My name is jon kulaga. I have the privilege of serving as the president of Indiana Wesleyan University and as the host for this panel discussion. J. Robert oppenheimer. An evolving legacy as one of the most complicated figures in history. Decades may pass before historians come to some consensus about the details of oppenheimers life and what those details mean. Last summer witnessed the release of Christopher Nolans oppenheimer, arguably most elaborate and most costly cinematic exploration of the academic vocation. Just prior to the release of the first trailer for that film in december 2020 to the United States department, energy issued an order vacating. The 1954 Atomic Energy Commission Decision in the matter of j. Robert oppenheimer. The decision that resulted in oppenheimer being stripped of his security clearance. Our panelists will grapple the status of oppenheimers legacy in the wake of that order. The release of the film and ultimately turn their attention to the nature, the
Host for this panel discussion. J. Robert oppenheimer. An evolving legacy as one of the most complicated figures in history. Decades may pass before historians come to some consensus about the details of oppenheimers life and what those details mean. Last summer witnessed the release of Christopher Nolans oppenheimer, arguably most elaborate and most costly cinematic exploration of the academic vocation. Just prior to the release of the first trailer for that film in december 2020 to the United States department, energy issued an order vacating. The 1954 Atomic Energy Commission Decision in the matter of j. Robert oppenheimer. The decision that resulted in oppenheimer being stripped of his security clearance. Our panelists will grapple the status of oppenheimers legacy in the wake of that order. The release of the film and ultimately turn their attention to the nature, the relationship, the Scientific Community shares with the federal government. Our panel this evening includes three d
Published book, a cold war of global history. Im from George Washington university and im the cochair of the washington History Center along with christian arneson of the policy program. The seminar for those of you who dont know is a collaborative effort of the national History Center which is part of the American Historical Association and Woodrow Wilson enters nationalcenter for scholars. We meet on monday afternoon at 4 pm though today for our fall lunch , we made an exception and it shows a beautiful friday afternoon to get this started. So normally we meet on monday afternoons, market down, 4 pm. If you have gotten the schedule already, we can go to the washington history seminars website and national History Center and download a copy of all the talks all season. I think our programming this fall is particularly exciting. Seminars like this dont happen by themselves. On the logistics front, peter stecker of the Wilson Center and amanda perry work behindthescenes to ensure that t
Here at historic Decatur House, which is the home of the White House Historical association. We are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and its terrific to have them here. We have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. I have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if shes not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. So its an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our National Council on white house history, which were always grateful to have well this evening. It is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the White House Historical Association Mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. Foundation in austin, texas, he is a president ial historian for abc news and also an accomplished author. Mark is
Im welcoming you under our roof here at historic Decatur House, which is the home of the White House Historical association. We are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and its terrific to have them here. We have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. I have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if shes not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. So its an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our National Council on white house history, which were always grateful to have well this evening. It is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the White House Historical Association Mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. Foundation in austin, texas, he is a president ial historian for abc news and also