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Washington History Seminar

Sponsored jointly by the National History Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Washington History Seminar meets each week, January to May and September to December, on Monday afternoons at 4 o’clock at the Wilson Center. It aims to facilitate understanding of contemporary affairs in light of historical knowledge of all times and all places and from a variety of perspectives. For the latest schedule, please click on Spring 2012 Schedule. For more information on past speakers, topics, and videos, please click on Washington History Seminar Schedule.

Washington History Seminar 

Washington History Seminar Spring 2021 Lineup

September 2, 2020December 21, 2020 Rachel Wheatley

The National History Center of the American Historical Association and the History & Public Policy Program of the Woodrow Wilson

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Washington History Seminar 

Event Recordings Now on YouTube

August 4, 2020January 19, 2021 Rachel Wheatley

If you missed one of our virtual WHS events or Congressional Briefings, we are uploading all recordings to our YouTube

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Response to COVID-19

March 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Rachel Wheatley

In accordance with federal recommendations, the NHC is suspending the WHS lecture series for the foreseeable future. Currently, all events

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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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