Canadian Military History Symposium, March 17-18, Kingston, Ontario, http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=142425
Clausewitz in the 21st Century, 21 - 23 March, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford Manor Road Building http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/Clausewitz.asp
NEW! March 24, 3-5 pm Woodrow Wilson, Center, Washington, DC "Ulysses S. Grant" with author Josiah Bunting III, President, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Conference Room, 5th floor Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004 -3027 Please respond with acceptances only to usstudies@si.edu. Directions are available at our web site at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions
NEW! The National Security and Law Society of the American University Washington College of Law, "Emerging Issues in National and International Security," March 21-22, 2005. For further information about EMININT 2005, including a list of panelists and a registration form, please visit http://wcl.american.edu/org/nsls/eminint2005.htm. If you have anyquestions, please contact nsls@wcl.american.edu or 301-728-5908.
The History Graduate Student Association of CSU, Fresno, California is hosting its 7th annual research symposium. April 9, 2004. This year theme is "War: Historical Perspectives." Military historian and classicist Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is keynote speaker. Contact: gaius@csufresno.edu.n Information at http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=143775
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments for "The Case for Long Range Precision Strike," featuring General Mike Carns (AF Ret.,) Major General Jasper Welch (AF Ret.,) and Mr. Barry Watts, CSBA. Wednesday, April 6th, 8:30-11:30, room 325 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Visit www.csbaonline.org for more details or contact Luciana Turner at 202-331-7990 (lturner@csbaonline.org) to RSVP.
NEW! America's Irregular Enemies: Securing Interests in an Era of Persistent Conflict US Army War College, Carlisle, PA, April 13-14, http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/conf/16strategyconfreg.pdf
April 18, "Launch the Intruders! VA-75 in Linebacker I and II" by Dr. Carol Reardon, Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University and author of a forthcoming University Press of Kansas book on this subject. Dr. Reardon will discuss the role of the A-6 Intruder-the U.S. Navy's technologically sophisticated all-weather, day-or-night, low-level attack aircraft-in the naval air war in Vietnam during 1972. Using VA-75, "the Sunday Punchers," as a representative of the attack community, she will discuss its participation in Alpha strikes, single-plane low-level night missions (at which the A-6 excelled!), interdiction strikes, mining missions, and close air support. 12:00-1:00 on Monday 18 April [Note: Not a Tuesday lecture as usual] The United States Navy Museum, Bldg. 76, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. For additional information on the program contact the Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center, Dr. Edward J. Marolda, at (202) 433-3940 or Edward.Marolda@navy.mil
NEW! Prospects for Security in the Middle East, 20-21 April.Fort McNair in Washington, DC. The Middle East has long played a critical role in U.S. economic and security policies. Our objective is to examine various developments affecting security in the region including the threat of terrorism, economic and democratic liberalization, political instability, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Experts will also assess new opportunities that could lead to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Participants will include government officials, military officers and research analysts from the United States and abroad. A more detailed agenda is available at: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/symposia/topical2005/agenda.htm Registration and payments must be made through the pay.gov web site at http://www.ndu.edu/inss/sym
posia/Topical2005/reginfo.htm
The Cold War and its Contexts The 2005 UCSB-GWU-LSE International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War 29-30 April, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Contact: gfujii@umail.ucsb.edu. http:// www.history.ucsb.edu/projects/ccws/conference
"Leadership of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe during World War I" by Dr. William N. Still Jr., East Carolina University Emeritus and author of a forthcoming University of Florida Press book on the U.S. Navy in the First World War. Dr. Still is a former holder of the Secretary of the Navy's Research Chair at the Naval Historical Center. He will discuss the impact of Admiral William S. Sims, Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, and other naval leaders on the American navy's contribution to the war effort. He will also assess the influence on the Navy of World War I, which represented a watershed in its history. 12:00-1:00 on17 May 2005 The United States Navy Museum, Bldg. 76, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. For additional information on the program contact the Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center, Dr. Edward J. Marolda, at (202) 433-3940 or Edward.Marolda@navy.mil
"The Long Road to Annapolis: Founding the U.S. Naval Academy" by William P. Leeman, recipient of the Admiral John D. Hayes Fellowship for 2003-2004. He will examine the naval academy debate in the United States from the Revolutionary era to 1845. At first, the idea of a naval academy was dismissed as unnecessary and inappropriate for a republic, Americans' concept of their nation, its values, and its role abroad. By 1845, however, the concept of American nationalism had evolved to such a degree that many citizens then felt a naval academy would be an important national institution and supported its creation. 12:00-1:00 on Tuesday 21 June The United States Navy Museum, Bldg. 76, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. For additional information on the program contact the Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center, Dr. Edward J. Marolda, at (202) 433-3940 or Edward.Marolda@navy.mil
Middle East: Security Prospects A year After the Transer of Sovereignty in Iraq, June 22-23, Fort McNair, Washington, DC, information at http://www.ndu.edu
October 27-28 "Cryptology and the Cold War," University of Maryland, Questions to cch@nsa.gov
NEW! Early Modern Terrorism: Atrocity and Political Violence, November 5, the Imperial War Museum North, London, On the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes' attempt to destroy the Houses of Parliament a conference to consider issues of politicised violence, terrorism and atrocity during the early modern period. Contact: Jerome.degroot@manchester.ac.uk
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