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21st Century (2000- )

Congressional Briefings

  • NHC Congressional Briefing on on Zika: Historic Parallels and Policy Responses: September 12, 2016
  • NHC Congressional Briefing on the History of Political Partisanship: January 29, 2016
  • NHC Congressional Briefing on History of Incarceration in the United States: October 9, 2015
  • NHC Congressional Briefing on Tax Reform in the United States: May 8, 2015
  • NHC Congressional Briefing on the Ukraine Crisis: January 23, 2015*
  • NHC Congressional Briefing on Oversight of Intelligence Activities: June 9, 2014

Washington History Seminars

  • City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York: October 31, 2016
  • Free Speech and Unfree News: The Paradox of Press Freedom in America: April 11, 2016
  • The Nuremberg Idea: Crimes against Humanity in History, Law & Politics: February 8, 2016
  • To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party: March 2, 2015
  • Historical Perspective on the Arab Spring: April 8, 2013
  • Rising Inequality and the Return of Jim Crow: April 5, 2010
*Event video is not currently available

**Due to United States Senate regulations, we are unable to link video filmed within a U.S. Senate Office Building. To view this briefing, please go to the C-Span Video Library, and search the relevant video title.

Upcoming Events

  1. What it Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party

    May 25 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

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