
Events
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Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty
The Mathew “Mike” Gladstein Lecture in Biography
Livestream & In Person
Featuring: Andrew Meier, Maggie Haberman (moderator)
Andrew Meier, a former Moscow correspondent for Time, is an award-winning journalist and biographer. He is the author of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty. Maggie Haberman (moderator) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning senior political correspondent for the New York Times, a political analyst for CNN, and the author of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.
Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival
Andrew Meier will appear on two panels at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, returning to Chilmark this summer, August 4-6, 2023.
Join festival organizers and the other attendees on the grounds of the Chilmark Community Center with a line up of some of the country’s leading authors.
For more information, please visit: Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival
Saturday August 5, 12:30pm
Dynasty and Wealth: How Wealth Structures American Life
Andrew Meier (Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty), Gretchen Morgenson (These Are the Plunderers), Jeannette Walls (Hang the Moon)
Moderated by John Battelle, co-founder of Wired Magazine and The Industry Standard, journalist, investor, entrepreneur
Sunday August 6, 1:10pm (Tent C)
Andrew Meier in conversation with David Modigliani.
NAASR Vartan Gregorian Memorial Lecture
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) presents:
Andrew Meier on MORGENTHAU: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty
Second Annual Vartan Gregorian Memorial Lecture.
The annual NAASR lecture bearing his name presents cutting-edge Armenian Studies scholarship that intersects with some of the many areas that interested Vartan Gregorian as a scholar, such as Armenians in the Near East and the Muslim world, particular Iran; books and libraries; immigration; education; and more.
In-Person/Livestream/On Zoom
Live on Zoom. Registration is required and free.
Livestream on NAASR's YouTube channel Armenian Studies.
For more information, please visit: Event at NAASR website.
Morgenthau: Four Generations of a New York City Dynasty
Andrew Meier in conversation with Susie J. Pak, author of Gentlemen Bankers: The World of J. P. Morgan, about his new book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty.
In conversation, Q&A, book signing
For tickets and more information, please see: Morgenthau: Four Generations of a New York City Dynasty
Andrew Meier in Conversation with Ginia Bellafante
Conversations from the Cullman Center
Andrew Meier will discuss his new book Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty with Ginia Bellafante, New York Times reporter, critic and, since 2011, the newpaper's Big City columnist.
For tickets and more information, please visit Morgenthau: Andrew Meier with Ginia Bellafante.
Jewish Dynasties: The Morgenthaus with Andrew Meier
In-Person & Virtual Event
Andrew Meier will be in conversation with Academy Award winner Elinor Burkett, journalist, author, film producer and documentary director., about his new book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty.
Meier and Burkett will discuss the Morgenthau dynasty, from Lazarus’ relationship to Temple Emanu-El, to Henry’s hesitation to accept the “Jewish” ambassadorship to the Ottoman Empire and Robert Morgenthau’s prosecution of John Lennon’s killer, Robert Chambers and Tupac Shakur, as well as his vindication of the five men convicted of murdering the Central Park Jogger.
$18 includes a copy of the book
For tickets and more information, please see: Jewish Dynasties at Temple Emanu El Streicker Center
Andrew Meier at the Roosevelt House
Andrew Meier in conversation with Harold Holzer, Lincoln Prize-winning historian & Roosevelt House Director.
In conversation, Q&A, book signing
For tickets and more information, please see Andrew Meier — Morgenthau at the Roosevelt House
“Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty” with Andrew Meier and Sarah Morgenthau
In-person & Virtual
Sarah Morgenthau interviews Andrew Meier about his book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, a New York Times Editors’ Choice which follows the epic and intimate portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize—and previously unmapped—influence shaping the American Century and daily life in New York City, including the Museum’s own Robert M. Morgenthau Wing.
Meier will sign copies of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, which will be available for purchase at the event.
In conversation, Q&A, book signing
For tickets and more information, please see: Event page at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Morgenthau: Andrew Meier in conversation with Kati Marton
Presented by the Leo Baeck Institute (New York | Berlin)
Award-winning journalist Andrew Meier will join journalist Kati Marton to discuss his new family biography, Morgenthau.
In conversation, Q&A, book signing
For tickets and more information, please see: Event page at EventBrite
A Closer Look: Andrew Meier in Conversation with Sarah Morgenthau
Join us at Curiosity Store for an incredible evening of conversation as acclaimed author Andrew Meier (Black Earth, The Lost Spy) sits down with policy expert and attorney Sarah Morgenthau to discuss the recently-released Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and The Rise of an American Dynasty (Penguin Random House).
Moderated by Reading with Robin’s Robin Kall, this unique conversation on Meier’s intimate yet epic portrayal of one family’s incredible story is an event not to be missed.
This event includes nibbles and one drink ticket.
For tickets and more information, please see: A Closer Look at Curiosity Store
Washington, DC: Politics & Prose
Andrew Meier will read from his new book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, and discuss the Morgenthau dynasty with Fiona Hill, senior fellow at Brookings and former deputy assistant to the president on the National Security Council.
For tickets and more information, please see: Events at Politics & Prose
Online: Book Passage
Andrew will be in conversation with Liesl Schillinger about his new book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty.
For tickets and more information, please see: Book Passage: Andrew Meier - Morgenthau
St. Louis, MO: Online
Postponed: Please check back.
Andrew will read from and discuss his new book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty.
This event will be held virtually in partnership with HEC-TV. Please check back for details including exact time.
For more information, please see: Upcoming Authors @ SLCL
NYC & Online: Morgenthau Book Launch
Andrew will speak on his new book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, and discuss the Morgenthau dynasty with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird (The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter; American Prometheus:The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer).
For tickets and more information, please see: Andrew Meier on the Morgenthau Dynasty, in conversation with Kai Bird
ONLINE: A Secret Art: Building Suspense into Your Narrative
2022 BIO Conference Panel
Biographers International Organization (BIO)
How to write a page-turner
Andrew Meier moderates panel discussion with Rebecca Donner, author of the New York Times bestselling All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, and T.J. Stiles, winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction, the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the 2016 Pulitzer for History, and a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer for Biography.
Video available on YouTube: 2022 BIO Conference Panel: A Secret Art: Building Suspense into Your Narrative