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2012 lectures to bring returning guests, new inspiration to Amp

August 27, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

Chautauqua’s 2011 Season brought a multitude of speakers, ideas and experiences to the Amphitheater. Authors and historians shared the stage with spies, health workers and economists. Some lecturers made “A Case for the Arts,” while others focused on “The Path to the Civil War.”

Next summer, audiences have the chance to see nine weeks of new talks, each day an opportunity to learn, to grow and to be inspired. The 2012 Chautauqua morning lecture series kicks off on June 25 with a guest who’s no stranger to the Amp — writer Roger Rosenblatt.

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Harris-Perry to explore how post-Civil War choices affect politics today

August 25, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

The path to the Civil War diverged as a result of the war, creating an array of new challenges that continue to affect Americans to this day.

Melissa Harris-Perry, professor of political science, author, columnist for The Nation and MSNBC contributor, will discuss the choices the U.S government made after the Civil War and explore how they continue to impact the nation’s politics in her lecture at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater.

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Howe to address 19th-century advances leading up to Civil War

August 24, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

The Pony Express, the telegraph, steamboats and railroads — although most would call these things innovations that moved forward America’s history, today’s speaker will discuss how these advances served as a catalyst for the onset of the Civil War.

Daniel Walker Howe, author, historian and professor emeritus, will present “The Secession Crisis” at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater as the fourth speaker in the week exploring “The Path to the Civil War.”

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Ed Ayers Morning Lecture Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:45 a.m. Ð Amphitheater

Ayers to speak on viewing Civil War with new eyes

August 23, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

Chances are most Chautauquans learned about the Civil War in a traditional classroom setting, with textbooks and lectures and written homework. In 1993, as the Internet was beginning to take off, Ed Ayers began a digital history project, The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, that offered a new vehicle for a continued education.

Projects like these utilize modern technology to engage in the Civil War with a fresh perspective, Ayers said.

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Price reflects on higher meaning of Civil War

August 22, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

“Break Every Yoke, Let the Oppressed Go Free!” is the title for the 10:45 a.m. lecture today at the Amphitheater given by Clement Price during this week’s theme, “The Path to the Civil War.”

Price is a professor of history and director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., and a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor.

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Wood discusses Civil War’s Revolutionary origins

August 21, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

One hundred and fifty years ago, the Civil War tore apart North and South. For Gordon S. Wood, an author and lifelong scholar of the American Revolution, it had been a long time coming.

He will be the first speaker for this week’s theme of “The Path to the Civil War,” and at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater, he will lecture on “The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War.”

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Kembel takes the next step with creativity and innovation

August 18, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

Perhaps some of you heard George Kembel’s lecture at Chautauqua in 2009 about design thinking inspiring latent creativity. Chances are some others are among the more than 370,000 who viewed his lecture at FORA.tv. Kembel will deliver “Nurturing Creative Potential: Developing our Full Capacity to Innovate” at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater.

Kembel graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in engineering and later earned a master’s degree in design. He worked in several companies and worked alone as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist before he joined forces in his alma mater to form a unique school.

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Abrahamson lectures on creative solutions

August 17, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

In a political world of black and white, Joan Abrahamson lives in the gray.

As the founder of the Jefferson Institute and former assistant chief of staff to President George H. W. Bush, Abrahamson looks not to elected officials to transform public policy but to creative thinkers who live and breathe the issues at hand.

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Haskins addresses myths that inhibit creativity

August 16, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

Col. Casey P. Haskins knew it was time for a change.

Haskins has commanded at every level of the Army from platoon through brigade and served in staff positions from battalion through Theater Army.

He now is the director of the Department of Military Instruction at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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Patnaik focuses on questions, tackling problems of ambiguity

August 15, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily Comments Off

Dev Patnaik, author and founder of hybrid strategy firm Jump Associates, will speak on the challenges of ambiguity in innovation at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater.

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