White House correspondent for The Washington Post to discuss book, elections
With the midterm elections fast approaching in less than two weeks, Washington Post writer Anne Kornblut will discuss this year’s campaigns during a lecture Friday afternoon at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Kornblut’s speech is the first this year in the annual State of Democracy Lecture Series. Kornblut, a White House correspondent for The Washington Post, will also be discussing her book, ‘Notes From the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take For a Woman to Win,’ and President Barack Obama’s progress after two years in office.
November’s State of Democracy lecture will center on an involved discussion with Roger Hardy, an Islamic affairs analyst with BBC World Service.
Kristi Andersen, a professor of political science, and Susan Arbetter, public affairs director of WCNY News and host of The Capitol Pressroom, will join Kornblut in Friday’s discussion.
‘I will be responding to the talk given by Anne Kornblut, and I expect that the three of us — and the audience — will then have a discussion about the role of gender in politics, political leadership and political decision-making,’ Andersen said in an e-mail.
Elizabeth Cohen, an assistant professor of political science, said she and co-organizer Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, hope the series will focus campus attention on social issues in politics.
‘The Campbell Public Affairs Institute, together with the Maxwell Dean’s office, believes that one of our roles in the academic community of Syracuse is to foster open conversation about matters of pressing concern to our nation,’ Cohen said in an e-mail.
To accomplish the goal of fostering a conversation, input is welcome from the anticipated 100- to 500-person turnout during both the post-lecture discussion and at the reception that follows, Cohen said.
Cohen and Reheer aim to instill long-term political concern in all lecture attendees, she said. In addition to cultivating a politically informed public, Cohen said, the series was organized to bridge the divide between policy makers and those directly impacted by policy making: the public.
‘Our lectures are places where every member of the community can expect to interact directly with people who set political agendas, write authoritatively about politics and are in some way responsible for resolving pressing political questions of the day,’ Cohen said.
Nicole Ruben, an undecided freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said she hopes to attend the event.
‘It would be interesting to hear her view on prevalent current issues and how our society should cope with them,’ Ruben said.
Published on October 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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