The Washington History Seminar series is held weekly on Mondays (unless otherwise noted) during the Fall and Spring academic semesters. The series is co-sponsored by the American Historical Association and the Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program.
If you have questions about the seminars, please email us at ahaonline@historians.org.
Fall 2024 Semester
All seminars will be held on Mondays from 4 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET unless otherwise noted. Registration information will be circulated for each event two weeks in advance of the webinar.
- September 9: Sulmaan Wasif Khan
The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between - September 16: Laura Beers
Orwell’s Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century - September 19: Radoslav Yordanov **Thursday event**
Our Comrades in Havana: Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe, 1959–1991 - September 23: Sheyda Jahanbani
The Poverty of the World: Rediscovering the Poor at Home and Abroad - September 26: Kidada E. Williams **Thursday event**
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction - September 30: Aaron Bateman
Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative - October 7: Mary Ellen Curtin
She Changed the Nation: Barbara Jordan’s Life and Legacy in Black Politics - October 21: Mateo Jarquín
The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History - October 28: David Greenberg
John Lewis: A Life - November 4: James Graham Wilson
America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan - November 14: Sheila Fitzpatrick **Thursday event**
Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War - November 18: Manisha Sinha
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920 - December 2: Darshana M Baruah
The Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order - December 9: Pierre Asselin
Vietnam’s American War: A New History - December 16: Mary Bridges
Dollars and Dominion: U.S. Bankers and the Making of a Superpower
Recordings
Recordings of each event are posted to the Washington History Seminar YouTube channel. Past recordings can also be viewed on the AHA’s YouTube Channel.