achievement you wanted to be known for. university of virginia was one of them. the declaration of independence was another. so, here we are able to present another side of jefferson here at the university that he founded. >> are cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia to learn about its rich history. when more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. americanatching history tv come all we can, every weekend come on c-span3. >> american history

university of virginia. it is a great importance to us because thomas jefferson was the founder of our university. on his two son, he mentioned three great achievement he wanted to be known for. university of virginia was one of them. the declaration of independence was another. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia you'd learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, we hear a panel of historians on the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington. they will talk about thomas jefferson's opposition to hamilton's federalist party platform and how hamilton's immigrant experience affected his political views. they also explain how hamilton have helped shift washington's opinion of slavery. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. programht's

university of virginia. it is of great importance to us because thomas jefferson was the founder of our you've earnestly -- of our university. wasuniversity of virginia one of the things he wanted to be remembered for. the declaration of independence was another. >> we are at the rotunda at the university of virginia. we take you to the special collections library to learn more about the thomas jefferson papers. >> jefferson is the founder of uva. he worked many years to develop the system of education in virginia. uva was his last great project. he did it after he left the white house. he designed the buildings and the curriculum. he was the first chair of the board of visitors. he was intimately involved as you will see in a lot of details about building the buildings. his vision is called an academic village. if you look at his plans for the university, at the time a lot of universities consisted of one very big building for classes were held and there were dormitory rooms. jefferson's idea was to make a village out of it, with students living here the professors and classes being given in the professors h

. >> we're at the thomas jefferson university of virginia up next we take you to special corrections library to learn more about the jefferson papers. >> jefferson is founder of uva he worked for many, many years to develop this system of education in virginia. uva was his he said it was his last great project which he did after he left the white house. he designed buildings and designed crime welcome. he servedded as first chair of the board of visitors. he was intimately involved as you will see in a lot of the details about building the buildings. so pretty much everything you can think of. his vision was --

attracts numerous people every year to explore monticel monticello, the home of thomas jefferson as well as the university of virginia founded by jefferson in 1819. with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts.

jefferson and talk about the dozens of other people who essentially made his life possible. , our hope you tune in cities tour heading to charlottesville, virginia, home to thomas jefferson and the university of virginia. you can check out all of our programs online anytime. we want to welcome dean chang, with the heritage foundation. good morning. thank you for being with us. we begin with this show of strength. this is from "the washington post" this morning. yesterday in pyongyang millions in the main square watching the parade of military arsenal. your reaction to what you saw yesterday? guest: not surprising. this is a major holiday. it's commemorating the 105th bifert day of the founder of the regime. north korea has ruled through a dynastic succession. this is actually the grandson of the founder, and this is always an opportunity for them to display their latest military equipment and hardware, both in order to try to intimidate the united states but also aimed at, in a sense, reinforcing the image of strength that the kim family has always tried to project. host: since a few hours after this show of strength, there is confirmation of north korea launching a ballistic missile sunda

attracts numerous people every year to explore monticel monticello, the home of thomas jefferson as well as the university of virginia founded by jefferson in 1819. with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. there's the city. there's the county of albemarle which surrounds the city, and the virginia with separate local governments for cities and counties and vignette university of virginia. and that really is the window through which you can understand local issues, local politics, history. there really is that cooperation and attention of those goings on between the three-part. >> we took a driving tour of the city with radio and television host coy barefoot. >> i know of charlottesville because it's on the back of the nickel. monticello, right? >> that is correct there were actually as we think we are driving towards monticello come as a matter fact it is that rise right there, the little mountain as he called it. th

university of virginia. it is a great importance to us because thomas jefferson was the founder of our university. on his tombstone, hugh mentioned three great achievement you wanted to be known for. university of virginia was one of them. the declaration of independence was another. so, here we are able to present another side of jefferson here at the university that he founded. >> are cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia to learn about its rich history. when more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. americanatching history tv come all we can, every weekend come on c-span3. >> american history tv, we hear a panel of scholars discuss how the united states and the united kingdom cooperated to train intelligence officers in the developing world. the panel also explores the different ways the americans and the soviets understood and cultivated espionage and intelligence during the cold war. this hour and 30 minute event is part of a larger conference -- led " welcome, everyone. history and public policy program at the woodrow wilson c

thomas ever's university of virginia. up next we take you to checks lie library to learn more about the jefferson papers. >> jefferson is the founder of uva. he worked for many, many years to develop a system of education in virginia. uva was his -- he said it was his last great project, which he did after the left the white house. he designedded the building, the curriculum, he served as the first rector or chair of the board of visitors. he was intime natalie involved, as you will see in a lot of the details about billing the buildings. is it calls an academic village and if you look at his manor university, at the time a lot of universities consisted of one big building where classes were held and jefferson's idea was to essentially make a village out of it, with the students living near the professors and classes being given in the professor's homes and so there was all this constant interaction of student and faculty. plus it's in charlottesville in the 1820s, a small town, village, really, if you think about these amazing buildings that went up in the 1820s, sitting out in the middle of nowhere in virginia, it was par

thomas jefferson. we bow and genuflect at the university of virginia. he was his secretary of state. henry knox was his secretary of war. madison was in the house of representatives from virginia. he was not in the cabinet. even though he had been the father of the constitution for the philadelphia convention, he didn't worry about separation of power. he would often advise washington and help him with speechwriting. he took a large role in the famous farewell address that washington gave. he also established executive privilege. this is not anything that is in the constitution. washington thought he should have the right as the president to keep secrets and keep secret the conversation he had with his advisers. we know that this is a president that lasts up until the present time. it is modified by the supreme court in 1974 when richard nixon uses -- he says he doesn't have to turn over the watergate tapes. we say no, 8-0 the supreme court used that argument. desert viewed that argument and they said no, we do agree that this president was established -- this precedent was establish

university of virginia. we take you to the special collections library to learn more about the thomas jefferson pape

thomas jefferson. he's a jd from the university of texas school of law. he's written five books and up with another book these include virginia american revolution, from dmin i can to republic 1776 to 18which was published in 2007 and james and making of the cat which was published in we've. now chatting with him before the start so not expected until about 2020 so it's a topic oddly that is not been written in this book that is the virginia dynasty presidents thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe. kevin will speak today on his most recent book thomas jefferson revolutionary a radical struggle to remake america. please join me in welcoming kevin goodman. [applause] >> of course thomas jefferson is one of the most famous many american history but i think when people l think of film if they think of him they think of him as somebody president of the united states. maybe they know that he was the chief author of the declaration of independence. now aday people are of apt to think well he was involved with one of his slaves sally hemmings but i think in general people don't have much knowledge of him beyond that. my c

university of virginia. we take you to the special collections library to learn more about the thomas jefferson papers.dward gaynor: jefferson is the founder of uva. he worked many years to develop the system of education in virginia. uva was his last great project. he did it after he left the

university of virginia. peter is a great friends of the foundation and a personal friend as well. one of the great scholars of thomas jefferson. jd has written five books he has co-authored another book, these include virginia's american revolution from dominion to republic, 1776 until 1840 which was published in 2007. james madison and the making of america which was published in 2012. he is currently writing another book. i discovered this is not expected until 2020. but is it a topic is about president thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe. kevin will speak today on his most recent book, thomas jefferson, revolutionary, a radical struggle to remain america. please join me in welcoming kevin. [applause] >> thomas jefferson is one the most famous politicians in american history. when people think of him they tend to think of him as someone who was president of the united states, maybe they know that he was the chief author of the declaration of independence. nowadays people are apt to think he was involved with one of his slaves, sally hemmings. but, i think in general people do not have much knowledge of him be