Pulitizer Prize-Winning Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Opens Eagleton Institute's 50th Anniversary Lecture Series, 'Because Politics Matters,' Sept. 21
OPENS EAGLETON INSTITUTES 50TH ANNIVERSARY LECTURE SERIES,
BECAUSE POLITICS MATTERS, SEPT. 21
WHO: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
WHAT: Inaugural free public lecture, Eagleton Institute of Politics 50th Anniversary Lecture Series, Because Politics Matters. Members of the public may reserve preferred seating ($20 fee). Visit www.eagleton.rutgers.edu or call 732-932-9384, ext. 268, to register. The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation provides major financial support for this lecture series.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21
WHERE: Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St., Douglass campus, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick.
BACKGROUND: Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (to be a feature film developed by Steven Spielberg, starring Liam Neeson), Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Home Front During World War II and Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir.
Goodwin has been a politics and baseball reporter for more than two decades. She is a commentator for NBC and a consultant and commentator for PBS.
Consistent with the Eagleton Institutes history of fostering thoughtful discussion about politics and leadership, the 50th Anniversary Lecture Series features speakers addressing the challenges facing the United States in light of increasing polarization and partisan divisions.
Contact: Steve Manas
732-932-7084, ext. 612
E-mail: smanas@ur.rutgers.edu