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The Contemporary History Institute sponsors an active program of conferences and invited speakers, providing opportunities for students to interact with prominent specialists from a wide variety of fields.

Speakers and Seminar Visitors

The Institute regularly brings distinguished speakers to Athens to conduct seminars and deliver public lectures.



Spring Quarter 2008

Thursday, April 17
William McCants, Fellow, Combating Terrorism Center, West Point, and Senior Analyst, SAIC's Center for International Issues Research
“A Bitter Harvest: Al-Qaeda Setbacks in 2007”
4:10 p.m., Baker Theatre

Thursday, April 24
Piero Gleijeses, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
“'La Causa Más Bonitá': Cuba and Southern Africa”
4:10 p.m., 242 Baker Center

Thursday, May 8
Katherine Jellison, Department of History, Ohio University
“It's Our Day: America's Love Affair with the White Wedding, 1945-2005”
227 Bentley Hall

Thursday, May 15
T. David Curp, Department of History, Ohio University
“Ethnic Cleansing's Half-Life: Expulsions and their Legacy in Postwar Europe”
227 Bentley Hall




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“Making Peace, Ensuring Justice: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Comparative Perspectives”

2008 BAKER PEACE CONFERENCE
Ohio University
April 3-4, 2008

Sponsored by the Baker Peace Studies Program and Contemporary History Institute

April 3
Baker Theatre - second floor, Baker Center
7:30 PM

  • Keynote Address by Steven Stoltenberg, the State Department's foreign affairs analyst for Poland and the Baltic States

    Steven Stoltenberg received his doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992. His most recent publication was the chapter “Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Determined Euroatlanticists” in The European Union and the Member States, edited by Eleanor Zeff and Ellen Pirro, 2006.

April 4
Baker Center Ballroom

PANEL 1 – 9:30 a.m. to Noon
Barriers to Reconciliation
Dr. James Mosher

PANEL 2 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Successes of Reconciliation
Moderator, Dr. T. David Curp

PANEL 3 – 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Overview/Drawing conclusions
Moderator, Dr. David S. Black


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