William Leuchtenburg, past-president of the American Historical Association and professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will offer his views on the 2004 presidential race at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 15 in Whitley Auditorium, located on the Elon University campus.
Leuchtenburg’s presentation, part of the James P. Elder Lecture series, will concentrate on contemporary issues surrounding the race. He will also give the contest historical perspective by reflecting on sectional, class, ethnic and religious conflicts that began generations ago.
Winner of both the Bancroft and Parkman prizes, Leuchtenburg is also past-president of the Organization of American Historians. Among his acclaimed books are “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940;” “The Perils of Prosperity;” “In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Bill Clinton;” “The FDR Years;” and “The Supreme Court Reborn: The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt.”
In 2001, Leuchtenburg was a panelist for a Winter Term forum at Elon about the first 100 days of George W. Bush’s presidency.
Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum, Leuchtenburg’s lecture is free and open to the public.
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