{"id":1429,"date":"2016-09-15T12:49:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T17:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:16","slug":"1429","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/2016\/09\/15\/1429\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Race to the White House: Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">Friends of the Loyola Libraries Speaker Series presents<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>2016 Race to the White House: Its Highs, Lows, and Historical Precedents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Monday, November 7, 2016 \u2022 6 p.m.<br \/>\nMcCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall<br \/>\nLoyola University Chicago<br \/>\n1000 W. Sheridan Road \u2022 Chicago, Illinois<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ba224f;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ba224f; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/libcal.luc.edu\/event\/2811994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER HERE!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Were the 2016 election\u2019s gaffes, one-liners, and memorable moments historical firsts or repeats from the past? Please join us as we welcome Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, assistant professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, who will take us through the highs and lows to consider how unprecedented this unforgettable race has been and how it might be remembered.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1480\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2016\/09\/Ellie-Shermer-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ellie-shermer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, PhD has written extensively about American politics in books, articles, and blogs. She is currently working on a book about the origins of and politics behind the student loan industry, tentatively titled: <em>Indentured Students<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the presentation, Dr. Shermer will sign copies of her books <em>Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the\u00a0Transformation of American Politics<\/em> and <em>Barry Goldwater and the Remaking of the American Political Landscape<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations are encouraged. Please register <a href=\"http:\/\/libcal.luc.edu\/event\/2811994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> or contact Nicole Brodsky at 773.508.2616 for more information.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Trump\/Clinton image copyright Nigel Parry for CNN.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2016\/09\/Trump-Clinton-Nigel-Parry-CNN-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Nigel Parry for CNN\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2016\/09\/Trump-Clinton-Nigel-Parry-CNN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2016\/09\/Trump-Clinton-Nigel-Parry-CNN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2016\/09\/Trump-Clinton-Nigel-Parry-CNN-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2016\/09\/Trump-Clinton-Nigel-Parry-CNN.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=center>Friends of the Loyola Libraries<br \/>\nSpeaker Series <\/p>\n<p align=center><strong>2016 Race to the White House: Its Highs, Lows, and Historical Precedents<\/p>\n<p align=center>Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, PhD<\/p>\n<p align=center>Monday, November 7, 2016 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6851],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2010,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/2010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}