Post Tagged with: "Vietnam War"

The Contemporary History Institute presents a screening of an episode of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s documentary, The Vietnam War on March 2, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in Bentley 124. CHI will screen episode five of the Burns and Novick series, titled ‘This Is What We Do’ (July 1967-December […]

A New York Times opinion piece headlined “Black and White in Vietnam” written by Ohio University alum Gerald Goodwin ’14Ph.D. has spawned a Prisoners of War radio documentary. Goodwin, who earned a Ph.D. in History and a Certificate in Contemporary History from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO, teaches courses […]

The Contemporary History Institute Lecture Series presents Dr. Sandra Scanlon on “’Popular Parades, Conservative Memory and the Political Uses of the Vietnam War” on Feb. 8 at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 242. After 1975, conservatives who had championed United States engagement in Southeast Asia tried to establish a popular interpretation […]

Ohio University has awarded Mitchell Smith, Ph.D. student in the History Department, two prestigious grants: the Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship and a Student Enhancement Award. Both grants were based on Smith’s dissertation project, titled “The Politics of Assent: Popular Support for America’s Vietnam War, 1965-1973.” Smith received $6,000 from the Student Enhancement Awards Program. He […]

‘Place Matters: Domestic Regionalism, The American South, and The Vietnam War’ Dr. Joseph A Fry, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, opens the Contemporary History Institutes Spring Semester speakers series on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 240, focusing on how place matters in how Americans have responded […]

The 2015 Baker Peace Conference on “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. A panel on “The International Context” is Friday, March 27,  at 3 p.m. in Nelson Commons. The panel features: Moderator – Dr. Paul C. Milazzo, Ohio University Dr. Pierre Asselin, Hawaii Pacific Univeristy […]

The 2015 Baker Peace Conference on “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. A panel on The Military Commitment of Troops is Friday, March 27,  at 10 a.m. in Nelson Commons. The panel features: Moderator – Dr. Clarence Wyatt, Monmouth College Dr. George C. Herring, University […]