Seminars

Institute for Constitutional History Fall Seminar: Bureaucracy and the Constitution

"Today, a deep and historically inflected debate is raging over the legitimacy of American bureaucracy. As context for that controversy, this seminar will trace the constitutional history of the U.S. administrative state."

NYHS Announces Annual Constitutional History Seminar: The Contested Right to Vote

The Bonnie and Richard Reiss Graduate Institute for Constitutional History is pleased to announce its spring 2022 seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty.

The State of Democracy: Jan. 22, 2022 (Feat. Carol Anderson)

"One year after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, 92Y’s second annual State of Democracy Summit—co-presented with Aspen Digital—will explore the most important questions facing the country right now."

The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History is Revisionist History – James Banner at the Washington History Seminar (May 3)

"James Banner’s book, the first full-length work on revisionist history since 1929, explains why, since the time of ancient Greece, historians have disagreed with others’ interpretations of the past."

Virtual Event: Sarah Miller-Davenport: Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire, FEB. 1

Please join the National History Center of the American Historical Association for a Washington History Seminar roundtable on Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire with author Sarah Miller-Davenport, MONDAY FEB. 1, 4:00 PM EST.

Virtual Event: Joan Wallach Scott's "On the Judgment of History" FRIDAY JAN. 29

Please join the National History Center of the American Historical Association for a Washington History Seminar roundtable on On the Judgment of History with author Joan Wallach Scott. Friday, January 29, 4:30 PM EST

Washington History Seminar TODAY: Claudio Saunt's "Unworthy Republic"

Please join the National History Center of the American Historical Association for a Washington History Seminar roundtable on Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory with author Claudio Saunt. TODAY 4:00 PM EST

Washington History Seminar Spring 2021 Lineup

The National History Center announces the lineup for its Washington History Seminar for Spring 2021. 

Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote (Virtual Event, 10/26)

Speaker Ellen DuBois will be joined by panelists Kimberly A. Hamlin and Marcia Chatelain to discuss the history of Woman Suffrage for the Washington History Seminar, hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the National History Center. 

TODAY: Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography

The National History Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars host a virtual discussion today featuring Thomas Schwartz, author of "Henry Kissinger: A Political Biography." 

Erasing History or Making History? Race, Racism, and the American Memorial Landscape: July 2

The American Historical Association will host a Zoom discussion of memorials and racism on July 2 at 12:30 PM EDT.