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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
  • Islam and Democracy for the 21st Century: February 13, 2012
  • Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves: January 24, 2011
  • Rising Inequality and the Return of Jim Crow: April 5, 2010
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**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. On the Judgment of History

    January 29 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
  2. Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire

    February 1 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  3. White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea

    February 8 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  4. A Twentieth Century Crusade: The Vatican’s Battle to Remake Christian Europe

    February 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  5. Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas

    February 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

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