Prof. Klaus W. Larres
in co-operation with the Department of History & the Peace, War and Defense Curriculum (PWAD)
the College of Arts and Sciences, UNC Global, the Center for Global Initiatives, the Center for European Studies & the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS).
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“The U.S. in World Affairs: the Cold War and Beyond”
-- lecture series with eminent scholars --
Schedule FALL 2015
Thursday, Sept. 10, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library):
Prof. Klaus Larres (UNC Chapel Hill):
“Churchill, the United States & Peace Negotiations:
Lessons for the 21st Century?”
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library):
Prof. Stephen Szabo (German Marshall Fund, Washington, DC):
"Germany Confronts Russia:
Geo-Economics vs Geo-Politics?"
Thursday, October 8, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library):
Prof. Jeffrey Herf (University of Maryland at College Park):
“War and Terror against Israel:
Germany (East & West), the U.S. and Israel
during the Cold War and the post-9/11 World”
Thursday, October 22, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library):
Dr Malcolm Byrne (National Security Archive, Washington, DC):
"The U.S. and Iran - Lessons Learned?
Missed Opportunities from the 1953 Coup to the 2015 Nuclear Deal"
Thursday, November 5, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library)
Prof. Nancy Mitchell (North Carolina State University):
“Jimmy Carter, the Cold War, and Africa:
Race and Human Rights”
Tuesday, November 10, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library)
Dr William Burr (National Security Archive, Washington, DC)
and Prof. Jeffrey Kimball (Miami University, Ohio):
“Nixon, Kissinger, the Madman Theory & theVietnam War”
Tuesday, November 17, 5.30pm (Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library):
Dr Peter Ruggenthaler (University of Graz, Austria):
“Russia, Europe, and the U.S.:
Cold War & Post-Cold War Security Conflicts from Stalin
to Gorbachev and Putin”
*** ALL WELCOME ***
Free parking after 5.00pm at Cobb Deck
All talks take place in the Pleasants Family Room of the Wilson Library (ground floor) from 5.30pm to 7.00pm
No RSVP necessary - but if you wish to reserve a seat, please email Alyssa Bowen “”