events 2007

Prof. Roger Daniels

Discussion at The American Center: "Immigration to the USA - Past and Present: From the Pilgrims to Green Cards”

October 2, 2007

The discussion will address the colorful history of U.S. immigration as well as current issues such as new legislation proposals and "Green cards". The event is open to everybody with a professional, scholarly or personal interest in the topic.

Among the panelists will be: Prof. Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati and Stuart Hatcher, Consul General, U.S. Embassy Prague. The discussions in Prague will be moderated by Doc. PhDr. Miloš Calda American Studies Dept., FSV UK and in Brno by Tomáš Pospíšil, Department of English and American Studies, Masaryk University.
 
Prague 
When: Thursday, October 11, 5 pm
Where: American Center, Tržiště 13, Praha 1

Brno
When: Friday, October 12, 2 pm
Where: Moravian Library, Kounicova 65a, Brno
 
 
Translation into Czech will be provided. Please confirm your attendance at email acprague@state.gov or tel. 257 530 640.
 

Mr. Roger Daniels is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cincinnati and has been studying U.S.  immigration for more than 40 years. He has published fourteen books and more than a hundred articles and essays, testified as an expert witness before the United States Senate and other governmental bodies, has also been a consultant for many public television programs, served as president of the Immigration History Society as well as a member of the history committee that helped to plan the Immigration Museum on Ellis Island.
 
Stuart Hatcher has been Consul General of the United States in the Czech Republic since August, 2006.  A native of New York, he holds a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School and a Masters in National Security Studies from the National War College.  He has previously served in Mexico, Honduras, Romania and Bulgaria.  Among several Washington assignments, he was the Deputy Director of Consular Training at the Foreign Service Institute.  While there he led several field trips to New York, where consular officers visited the site of the World Trade Center Towers as well as Ellis Island, illustrating for them the importance of the U.S commitment to Secure Borders, and Open Doors.