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2007 McGovern Conference

Schedule of Events

Monday, November 5, 2007
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Java City - Mike Catalano, professor of mathematics, music from the 60’s and 70’s.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

7:30 a.m.

Registration in the Sherman Center Lobby

8:05 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions -- Sherman Center
8:10 a.m.
Dakota Wesleyan University Choir, Lacey Musick, Director
8:20 a.m.

McGovern Presidential Campaign Staffers and Volunteers

Panel Discussion: “What a Difference It Made in My Life"

Moderator: Teresa M. Petrovic
Panelists: Mary Fifield, Scott Lilly and Tom Southwick

9:30 a.m.
Break
9:40 a.m.

Donald Critchlow
Professor of History, St. Louis University
Editor, Journal of Policy History

"The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History"

10:30 a.m.
Author signings in the Sherman Center Lobby
11 a.m.

Bruce Miroff
Professor of Political Science, State University of New York-Albany

"The Paradoxical Legacies of the McGovern Campaign"

11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Author signings in the Sherman Center Lobby
11:50 a.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m.

Curtis Austin
Associate Professor of History, University of Southern Mississippi
Founding Director, Center for Black Studies

"The Black Panther Party and the Changing Political Landscape"

2:30 p.m.

James Armstrong
Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Rollins College

"Defining Moments and the Promise of the Future"

3:20 p.m.-4 p.m.

George McGovern
1972 Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States

Response to Presentations

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