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Read about the inaugural Patrick Clendenen Conference in American Today (4/1/2008)
Vincent Intondi wins the Thomas M. Campbell Award from the Florida Conference of Historians American Today (4/1/2008)
Read about Eric Lohr's involvement in Hillary Clinton's Russian Advisory Committee in American Today (3/25/2008)
History faculty attend President Kerwin's inauguration (2/8/2008)
Read about Kate Haulman's perspective on the connections between fashion and cultural history in American Today (1/18/2008)
Read the latest issue of "Making History in the Nation's Capital" to see a few of the department's recent activities (Fall 2007)
Listen to Andrew Lewis on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU, as he explains the history of Thanksgiving (11/20/2007)
Lonnie Bunch, AU history alum and Director of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, will deliver the Department's annual David J. Brandenburg Lecture. Mr. Bunch's lecture follows the Phi Alpha Theta Initiation, which begins at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, in the Battelle Tompkins Atrium. For details on Lonnie Bunch's distinguished career, see the American Magazine. (11/8/2007)
Read Allan Lichtman's recent article on the Keys to the White House (History News Network 10/8/2007)
Watch videos from Peter Kuznick's Iraq/Iran Symposium at American University (9/18/2007)
Robert Beisner's biography honored by Council on Foreign Relations (from American Today 9/4/2007)
Read about AU Public History students in "The New Historians" (from American Fall 2007)
Pam Nadell welcomes new AU students to campus (from American Today 8/28/2007 )
Find out more about a new book Colonial Botany: Science, Commerce and Politics in the Early Modern World containing an essay by Andrew Lewis (University of Pennsylvania Press 8/2007)
Read Peter Kuznick's new article "The Decision to Risk the Future: Harry Truman, the Atomic Bomb, and the Apocalyptic Narrative," published in Japan Focus, an Asia-Pacific E-Journal (7/30/2007)
Read about Kathy Franz's exhibit on David Macaulay's work at the National Building Museum (from American Weekly 6/27/2007) or watch WETA's coverage of the exhibit.
Read about graduate student Jodi Boyle's work on the John R. Hickman Collection of vintage radio broadcasts in the AU Library archives. (from American Weekly 6/25/2007)
Read Anne Bentzel's article on Alan and Deborah Kraut's new book (from CAS Connections 5/2007).
Robert Beisner's Acheson Biography Draws National Attention (from American Weekly 10/24/2006)
Read Henry Kissinger's review of Bob Beisner's new biography of Dean Acheson (from The Sunday New York Times 10/15/2006 )
"Public Historians Move Beyond the Books" (from American Weekly 8/29/2006)