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...Simon Schama, a cultural and philosophical historian who teaches history at Columbia University, elicited laughs and a lengthy round of applause with his speech, “The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Ozzy Osbourne...
...Schama said today’s society should reclaim the ability to use spoken language well, particularly in the face of pop culture and sound bytes...
...What if instead of taking expository writing, you had to take expository speaking?” Schama said...
...example of the shifting standards applied to public addresses, he mentioned former University President Edward Everett, who Schama said spoke for two hours before Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address...
...Simon Schama, a professor of history and art history at Columbia University, will give the keynote address. Poet Charles Wright, a professor of English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, will present a poetry reading...