{"id":31089,"date":"1999-03-12T11:10:11","date_gmt":"1999-03-12T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=31089"},"modified":"2015-12-11T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T16:55:16","slug":"historian-monicagate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/1999\/03\/12\/historian-monicagate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural historian to discuss &quot;Monicagate&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University, will discuss <em>The Morals of Monicagate<\/em> at7:30 p.m. March 22, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although for 14 months Americans have had &#8216;all Monica all the time,'&#8221; Altschuler said, few have examined what the events mean as a defining cultural moment revealing much about what constitutes private behavior and its relevance to the public arena.<\/p>\n<p>Altschuler&#8217;s areas of interest include American popular culture and the history of education in America. The author of many scholarly articles, Altschuler has written several books, including the forthcoming <em>Rude Republic: Americans and Their Politics in the 19th Century<\/em> (Princeton University Press), co-authored with Stuart M. Blumin; and <em>Changing Channels: America in TV Guide<\/em> (University of Illinois Press, 1992), co-authored with David I. Grossvogel. Calling Altschuler&#8217;s TV Guide book &#8220;one of the better highbrow studies of pop Americana,&#8221; Kirkus Reviews said &#8220;by dishing up celebrity gossip on a scholarly platter, this deserves the guilty-pleasure-of the-month award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Altschuler&#8217;s other books include <em>Better Than Second Best: Love and Work in the Life of Helen Magill<\/em> (University of Illinois Press, 1990); <em>Revivalism, Social Conscience and Community in the Burned-Over District: The Trial of Rhoda Bement<\/em> (Cornell University, 1983), co-authored with Jan M. Saltzgaber; <em>Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American Social Thought, 1865-1919<\/em> (American History Series, John Hope Franklin and A.S. Eisenstadt, editors, Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1982); and <em>Andrew D. White: Educator, Historian, Diplomat<\/em> (Cornell University Press, 1977).<\/p>\n<p>Altschuler recently co-authored an article, &#8220;Endowing the Rich and Famous: Celebrity Speakers on Campus,&#8221; for The Chronicle of Higher Education. A forthcoming essay, &#8220;Professor Show Biz,&#8221; will appear in The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Altschuler has lectured before university, alumni and professional audiences throughout the world, including Korea and Saudi Arabia. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree, magna cum laude in history, from Brooklyn College and a master&#8217;s and doctoral degree in history from Cornell University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University, will discuss &#8220;The Morals of Monicagate&#8221; at7:30 p.m. March 22, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. 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