Militiary History Lecture Series

Fall, 2001

Tuesday, September 18, - 3:00 PM Landrum 506
"The First Emperor of China and His Terra Cotta Warriors"
Presented by: Dr. Chenliang Sheng >

Thursday, October 11, - 7:00 PM - BEP 200
"POW Reminiscences of WWII"
Moderator: Dr. Michael C.C. Adams >

Thursday, November 15, - 3:00 PM - Landrum 506
"Camp Dennison - Civil War Museum and Memories"
Presented by: Mr. Gary Knepp and Mr. Michael Stretch

SPRING, 2001

February 8, "Myths, Misrepresentations, and Misconceptions: Samori and Resistance to Colonial Conquest in West Africa." presented by Dr. Jonathan T. Reynolds, Assistant Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, 3:00 p.m., Landrum Academic Center 506.

March 1, "They Caught us on a Mountain Bald: Patrick Ferguson, King's Mountain and the American Environment." Burke Miller, Lecturer in History, Northern Kentucky University, 3pm, Landrum Academic Center 506.

March 22, "The Doolittle Raiders." Tom Griffin (participant in Doolittle's raid), 7:30pm, BEP 200.

April 19, "Alexander and Asia: the Politics of Historiography." Jason Larson, University Special Collections Archivist, 3pm, Landrum Academic Center 506.

 

FALL, 2000

November 15, "Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven: Appalachia's Battle of Blair Mountain and the Uses of the Military," presented by Dr. Danny L. Miller, Professor of English, Northern Kentucky University, 3:00 p.m., Landrum Academic Center 506.

November 2, "Colonel John S. Mosby: Gray Ghost and Folk Hero," presented by Dr. James A. Ramage, Regents Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, 3:00 p.m.,Landrum Academic Center 506; refreshments to follow.

October 9, "On the Spot: Lincoln Visits Civil War Battlefields," presented by Mr. Roger D. Billings, Jr., Professor Law, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 3:30 p.m., Landrum 110. Refreshments to follow.-

 

September 7- "The English Patient and the Wounds of War," by Dr. Susan Steves Adams, Professor of English (NKU), 3:05 p.m., Landrum Academic Center 506. Refreshments to follow.

 

Spring, 2000

April 20- "The Atom Bomb: The Truth at Last," Dr. Michael D. Pearlman, Associate Professor at the U.S. Army Command and general Staff College, 7:30 p.m., BEP Building, Room 200. Refreshments to follow.

March 23- "Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Political Forgiveness in International Relations," Dr. Jerald Richards, Professor of Philosophy (NKU), 3:05 p.m., Landrum Academic Center 110. Refreshments to follow.

February 10- "France and the Mirage of Grandeur and Independence," a lecture by Dr. Francois Le Roy, Lecturer in History (NKU), 3:05 p.m., Landrum Academic Center, Room 110. Refreshments to follow.

Fall, 1999

November 10- "Patton Trooper: I Was There," a lecture by Mr. Charles F. Hinds (Kentucky State Librarian, retired), 7:00 p.m., BEP Building 200. Refreshments to follow.

October 21-"Rape in Wartime," a lecture by Dr. J. Robert Lilly, Regents Professor of Sociology (NKU), 3:05 p.m., Landrum 110. Refreshments to follow.

 

September 21-"'An Unmilitary History': The Cold War in Germany, 1952-1953," a lecture by Dr. Frank Stallings, professor emeritus of English at Northern Kentucky University, 3:05 p.m., Landrum Academic Center. Refreshments to follow.