History Department Calendar

 
Important Dates

FEBRUARY 8

Friday
      • No Events for this day

AFTER FEBRUARY 8

      • Tue 02/26/13
        6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
      • History Career Night
      • Battelle-Tompkins Atrium

      • This event, sponsored by the Department of History and the Career Center, is a chance for all interested students to learn about possible career choices with an undergraduate degree in history. A panel of History Department alumns will share their experiences during and after their time at AU. Food will be served.

        Type: Information Session
        Host: History

        Full Event Information

        • Export to my Calendar
      • Fri 03/22/13
        10:00 am – 3:00 pm
      • CAS Graduate Studies Open House
      • Mary Graydon Center 1

      • Join the College of Arts and Sciences for an exploration of graduate school. Graduate Studies Day gives prospective students an opportunity to meet with faculty, current students, and graduate admissions staff to learn more about our graduate programs and what it's like to be a student in the College. Individuals meet with faculty in their prospective department to learn about the program they're ...more

        Type: Information Session
        Host: CAS Graduate Admissions

        Full Event Information

        • Export to my Calendar
      • Fri 04/12/13
        5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
      • Cold War Symposium Student Roundtable
      • School of International Service 102

      • Round-table discussion of contemporary relations between Russia and the US between students from American University (Washington, DC) and MGIMO University (Moscow) moderated by Matthew Rojansky (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and Anton Fedyashin (American University). The roundtable will precede the symposium dedicated to the Kennedy address and one student will present the ...more

        Type: Conference
        Host: Initiative for Russian Culture

        Full Event Information

        • Export to my Calendar
      • Sat 04/13/13
        2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
      • The Strength of Dialogue: In Honor of JFK's Commencement Address (1963-2013)
      • Ward Circle 1

      • On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy addressed AU's graduating class with a speech that has been called "one of the great state papers of American History." Entitled "A Strategy of Peace," it acknowledged the role that stereotypes and misrepresentation played in the Cold War (see also: JFK's AU Speech: 50 Years Forward on Peace).

        Taking its cue from JFK's insights, the symposium will ...more

        Type: Lecture/Speaker
        Host: Initiative for Russian Culture

        Full Event Information

        • RSVP (Required)
        • Export to my Calendar
      • Mon 04/22/13
        7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
      • FDR and the Jews
      • Abramson Family Recital Hall

      • Please join Distinguished University Professors Richard Breitman and Allan Lichtman as they discuss their new book, FDR and the Jews.

        The event is free and open to the public.

        Please join us for a book signing and dessert reception after the talk.

        For more about the authors and book, please see

        -- News article and video clips: Roosevelt Neither Villain nor Hero for the Jews

        -- FDR and the ...more

        Type: Lecture/Speaker
        Host: CAS Dean's Office

        Full Event Information

        • Export to my Calendar