The History and Public Policy Program and the American Historical Association are pleased to announce the Fall 2024 Washington History Seminar lineup. All sessions take place on Zoom webinar Mondays from 4–5:30pm ET unless otherwise noted. Recordings of past sessions are available through the links after they occur.
Monday September 9, Sulmaan Khan (Tufts University) The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between
Monday September 16, Laura Beers (American University) Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century
Thursday September 19, Radoslav Yordanov (Harvard University) Our Comrades in Havana: Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe, 1959-1991
Monday September 23, Sheyda Jahanbani (University of Kansas) The Poverty of the World: Rediscovering the Poor at Home and Abroad, 1941-1968
Monday September 30, Aaron Bateman (George Washington University) Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
Monday October 21, Mateo Jarquín (Chapman University) The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History
Monday November 4, James Graham Wilson America's Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan
Thursday November 14, Sheila Fitzpatrick (University of Chicago) Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War
Monday December 2, Darshana M Baruah (CEIP) The Contest for the Indian Ocean And the Making of a New World Order
Monday December 9, Pierre Asselin (San Diego State University) Vietnam's American War: A New History
Monday December 16, Mary Bridges (SAIS) Dollars and Dominion: U.S. Bankers and the Making of a Superpower
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