I am the cochair of the washington history seminar. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar and former director of the National History center. , our aims eighth year is to foster conversation about the past and to make history and essential part of public conversation about these events here in the United States and across the world. Possible inare made part by the efforts of many people, but in particular the people at the Wilson Center and the associate director of the Wilson Center. They handle the logistics and work out the logistics have. Today is danes kennedy. We are always grateful for the ,inancial support of shaver which generously helps to the History Department in a number of anonymous donors with their , weort, making it possible the her week, to bring us scholars who do the work at the Wilson Center. I think that roger now will introduce the speaker. Neil, as everyone here knows, is a famous historian. The author of many books, includin
I am the cochair of the washington history seminar. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar and former director of the National History center. , our aims eighth year is to foster conversation about the past and to make history and essential part of public conversation about these events here in the United States and across the world. Possible inare made part by the efforts of many people, but in particular the people at the Wilson Center and the associate director of the Wilson Center. They handle the logistics and work out the logistics have. Today is danes kennedy. We are always grateful for the ,inancial support of shaver which generously helps to the History Department in a number of anonymous donors with their , weort, making it possible the her week, to bring us scholars who do the work at the Wilson Center. I think that roger now will introduce the speaker. Neil, as everyone here knows, is a famous historian. The author of many books, includin
Thank you very much indeed. Great pleasure to be here. And i thought i would say a couple of things by way of pressers. Our efforts are made possible in part to the efforts of many people, including the Wilson Center and the National History center and these are the people who behind the scenes handle a logistics and work out whatever issues we have to make sure that all goes smoothly. Today is theus director of the National History center. We are always grateful for the the society of Foreign Relations which under rights the seminar. Support that makes it possible for us week to week to bring distinguished scholar to talk about their work in the wonderful setting that is the Wilson Center. Roger lewis will introduce our speaker. He is a famous historian. Of paper andhor , colossus, civilization. He is a fellow at the Hoover Institution at stanford. His many awards include the Benjamin Franklin prize for ludwigservice and the ehrhardt prize for economic journalism. He has given a lectu
University department of history. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar. The seminar, now in its eighth year as a joint venture between Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars in the National History center of the american historical association. Our aim is to foster conversations about the past and make history and essential part of the public conversation about contemporary events here in the United States and across the world. Our efforts are made possible in part by the efforts of many people, including the wilson center, and the associate director of the wilson center. These are the people who handle all the logistics and work out any issues we have to make sure everything goes smoothly. Present with us today is the director of the National History center, from George Washington university, dane kennedy. Grateful for the support of who underwrites the seminar and the support of the gw history department. It is their support that makes
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