Carleton is pleased to present author and historian Derek Hoff ’94 on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in Leighton Hall Room 304. Titled “The Re-Birth of the Right: The Decline of Malthusianism and the Conservative Ascendancy in Contemporary America,” Hoff’s presentation is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will also be served.
A 1994 graduate of Carleton, Hoff is an associate professor of U.S. history at Kansas State University. He is also the author of several books including his most recent titles, “The State and the Stork: The Population Debate and Policy Making in U.S. History” (University of Chicago Press, 2012) and, with John Fliter, “Fighting Foreclosure: The Blaisdell Case, the Contract Clause, and the Great Depression” (University Press of Kansas, 2012). Copies of both titles will be available for purchase at the event.
For more information on this event, including disability accommodations, contact the Carleton College Department of History at (507) 222-4217. For inquiries regarding Professor Hoff’s books, contact the Carleton College Bookstore at (507) 222-4153 or by email at bookstore@carleton.edu. Copies of “The State and the Stork” and “Fighting Foreclosure” are currently available for purchase at the Carleton Bookstore, and will also be available for purchase at the event.
