How the Great Recession and the COVID Pandemic Still Shape Our World – Dr. Jeremi Suri
Global Issues Series II
Thursdays in Sarasota
The Great Recession (2007 to 2009) and the COVID pandemic (2020 to 2022) shook every part of society. Work and family life changed and have not returned to older patterns. As a result, politics have become more extreme. Dr. Jeremi Suri explores these recent traumas and explains how they affect current conditions and what they mean for our future.
- Feb 04 2027
- 10:30 am
- Global Issues Series II,
- Global Issues Series II Sarasota
- 104 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236
Speaker
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Suri, Jeremi, DrMack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs; Professor of Public Affairs and HistoryDr. Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. He is a professor in the University’s Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Dr. Suri is the author and editor of eleven books on politics and foreign policy, most recently: Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy. His other books include: The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office; Liberty’s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama; Henry Kissinger and the American Century and Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Détente.
His writings appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Time, Wired, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and other media, including his weekly podcast, This is Democracy. and his weekly newsletter, Democracy of Hope.
Dr. Suri is a popular public lecturer and comments frequently on radio and television news. His writing and teaching have received numerous prizes, including the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas and the Pro Bene Meritis Award for Contributions to the Liberal Arts.
