Transcript - A Book Discussion on Philanthropy in America

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A Book Discussion with Olivier Zunz on...

Philanthropy


in America

Wednesday, November 16 - 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Hudson Institute - Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
1015 15th Street, NW - Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

Event Description

A new book by historian Olivier Zunz, Philanthropy in America, takes an engaging look at the development of philanthropy in the United States during the twentieth-century. Ira Katznelson of Columbia University writes:

This beautifully crafted book, by master historian Olivier Zunz, transforms our understanding of American civil society. Zunz compellingly traces the often auspicious, yet sometimes troublesome relationships that bind government to philanthropy, money to responsibility, and charitable decisions to social reform and democratic performance. Anyone interested in U.S. politics and society will want to engage with this riveting narrative.

 

This book was the focus of a panel discussion on November 16th, featuring author Olivier Zunz; John Tyler of the Kauffman Foundation; Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow Michael Edwards; and Bard College Professor Ellen Lagemann. Hudson Institute's William Schambra moderated the discussion.

Suggested Reading

Chapter 8 of Philanthropy In America - In Search of a Nonprofit Sector

Program and Panel

11:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

Welcome by Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William Schambra

   Schambra, Edwards, Zunz, Lagemann, Tyler

12:10

Panel discussion

Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College

Michael Edwards, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos

John Tyler, Kauffman Foundation’s General Counsel

Olivier Zunz, Commonwealth Professor of History at The University of Virginia

1:10

Question-and-answer session

2:00

Adjournment