Friday February 2, 2024
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Meeting Both In-Person and by Zoom
Alternate Room: Mather House 100
Case Western Reserve University
Dear Colleagues:
This is a topic of which he (Ken Ledford) says he was skeptical in 2017, but not quite so much now. We might think to ask him also about parallels to Biden’s (or Trump’s?) America in current Europe.
In-Person and Virtual Attendance
We will meet this week in one of our alternate locations, Mather House 100. The address is 11201 Euclid Ave, but the building is set back from Euclid and the main entrance faces east to the Church of the Covenant.
We continue also to offer the meetings on Zoom. We do require pre-registering so as to avoid “zoom-bombing.” The pre-registration link is posted below.
The discussion begins at 12:30 p.m., but the room should be open no later than Noon. We try to have beverages and refreshments set up soon after that. Participants should be able to sign on to Zoom also by Noon. But please remember not much will be happening online until the talk begins at 12:30 pm. Please also be prepared to show identification when entering Kelvin Smith Library.
Zoom participants should speak up when asked for questions or comments, or submit thoughts through Zoom’s chat function. Please keep yourself muted until you are choosing to speak.
Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion. When you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. If you do not get the newsletter, you should also be able to get the information each Monday by checking http://fridaylunch.case.edu Then if you choose you can use the contact form on that website to request the registration link.
This week’s Zoom link for registration is:
https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAoc-ioqT0rGdS3gZxTX0kz_ZvlvqV-z9Ym
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Please also e-mail padg@case.edu if you have questions about arrangements or any suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you.
Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,
Joe White
Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies
About Our Guest
Ken Ledford, Associate Professor of History and Law, is a social historian of modern Germany, from 1789 to the present. His research focuses primarily upon processes of class formation, particularly the emergence and decline of the influence of the educated, liberal middle-class of education. That manifests especially in the roles of lawyers and the judiciary. His teaching interests extend beyond German history to include the history of the European middle classes, the history of the European middle classes, the history of the professions, European legal history, other processes of class formation including German and European labor history, as well as the history of European international relations and diplomatic history.
Professor Ledford earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and practiced law for four years before earning his Ph.D. in History from The Johns Hopkins University. He joined our Department of History in 1991 and was appointed to the Law faculty in 1996.
Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:
February 9: TBA
February 16: Bidenomics. With Susan Helper, Ph.D., Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics.
February 23: TBA
March 1: TBA
March 8: The 2024 Elections. With Colin Swearingen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University.
March 15: Spring Break
March 22: Thinking About Generative AI. With Satya Sahoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Science and Director, Biomedical and Health Informatics Ph.D. Program.
March 29: TBA
April 5: WTFentanyl? What We Need to Know About the Current Opioid Crisis. With Ryan Marino, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry.
April 12: Conspiracy Theories and Climate Change Skepticism in Europe. With Andreas Sobisch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University.
April 19: TBA
April 26: TBA |
