Virtual events

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center and National History Center
  5/19/2022
  

  Washington History Seminar: New Scholarship on the Wars in Vietnam-May 23

  The Washington History Seminar discusses Christopher Goscha's history of the Vietnamese war for liberation against French colonialism. 

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• SOURCE: Mellon Foundation
  5/17/2022
  

  Mellon Foundation Event: Chinese American History, Asian American Experiences (May 19)

  Historians Erika Lee and Mae Ngai discuss the history of Chinese Americans in the context of Asian American history and American multiculturalism with Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander on May 19. 

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• SOURCE: National Library of Medicine
  1/11/2022
  

  National Library of Medicine Announces 2022 History Talks

  NLM History Talks promote awareness and use of NLM and related historical collections for research, education, and public service in biomedicine, the social sciences, and the humanities.

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• SOURCE: Aspen Institute and Craig Newmark Philanthropies
  1/12/2022
  

  The State of Democracy: Jan. 22, 2022 (Feat. Carol Anderson)

  "One year after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, 92Y’s second annual State of Democracy Summit—co-presented with Aspen Digital—will explore the most important questions facing the country right now."

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• SOURCE: Foreign Policy Research Institute
  7/27/2021
  

  Haiti, Cuba, and the History of U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean (Virtual Event July 29)

  Michael J. Bustamante and Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall are featured in a discussion of American intervention in the Caribbean and its relationship to current turmoil in Haiti and Cuba. July 29, 2:00 PM. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/18/2021
  

  Event: History Matters with Annette Gordon-Reed, Historian & Author, “On Juneteenth” (Friday, June 18)

  Jonathan Capehart will host a discussion with Annette Gordon-Reed of her new book "On Juneteenth" on Friday at 12:00 eastern. 

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center and National History Center
  6/8/2021
  

  For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality (Washington History Seminar, June 14)

  In a bold rewriting of twentieth-century political history, Dorothy Sue Cobble reclaims social democracy as a central thread of American feminism and shows how global forces, peoples, and ideas shaped US politics and social movements.

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• SOURCE: African American Intellectual History Society
  5/10/2021
  

  The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: May 19

  Join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), for a conversation with leading policy makers, academics, and researchers on the historical legacy of the Massacre, the effects on current-day policy and organizing debates related to racial justice, and the movement for reparations.

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• SOURCE: Profs and Pints
  4/13/2021
  

  Register for Profs and Pints with Denver Brunsman: The 1814 Burning of Washington

  Historian Denver Brunsman will join the Profs and Pints series of (virtual) discussions to talk about the British attack on Washington in 1814 and its impact on American nationalism and the local urban boosters of the capital city. 

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center and National History Center
  4/9/2021
  

  Washington History Seminar – Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction

  Professor Kate Masur joins the Washington History Seminar on Monday, April 19 to discuss "Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction."

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• SOURCE: Liveright Publishing
  2/4/2021
  

  Liveright Conversations: Jelani Cobb, Annette Gordon-Reed, & Elizabeth Hinton

  An all-star panel discussin of the ongoing legacies of Black protest movements features Annette Gordon-Reed, Elizabeth Hinton, and Jelani Cobb. 

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• SOURCE: Library of Congress
  2/3/2021
  

  The History of American Isolationism with Charles Kupchan: Thurs. Feb. 11

  Join the John W. Kluge Center for a discussion of the evolution of U.S. statecraft with Charles Kupchan, author of a new book, Isolationism: A History of America’s Effort to Shield Itself from the World.`

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• SOURCE: National Humanities Center
  2/2/2021
  

  Jakobi Williams, “​The Black Panthers, Here and Abroad”

  Historian Jakobi Williams discusses the community-based organizing of the Black Panther Party and its national and global influence. 

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  1/25/2021
  

  Virtual Event: Joan Wallach Scott's "On the Judgment of History" FRIDAY JAN. 29

  Please join the National History Center of the American Historical Association for a Washington History Seminar roundtable on On the Judgment of History with author Joan Wallach Scott. Friday, January 29, 4:30 PM EST

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  12/22/2020
  

  Washington History Seminar Spring 2021 Lineup

  The National History Center announces the lineup for its Washington History Seminar for Spring 2021. 

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• SOURCE: Haymarket Books
  12/22/2020
  

  Solidarity: Defending Activism Within and Beyond the University: Tuesday 12/22, 5:00 PM EST

  A group of scholars will convene a virtual event to discuss the case of Garrett Felber at the University of Mississippi and the status of activist scholarship in the U.S. academy, including historians Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Robin D.G. Kelley, and Elizabeth Hinton.