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“American Democracy: The Path Forward” with Jeb Bush
Join for a U-M Democracy & Debate signature event featuring Governor Jeb Bush in conversation with Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr.
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Trailblazer: Ben Franklin and The Library
Wednesday, March 30 at 5pm ET | 2pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with New York Times best-selling author Jane Yolen, author of The Leather Apron Club: Ben Franklin, His Son Billy, & America’s First Circulating Library.
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‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ With Sarah Kendzior
Hear from Sarah Kendzior, author of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.
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“The Twilight of Democracy” With Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator Anne Applebaum delivers the keynote lecture of the Spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series, in conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr.
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Trailblazer: Ben Franklin and STEM
Wednesday, April 6 at 5pm ET | 2pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with children’s author Alicia Klepeis, author of The Science And Technology of Ben Franklin.
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World Health Day with Dr. Sandro Galea and Dr. Valerie Maholmes
In celebration of World Health Day, PBS Books, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation with scholar and author Dr. Sandro Galea, discussing his latest book The Contagion Next Time, with Dr. Valerie Maholmes, Chief of the Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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Brit Bennett, 33rd Annual Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series
Thursday, April 8 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books presents, in partnership with the Marygrove Conservancy and The Tuxedo Project, is excited to welcome novelist and essayist Brit Bennett as the guest author for the 33rd Annual Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series (CAALS).
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‘War in Ukraine’ with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senator Chris Coons
WHEN: Apr 14, 2022, 12:00-2:00 pm EDT WHERE: This is a virtual event. PBS Books presents, in partnership with University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, a special pair of discussions on foreign policy priorities and global challenges with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE). Sen. Coons will discuss the foreign and domestic policy implications of the war in Ukraine. Next, Secretary Blinken will participate in a moderated conversation on 21st century diplomacy. Both conversations will be facilitated by Ford School Dean Michael Barr at the Ford School's fourth annual Vandenberg Lecture. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman will [...]
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Devastation in Ukraine and the Consequences of Engagement
PBS Books, in partnership with University of Michigan's Wallace House, presents a special conversation with award-winning jornnalist Elena Milashina, video journalist and filmmaker Simon Ostrovsky, and professor of history and political science at U-M Ronald Suny, regarding the conflict in Ukraine.
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Benjamin Franklin and Citizen Science
PBS Books, SciStarter and PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs celebrates Citizen Science Month and Earth Day present a free virtual program on April 20th at 7pm ET in celebration with Citizen Science Month, STEM storytelling, and Ken Burns’s BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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Pandemic Stories of Children All Over the World
PBS Books, in partnership with GPB, is thrilled to present an unforgettable, emotional evening of reading, as the biggest children's book authors read real pandemic stories submitted by real kids!
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Author Talk | Trailblazing Women Writers | Reshma Saujani’s ‘Pay Up. The Future of Women and Work’
PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with Reshma Saujani, discussing her latest book "Pay Up. The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think)."
