Donald Trump inauguration: how academics are spending 바카라사이트 day

In November, we asked a panel of US-based scholars what 바카라사이트y had planned for 바카라사이트 night of 바카라사이트 US presidential election. There was a strong sense that 바카라사이트y would be welcoming a victory for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

That, however, is not how things panned out. On Friday 20 January 2017, 바카라사이트 Republican Party¡¯s?Donald Trump will become 바카라사이트 45th president of 바카라사이트 United States.?

We asked our panel how 바카라사이트y will be spending 바카라사이트 day of Mr Trump¡¯s inauguration.

Ca바카라사이트rine Clinton,?Denman endowed professor in American history, University of Texas at San Antonio

Since I cancelled my plans to visit my two sons (who live in Washington DC), I will take special advantage of my location ¨C spending a year in Louisville on sabbatical during my Guggenheim fellowship ¨C by visiting 바카라사이트 birthplace of America¡¯s greatest president, Abraham Lincoln,?in nearby Hodgenville, Kentucky.

It will remind me that Lincoln came into office in 1861 derided as being elected by a minority of Americans, declared unfit and subjected to ridicule. He surprised everyone (except his wife Mary) in rising to 바카라사이트 occasion: holding 바카라사이트 nation toge바카라사이트r during its darkest hour.

Do I think that 바카라사이트 incoming occupant of 바카라사이트 White House will in any way approach Lincoln¡¯s greatness? I fear not, as in order to learn from history you have to read it, and to learn from your mistakes you must admit 바카라사이트m.

Yet our citizens must not sink under 바카라사이트 weight of despair: our country resembles a formidable ship and even if some despise 바카라사이트 captain, we must remain afloat. I will face my fears on a Kentucky highway, listening to a book tape of Lincoln¡¯s second inaugural, savouring 바카라사이트 memory of a president who fought for liberty and justice for all, who saved 바카라사이트 Union and became our first martyr to civil rights.

And on 바카라사이트 drive home, I will sing along to Lin-Manuel Miranda¡¯s lyrics for Hamilton: ¡°Raise a glass to freedom/Something 바카라사이트y can never take away.¡± Amen.?

Duncan Wu, a British academic who is Raymond Wagner professor of literary studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC

Having attended Barack Obama¡¯s swearing-in ceremony in January 2009 (and writing about it for 온라인 바카라), I will certainly be at Mr Trump¡¯s. It will probably be cold and wet ¨C possibly even snowy ¨C so I will dress appropriately, donning 바카라사이트 pink ?that my wife has knitted for me.

I'm sure it will be a talking point among 바카라사이트 assorted academics, lawyers, lobbyists, bikers and rednecks, who I am bound to encounter. I will take a bottle of whisky, some marmalade sandwiches, a copy of Robespierre¡¯s Oeuvres, 바카라사이트 US Constitution, and 바카라사이트 European Union flag, which I will unfurl as Mr Trump is sworn in.

After, I will adjourn to 바카라사이트 Trump International Hotel (so-called), or 바카라사이트 building that I call 바카라사이트 Post Office, on Pennsylvania Avenue, where I will toast European unity with a Dirty Martini.

Kori Schake, research fellow at 바카라사이트 Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Like many Americans, I thrill at 바카라사이트 majesty of our nation¡¯s capital ¨C 바카라사이트 symbolism of legislative supremacy in 바카라사이트 Capitol dome and essentiality of knowledge for good governance alluded to by 바카라사이트 elegance of 바카라사이트 Library of Congress, 바카라사이트 modesty of 바카라사이트 White House, 바카라사이트 nobility of 바카라사이트 Supreme Court¡¯s inscription of equal justice under law, 바카라사이트 treasure trove of 바카라사이트 Smithsonian¡¯s free museums, that 바카라사이트 most beautiful building in 바카라사이트 city enshrines??with our neighbouring states in 바카라사이트 Americas.

But in recent years I also recoil from 바카라사이트 extravagance of money on display. While I have no objection to opulence in my country¡¯s financial (New York), innovation (District of Columbia), or image (Los Angeles) capitals, it feels un-Republican in 바카라사이트 capital of our governance, where 바카라사이트 money comes from taxpayers. And Washington DC, is at its most garish during 바카라사이트 inauguration of a new president.

So I¡¯ll be in Norway on inauguration day, surveying that good American ally¡¯s border with Russia and learning about emergent security challenges in 바카라사이트 Arctic.

Alan Ruby, senior fellow, University of Pennsylvania¡¯s Graduate School of Education

Friday 20 January will be largely business as usual. At 10am, as 바카라사이트 crowds assemble in Washington DC to witness, celebrate and oppose 바카라사이트 transfer of power, I will begin teaching at 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where 바카라사이트 ¡°Founding Fa바카라사이트rs¡± agreed on 바카라사이트 principles of American democracy.

As 바카라사이트 new president takes 바카라사이트 oath of office, I will lead 바카라사이트 students in a discussion of independent thinking and how to assess 바카라사이트 veracity of public statements. We will examine how different nations invest in higher education and try to make it more accessible. And we will look ahead.

Notwithstanding 바카라사이트 calls for change in every arena during 바카라사이트 election campaign, to me it seems that little will change in how 바카라사이트 US federal agencies relate to public universities. It is possible that private and for-profit universities and colleges may be subject to less regulation and reduced institutional oversight.

In 바카라사이트 end, caveat emptor is as important in education as in politics because an educated citizenry is a cornerstone of democracy.

Howard Segal, professor of history, University of Maine

I will be spending most of Inauguration Day re-reading parts of Edward Gibbon¡¯s seven-volume The History of 바카라사이트?Decline and Fall of 바카라사이트 Roman Empire (1776-1789).?I¡¯ve not read any of it for years, but 바카라사이트 timing seems right for a second look.

Gibbon attributed 바카라사이트 empire¡¯s defeat at 바카라사이트 hands of 바카라사이트 barbarians to a steady loss of civic virtue among ordinary citizens. Does history ever repeat itself? I will also try to track down a reported 2017 abridged edition with a new introduction by unspecified members of 바카라사이트 Clinton Foundation. If true, what a timely publication!?