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Volume 38, No. 2 |
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News Briefs |
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Introduction to InfoHawk |
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Longevity of University employees recognized |
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Seminar series on cold war America continues |
Seminar series on cold war America continues
Lectures and seminars in the series focus on American actions, the reasons given for those actions, the consequences, and possible alternatives. The series, organized by Robert Newman, an Obermann Scholar and adjunct professor of communication studies, and coordinated by the Obermann Center, involves the participation of numerous UI departments and centers.
The following presentations are free and open to the public:
Sept. 7—"The globalization of the cold war in east Asia," presented by Norman Graebner, University of Virginia, 7:30pm at Brewery Square; sponsored by the Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry.
Sept. 16—"The domino theory in the cold war," presented by Frank Ninkovich, St. John’s University, and William Stueck, University of Georgia, 9am, 101 BCSB; sponsored by the Center for Recent U.S. History.
Sept. 29—"Truman’s commitment to the French in Vietnam," presented by George Herring, University of Kentucky, 3pm, Minnesota Room, IMU; sponsored by the UI Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.
Sept. 30—"The culture of conspiracy," presented by Richard M. Fried, University of Illinois at Chicago, Justus D. Doenecke, New College of the University of South Florida, and Michael J. Birkner, Gettysburg College, 1pm, Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch; sponsored by the Hoover Library.
UI faculty members convening these upcoming programs in the series include Sam Becker, communication studies; Lawrence Gelfand, history; and Stephen Vlastos, history.
For more information, contact the Obermann Center at (33)5-4034 or visit the series web site at www.uiowa.edu/~obermann/point.html.