Samford University: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jon Meacham To Speak At Samford On Nov. 3

Press release from Samford University:

October 18, 2021

Meacham is one of America's most prominent public intellectuals. A contributor to TIME and The New York Times Book Review, he is a highly sought-after commentator, regularly appearing on CNN and MSNBC.

Known as a skilled orator with a depth of knowledge about politics, religion and current affairs, Meacham brings historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives. 

His lecture will incorporate themes from The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, a #1 New York Times bestseller, which examines the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in U.S. history when hope overcame division and fear.

He has written several other New York Times bestsellers, including His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Franklin and Winston, American Gospel and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009.

Meacham is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the Society of American Historians and chairs the National Advisory Board of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University. He is also a distinguished visiting professor of history at The University of the South and a visiting distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University. He is currently at work on a biography of James and Dolley Madison.

Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. The event will be held at 6 p.m. in the Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center on Samford’s campus, which is located at 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, Alabama, 35229. To reserve tickets, visit tickets.samford.edu. For more information about the inauguration of Samford’s 19th president, visit this website.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. The Wall Street Journal ranks Samford 1st nationally for student engagement and US News & World Report ranks Samford 37th in the nation for best undergraduate teaching and 97th nationally for best value. Samford enrolls 5,758 students from 48 states and 22 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference, and ranks 1st nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.

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