January 27th, 2012
Warren Kimball edited Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence, published by Princeton University Press in 1984. In his presentation to the January 30 edition of the Washington History Seminar, he will reflect on the problems he faced in compiling letters and other communications, on research in the pre-computer age, and on his thoughts about the [...]
January 25th, 2012
Through the kindness of our partner in the Washington History Seminar, the History and Public Policy Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, webcasts of all but two fall 2011 sessions are now available. The sessions featuring Stephen Kinzer and James Hershberg have not yet been posted on the Wilson Center website. Links [...]
January 20th, 2012
“Lincoln, more than any other American, and more than most great men of any country,” the Irish Times remarked in 1920, “is an international character.” All sides to the “Irish Question”—from Éamon de Valera to David Lloyd George—found occasion to invoke Abraham Lincoln. Approaching Irish political history from this angle casts fresh light on the [...]
December 18th, 2011
The National History Center will sponsor seven sessions at the American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago January 5-8. Topics range from environmental history to Scotland’s role in the British Empire to the future of the history major in liberal education. The Center will also inaugurate a new initiative, “Historians, Journalists, and the Challenges of [...]
December 1st, 2011
The National History Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars have released the spring schedule for their weekly Washington History Seminar. The seminar takes place each Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Wilson Center in downtown Washington, DC. Check the National History Center website for announcements of the individual sessions. Jan. 23: [...]
