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VIRTUAL PROGRAMS September, October, & November 2020
Dear Friends,
Virtual Lectures &
Buck Ennis, Crain’s New York Business
It has been wonderful to open our doors to visitors once again and
Conversations to see how enjoyable and illuminating our exhibitions have been for
those who’ve come inside. Our pandemic precautions include the
most stringent measures, following to the letter the advice of experts
who have counseled us about safety for visitors and staff. So, if you
haven’t yet returned to our galleries, I invite you most heartily.
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER,
& NOVEMBER 2020 I know you will thrill to continue to learn from, and engage in, the stories of
our American history told through extraordinary documents, objects, and art on
view. That includes the works in our newest show, Dreaming Together, a timely
and beautiful collaboration with Asia Society Museum. Book your timed-entry
ticket online!
The New-York Historical Society is taking its acclaimed public
programming online! Join us live on Zoom for an array of exciting Of course, we invite you to join us virtually, as well. I am glad to say that our online
talks with celebrated scholars and writers, including Akhil Reed Amar, public programs are every bit as interesting, insightful, and thought-provoking as
they were in our Robert H. Smith Auditorium. I thank Dale Gregory, Vice President
Carl Bernstein, and Maggie Haberman. for Public Programs, and her team for their outstanding work.
In addition, we are launching a rich library of new, streaming program Our Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series includes many of our
recordings produced exclusively for the New-York Historical Society old friends: for example Harold Holzer, interviewed by our Presidential Historian
Douglas Brinkley, on his new book, The Presidents vs. the Press. We are also very
featuring speakers such as former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. pleased to announce a rich library of brand-new program recordings produced
Gates and authors Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and Jia Lynn Yang. Recordings exclusively for New-York Historical that are available to stream on demand. These
from many of our programs presented live on Zoom will be added to include a Distinguished Lehrman Fellow at N-YHS conversation on Churchill and
Secret Intelligence with Andrew Roberts, interviewed by General (Ret.) David H.
our on-demand library throughout the season. Petreaus. Another special feature is a conversation between Marie Arana, author of
Silver, Sword, and Stone, and David M. Rubenstein, which is also airing this year
as part of New-York Historical’s nationally televised PBS series, History with David
For tickets to programs presented live on Zoom, visit Rubenstein.
www.nyhistory.org/programs/upcoming-public-programs.
Check out our virtual library and join us live on Zoom. I’ll certainly enjoy being
together with you again, if only virtually.
To view a menu of exclusive programs available to stream on-demand,
visit programs.nyhistory.org.
With very best wishes,
Louise Mirrer, Ph.D.
President and CEO
2 New-York Historica l Societ y Visit nyhistor y.org for the latest information 3
September 2020 THE MATHEW “MIKE” GLADSTEIN LECTURE IN BIOGRAPHY
THE MATHEW “MIKE” GLADSTEIN LECTURE
HISTORY WITH DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
An Evening with Carl Bernstein
HISTORY WITH DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN LIVE ON ZOOM:
How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Thursday, October 8 | 6 pm ET
Founders, and Game Changers $20 (Members $10)
LIVE ON ZOOM: Featuring: Carl Bernstein, Maggie Haberman (moderator)
Tuesday, September 22 | 6 pm ET Join us as Carl Bernstein, in conversation with New York
$20 (Members $10) Times White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman,
Jeremy Freeman/CNN
discusses the role of the press in uncovering the
Featuring: David M. Rubenstein,
PURCHASE NOW Watergate scandal and reflects upon the 2020 presidential
Douglas Brinkley (moderator)
election and our present-day political tensions.
What are the qualities of a great leader? For the past
five years, David M. Rubenstein, author of How to Lead:
PURCHASE NOW
THE HELEN AND ROBERT APPEL SERIES
THE HELEN AND ROBERT APPEL SERIES
Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and
Game Changers, has spoken with some of the world’s ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
most distinguished visionaries in government, finance, A Conversation with Linda Greenhouse:
technology, and beyond. Elections and the U.S. Constitution
LIVE ON ZOOM:
October 2020
BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES
Monday, October 12 | 6 pm ET
$20 (Members $10)
BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ Featuring: Linda Greenhouse,
Marissa Doran
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES David M. Rubenstein (moderator)
The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy What constitutional protections and loopholes exist
pertaining to the presidential electoral process? Supreme
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND: Court columnist Linda Greenhouse, in conversation with
PURCHASE NOW
Thursday, October 1 | 6 pm ET David M. Rubenstein, explores this timely topic.
$20 (Members $10)
HISTORY WITH DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
Featuring: Larry Tye, David Nasaw (moderator) HISTORY WITH DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
Alex Irklievski
Bestselling author Larry Tye, in conversation with David Nasaw, A Conversation with Philip Deloria: America’s First Inhabitants
examines the life of one of the most controversial, infamous
figures in American politics. Recorded August 27, 2020. AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
PURCHASE NOW Thursday, October 13 | 6 pm ET
$20 (Members $10)
Featuring: Philip J. Deloria,
The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy David M. Rubenstein (moderator)
from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China Historian Philip Deloria explores the complicated relationship
LIVE ON ZOOM: between the U.S. government and American Indians
Tuesday, October 6 | 6 pm ET | $20 (Members $10) PURCHASE NOW throughout the centuries. Recorded September 4, 2020.
Featuring: Matthew Kroenig, Roger Hertog (moderator)
Author and scholar Matthew Kroenig looks to historical
evidence to explore how democracies thrive during
such rivalries and argues that the United States, despite
challenges, is well positioned to maintain a global
PURCHASE NOW leadership role.
4 Questions? Please contact public.programs@nyhistor y.org for the fastest response. 5
Please note: Programs are subject to change.
If you would prefer to reach us by phone, you may leave a message on our off ice line, 212- 485-9205.
THE HELEN AND ROBERT APPEL SERIES THE HELEN AND ROBERT APPEL SERIES
THE HELEN AND ROBERT APPEL SERIES
THE HELEN AND ROBERT APPEL SERIES
ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Electoral Hardball from Burr to Bush Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND: in the Post-Cold War World
Thursday, October 15 | 6 pm ET AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
$20 (Members $10) Tuesday, October 27 | 6 pm ET
Featuring: Akhil Reed Amar, Pamela S. Karlan $20 (Members $10)
Harold Shapiro
Courtesy of Author
Law professors Akhil Reed Amar and Pamela S. Karlan Featuring: Robert M. Gates,
discuss the legal and historical questions underlying David M. Rubenstein (moderator)
famously contested American elections including the
Bestselling author and former secretary of defense
PURCHASE NOW 1800–01 election and the wild election of 2000, culminating
in the Bush v. Gore case. Recorded October 1, 2020. Robert M. Gates uses his firsthand knowledge to uncover
PURCHASE NOW how political leaders have wielded American power and
how future leaders can rise to the challenges to come.
THE BONNIE AND RICHARD REISS LECTURE
THE BONNIE AND RICHARD REISS LECTURE ON Recorded September 18, 2020.
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND LAW
The Spirit of the Laws and the Separation of Powers BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ
SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES
LIVE ON ZOOM: DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES
Tuesday, October 20 | 6 pm ET Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
$20 (Members $10) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
Featuring: Akhil Reed Amar, Philip Bobbitt, Thursday, October 29 | 6 pm ET
Harold Shapiro
Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy
Trevor Morrison (moderator) $20 (Members $10)
The separation of powers and the system Featuring: Eddie S. Glaude Jr., David W. Blight (moderator)
of checks and balances are sacred to the
Scholar and author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. discusses author
PURCHASE NOW foundation of the U.S. government. Why did the Founders
and activist James Baldwin’s writing on race relations
establish the new nation based on these principles?
from the 1960s and ’70s—in the wake of the civil rights
Constitutional scholars discuss the origins of the American
PURCHASE NOW movement—to find answers to our current era’s tangled web
political system.
THE DIAMONSTEIN- SPIELVOGEL FORUM
of race, trauma, and memory. Recorded October 15, 2020.
THE DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL FORUM ON
November 2020
THE 2019 GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE
HISTORY AND THE PUBLIC GOOD
A Conversation with Martin Baron
THE 2019 GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY
LIVE ON ZOOM: AT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Thursday, October 22 | 6 pm ET
$20 (Members $10) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
Thursday, November 5 | 6 pm ET | FREE
Featuring: Martin Baron, Alberto Ibargüen (moderator)
Featuring: John C. McManus, Andrew Roberts (moderator)
In conversation with the Knight Foundation’s President
and CEO Alberto Ibargüen, Washington Post editor Martin Celebrated historian Andrew Roberts interviews the
Anna Kunst
Baron explores his years working in the press, leading winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for
PURCHASE NOW coverage of vitally important investigative stories including his 2019 book, Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the
the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston sexual abuse scandal Pacific War, 1941–1943. Recorded October 16, 2020.
and Russian interference in the 2016 election. VIEW NOW Jointly administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and
the New-York Historical Society, this prize seeks to engage public discourse
in wartime studies, international relations, and diplomacy.
6 Questions? Please contact public.programs@nyhistor y.org for the fastest response. 7
Please note: Programs are subject to change.
If you would prefer to reach us by phone, you may leave a message on our off ice line, 212- 485-9205.
BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED LEHRMAN FELLOW AT N-YHS LECTURE
LEHRMAN FELLOW LECTURE
SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES Churchill and Secret Intelligence
The Presidents vs. the Press: From the Founding Fathers to Fake News AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
LIVE ON ZOOM: Thursday, November 19 | 6 pm ET
Tuesday, November 10 | 6 pm ET $20 (Members $10)
$20 (Members $10) Featuring: Andrew Roberts,
Jeremy Freeman/CNN
Anna Kunst
General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus (moderator)
Featuring: Harold Holzer, Douglas Brinkley (moderator)
Churchill biographer Andrew Roberts, in a conversation
Don Pollard
From George Washington to Donald J. Trump, presidents
with retired U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus,
have quarreled with, attacked, manipulated, denigrated—
PURCHASE NOW illuminates how the British prime minister’s reverence
and sometimes even jailed members of—the media.
for intelligence helped him win World War II. Recorded
PURCHASE NOW Scholar Harold Holzer, in conversation with Presidential
October 15, 2020.
Historian Douglas Brinkley, traces the clashes between
chief executives and journalists throughout history.
THE BONNIE AND RICHARD REISS LECTURE
Sponsored by: THE BONNIE AND RICHARD REISS LECTURE ON
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND LAW
The Spirit of the Laws and the 2020 Election
HISTORY WITH DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
HISTORY WITH DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle over LIVE ON ZOOM:
American Immigration, 1924–1965 Tuesday, November 24 | 6 pm ET
$20 (Members $10)
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
Featuring: Philip Bobbitt, Samuel
Harold Shapiro
Thursday, November 12 | 6 pm ET
Issacharoff, Akhil Reed Amar (moderator)
$20 (Members $10)
On the heels of the 2020 Election,
Featuring: Jia Lynn Yang, David M. Rubenstein (moderator)
constitutional scholars examine the current relationship
Lorin Klaris
Interweaving her own family’s story, author Jia Lynn Yang PURCHASE NOW between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches
uncovers how presidents from Harry S. Truman through and how the balance of powers impacts timely issues,
LBJ and a coalition of lawmakers and activists fought to including national security, foreign and domestic policy,
PURCHASE NOW transform the American immigration system for the better. and presidential power.
Recorded September 11, 2020.
PETRAEUS | HERTOG LECTURE ON LEADERSHIP
Silver, Sword, and Stone: A History of Latin America PETRAEUS | HERTOG LECTURE ON LEADERSHIP
Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND:
Tuesday, November 17 | 6 pm ET
Thursday, November 26 | 6 pm ET
$20 (Members $10)
$20 (Members $10)
Victor Ch. Vargas
Featuring: Marie Arana, David Rubenstein (moderator) Caroline Horn
Featuring: Jonathan Horn,
Award-winning author Marie Arana examines critical General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus (moderator)
driving forces that have shaped Latin America for the past Author and former White House speechwriter Jonathan
millennium—including exploitation, violence, and religion— Horn illuminates George Washington’s later years after
PURCHASE NOW and continue to reverberate to the present day. Recorded
PURCHASE NOW concluding his eight-year tenure as America’s first
July 23, 2020. president. Recorded April 23, 2020.
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Please note: Programs are subject to change.
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Evangeline Gala Photography
FRIDAY NIGHT FILM TALKS
BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES
Brigitte Lacombe
from the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Classic Film Series
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, & NOVEMBER 2020
Let’s go to the movies! The New-York Historical Society is digging into the archives of the Bernard and Irene
Schwartz Classic Film Series to highlight talks you may have missed. Enjoy audio recordings of engaging
Lorella Zanetti
discussions from the comfort of your home and be sure to re-watch favorite classics on your preferred
streaming service or TV channel. Visit nyhistory.org/friday-night-film-talks to tune into these discussions.
Richard Brody, Roscoe Brown,
David Denby, Adam Gopnik, Michael Korda,
SEPTEMBER 2020 Lee Grant, Susan Lacy, George Lucas,
AVAILABLE ON: Friday, October 16 Kati Marton, Lesley Stahl, Brent Staples,
AVAILABLE ON: Friday, September 25
Joan Marcus
Don Pollard
Harold Holzer, Ron Simon, Gordon S. Wood,
FILM TALK: One of Our Aircraft Is
FILM TALK: Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Catherine Wyler.
Missing (1942)
Featuring: Catherine Wyler, Lesley Stahl
Featuring: Michael Korda
Catherine Wyler discusses her father—
Michael Korda introduces the film, produced
director William Wyler—and his award- NOVEMBER 2020
by his uncle Alexander Korda, about six
winning tale of strength and resilience on
British airmen downed over the German- AVAILABLE ON: Friday, November 20
the British home front with Lesley Stahl. AVAILABLE ON: Friday, November 6
occupied Netherlands and the brave Dutch FILM TALK: The Third Man (1949)
Recorded October 19, 2012.
citizens who risk their lives to protect them. FILM TALK: The Search (1948)
Featuring: Kati Marton, David Denby
Recorded November 9, 2012. Featuring: Lee Grant, Susan Lacy
OCTOBER 2020
Kati Marton and David Denby discuss the
AVAILABLE ON: Friday, October 2 AVAILABLE ON: Friday, October 23 Actress Lee Grant is joined by Susan film noir masterpiece set in postwar Vienna.
Lacy to discuss Montgomery Clift and his Recorded February 15, 2013.
FILM TALK: Casablanca (1942) FILM TALK: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
groundbreaking and profoundly moving
Featuring: Kati Marton, David Denby Featuring: Gordon S. Wood portrayal of a U.S. Army engineer in postwar AVAILABLE ON: Friday, November 27
Acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood Europe, as he forms a bond with a young boy
Author Kati Marton and New Yorker film who was torn away from his mother during
FILM TALK: Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
critic David Denby team up to present one introduces one of his favorite films from Featuring: Harold Holzer, Ron Simon
his youth, in which Gregory Peck stars as World War II. Recorded January 11, 2013.
of the landmarks of American cinema:
Casablanca, a romantic and political drama a bomber pilot in a unit that carried out Produced as the world braced for World War
AVAILABLE ON: Friday, November 13
amid the dread of World War II and the daylight raids over Germany and occupied II, this film depicts a young Abraham Lincoln
winner of three Academy Awards, including France. Recorded December 14, 2012. FILM TALK: Double Victory (2012) bracing for the biggest case of his career.
Best Picture. Recorded February 1, 2013. Featuring: George Lucas, Recorded March 1, 2013.
AVAILABLE ON: Friday, October 30 Roscoe Brown, Brent Staples
AVAILABLE ON: Friday, October 9 FILM TALK: I Was a Male War Legendary filmmaker George Lucas joins
FILM TALK: The Clock (1945) Bride (1949) Brent Staples and former Tuskegee Airman
Featuring: Adam Gopnik, Richard Brody Featuring: Adam Gopnik, Richard Brody Roscoe Brown to discuss this documentary,
produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., spotlighting TUNE IN NOW
New Yorker writers Adam Gopnik and New Yorker writers Adam Gopnik and America’s first all-Black aerial unit who broke
Richard Brody set the scene for this film Richard Brody present this zany comedy racial barriers and challenged stereotypes
about a young soldier on 48-hour leave in set in postwar Germany about a French by serving their country in World War II.
New York City who finds an unlikely romance officer who soon discovers that moving Recorded October 26, 2012.
amid the turbulence and upheaval of the to America with his new wife won’t be
time. Recorded November 2, 2012. as simple as they thought. Recorded
January 25, 2013.
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