Ninth International Seminar on Decolonization Begins at the Kluge Center—Dispatch July 7, 2014

You are subscribed to News from the John W. Kluge Center for Library of Congress. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Ninth International Seminar on Decolonization Begins at the Kluge Center—Dispatch July 7, 2014 For the ninth consecutive year, the International Seminar on Decolonization will be held at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Sponsored by the National History Center with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the seminar convenes 16 young scholars from around the world at the Library of Congress for four weeks of research and investigation into the dissolution of colonial empires and the emergence of new nations in the period following the Second World War. The seminar will again be led by renowned historian Wm. Roger Louis, Kerr Chair of English History and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin, past chairman of the U.S. State Department’s Historical Advisory Committee, founding director of the National History Center, and member of the Library of Congress Scholars Council. Louis conceived of the seminar in conjunction with the Library’s Office of Scholarly Programs in 2005; the Library hosted the first-ever International Seminar on Decolonization in 2006. Two public lectures will be held in conjunction with the seminar: • Wednesday, July 16 at 4 p.m.: "Spies, Allies, and Murder? The Ominous Origins of the 1968 Tet Offensive in Hanoi's Postcolonial War," with Professor Lien-Hang Nguyen. • Tuesday, July 22 at 4 p.m.: "Decolonization and the Nation-State: Reflections on the 1958 Referendum in French West Africa," with Elizabeth Schmidt, Ph.D., Professor of History at Loyola University Maryland. Free and open to the public, the lectures will occur in room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Tickets are not needed. The lectures are co-hosted by The John W. Kluge Center and the National History Center. More about the decolonization seminar is on the Kluge Center website: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/institutes/index.html A list of seminar participants is on the National History Center website: http://nationalhistorycenter.org/announcing-the-2014-decolonization-seminar-participants/ More about the history and background of decolonization is on the Library of Congress blog: http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2013/07/inquiring-minds-studying-decolonization/ The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library’s remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge. This service is provided by the Library of Congress at www.LOC.gov. Unsubscribe or change your subscriber preferences For questions or problems with subscriptions, contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com Follow us: Blog | Facebook | Flickr | iTunes U | Twitter | YouTube   This email was sent to woowonemusic@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Library of Congress · 101 Independence Ave, SE · Washington, DC 20540 · 202-707-5000