Clements Center Hosts Inaugural [br]Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft[/br]
Jul 23, 2014
Exemplary doctoral students from all over the world were selected to take part in the program that focused on various ways in which scholars and policymakers can effectively use the lessons of history.
See the agenda below for more details. For more information about the program, please click here.
Sunday, July 27th
6:30-9:00 p.m.
Reception and Dinner
“History, Statecraft, and Policy Relevance”
Speaker: William Inboden, Executive Director, Clements Center
Monday, July 28th
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Seminar: “History, Political Science, and Policy Uncertainty”
Speaker: Frank Gavin, Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies, MIT
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Lunch: “Reflections on History at the Pentagon”
Speaker: Celeste Ward Gventer, National Security Fellow, Clements Center
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Free Time
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Reception: “Vietnam and the Lessons of History”
Speaker: Mark Lawrence, Director of Graduate Studies, Clements Center
7:30 p.m.
Dinner: “Guidelines on Academic Publishing”
Speaker: Brigitta van Rheinberg, Assistant Director, Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor, Princeton University Press
Tuesday, July 29th
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Seminar: “History and Grand Strategy”
Speaker: Hal Brands, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and History, Duke University
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Lunch: “History and Strategic Planning”
Speaker: Tom Mahnken, Senior Research Professor, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Free Time
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Reception: “The Uses of History in the Bush and Obama Administrations”
Speakers: Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science, Duke University
Colin Kahl, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
7:30 p.m.
Dinner: Blue Moose Pizza
Wednesday, July 30th
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Seminar: “History and Biography”
Speaker: H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Chair in History, University of Texas
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Lunch: “Ancient Empires: Historical Models and Meanings”
Speaker: Steele Brand, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Clements Center
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Free Time
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Reception: “The Use and Abuse of History in the Afghanistan War”
Speaker: Paul Miller, Associate Director, Clements Center
7:30 p.m.
Dinner: “Historians at Think-Tanks”
Speakers: Ted Bromund, Senior Research Fellow in Anglo-American Relations, The Heritage Foundation
Tanvi Madan, Foreign Policy Fellow, Brookings Institution
Thursday, July 31st
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Seminar: “Culture and Strategy”
Speaker: Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Lunch: “History and Military Planning”
Speaker: Craig Morris, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force; Fellow, U.S. Air Force Academy
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Free Time
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Reception: “History at Foggy Bottom”
Speaker: Seth Center, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Dinner
Friday, August 1st
6:00-10:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Guests depart