![]() “We will explore Jefferson and race and how to judge historical figures in the context of their times and in ours.” “Annette Gordon-Reed is a brilliant scholar who understands how history ripples through the generations to touch our lives today,” Isaacson said. “Annette Gordon-Reed is a brilliant scholar who understands how history ripples through the generations to touch our lives today.” Tulane professor of history, Walter Isaacson, will moderate the event, “When America’s Values are Tested: Lessons from Jefferson, Lincoln and other great leaders in the Age of Trump,” and Gordon-Reed will discuss how Thomas Jefferson, and other prominent political figures, are judged today in light of today’s values.Ī question and answer session will follow the discussion, and there will be a post-event reception and book signing. in Rogers Memorial Chapel on the Tulane University campus. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed, an American historian and legal scholar, will be the featured speaker in the next Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series event on Monday, October 29 from 1-2 p.m. Annette Gordon-Reed, a Pulitzer Prize winner, historian and legal scholar, will be the second speaker in the next Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series. ![]()
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