January
Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves: January 24, 2011
- Sheldon Garon, Dodge Professor of History and East Asian Studies in the Department of History at Princeton University
- Trudy H. Peterson, Consulting Archivist, Wilson Center
February
Territory, Statehood, and Sovereignty: From Westphalia to Globalization: February 7, 2011
- Charles S. Maier, Wilson Center distinguished scholar and the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University
Churchill’s Cold War Revisited: February 14, 2011
- Klaus Larres, Public Policy Scholar Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor in History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
March
Rethinking the History of the French Welfare State: March 7, 2011
- Katherine A. Lynch, Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University
The “Good Occupation”: Military Government in the American Imagination: March 14, 2011
- Susan Carruthers, Fellow Professor of History, Rutgers University
The Russian Imperial Legacy: March 21, 2011
- Gabriel Gorodetsky, Short-Term Grant Director, Cummings Center for Russian Studies, Tel Aviv University
Kissinger’s Realpolitik and American Exceptionalism: March 28, 2011
- Thomas Schwartz, Public Policy Scholar, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
April
American Biography After the Cold War: April 4, 2011
- Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History, School for International Affairs, Columbia University
Civil Military Relations: April 11, 2011
- Richard H. Kohn, Professor of History and Peace, War, and Defense, Department of History, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
America’s International Civil War: April 25, 2011
- Don H. Doyle, Public Policy Scholar, McCausland Professor of History; Director, ARENA, Association for Research on Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas, University of South Carolina
May
South Africa and the End of Apartheid: May 2, 2011
- Paul S. Landau, Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland
September
Iran in 1953 and the Uses of Middle East History: September 12, 2011
- Stephen Kinzer, Professor of International Relations, Boston University
“Rogue States” and the US: September 19, 2011
- Robert S. Litwack, Vice President for Scholars and Academic Relations and Director, International Security Studies
Dag Hammarskjold: His Critics and the United Nations in 1956: September 26, 2011
- Wm. Roger Louis, Kerr Professor at the University of Texas at Austin
October
Why We Botch the End of Wars: October 3, 2011
- Gideon Rose, Editor of Foreign Affairs and member of the Council on Foreign Relations
The Contested Legacy of the Berlin Wall, October 17, 2011
- Hope M. Harrison, Public Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center and Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University
Statelessness in 20th Century America: October 24, 2011
- Linda K. Kerber, May Brodbeck Professor of History at the University of Iowa
Missed Opportunities for Peace: The US, Jordan, and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War: October 31, 2011
- Nigel J. Ashton, Professor and Chair of the International History Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science
November
Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the South: November 7, 2011 (Podcast)
- Gavin Wright, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University
Reassessing Walter Lippmann: November 14, 2011
- Ronald Steel, Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California
Black Leaders and Leadership: November 21, 2011
- Phyllis Leffler, Director of the Institute for Public History and Professor at the University of Virginia
December
American Exceptionalism: A Global Perspective: December 5, 2011
- Thomas Bender, Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History at New York University
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