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Brian Clardy
Dr. Brian Clardy is an Assistant Professor of History and teaches 20th Century United States diplomatic history at Murray State University. He is also the host of Café Jazz on Thursday nights.
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"Crisis and Opportunity: President Obama and Sino - U.S. Relations"
During the 2008 presidential campaign, then candidate Barack Obama promised a change in U.S. approach to foreign policy. History Professor Dr. Brian Clardy believes the president has since been instrumental in creating positive transformative efforts, but says the overall status and tone of U.S. - Chinese relations will be the single most tenuous foreign policy dilemma the Obama Administration will face.
"The Diplomatic Necessity of Articulating the Obama Doctrine"
On the heels of his speech regarding his Afghan war strategy last Tuesday, President Obama is gearing up for another to be delivered in Oslo as he formally accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. Murray State history professor Doctor Brian Clardy says the stakes are high for Obama to successfully articulate his plans for global diplomacy.
"1968: The Re-Invention of Richard Nixon"
Whichever candidate gets elected this Tuesday, it’s certain history will be made. By January 20th, 2009, we’ll have either our first African American president or our first female Vice President. This time 40 years ago, Americans were celebrating another historic election. Dr. Brian Clardy takes us back to 1968, when Richard Milhous Nixon became the 37th President of the United States.
"Patricia Barber: The Art of Jazz Eloquence"
When jazz singer and pianist, Patricia Barber, released her first album, Split, in 1989, she quickly earned a reputation in the Chicago jazz scene as iconoclastic, deliberately intellectual, and remarkably talented. Nearly twenty years and ten discs later, critics and fans say her latest album; “The Cole Porter Mix” has proven her consistency. Dr. Brian Clardy says Barber is a master in the art of jazz eloquence.
"On Dexter Gordon's Round Midnight and the Jazz Revival of the 1980s"
On Friday, September 12th, 1986 - jazz fans across the country flocked to the movie theater to see ‘Round Midnight, a film starring several notable musicians including Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock. Dr. Brian Clardy describes the inspiration for the film and why it still remains popular twenty two years later.
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