TISS Evening Presentations
2008/2009 (FY09)
September 19 *Sebastian Lukasik, History, Duke University,"Combat and Identity on the Western Front, WWI."
October 2-3 Careers in the Security Studies Field (Wickersham Scholars and Duke AGS students).
October 6 Kerry Fosher, Research and Practice Associate, Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and College of Law Syracuse University, Robert Albro, International Communication, American University, and James Peacock, Professor of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill, “Anthropology and Military/Intelligence Engagement: A Forum.”
October 7 Election Foreign Policy Debate - Duke Undergraduate Students, Duke University.
October 23 David Sanger, White House Correspondent for the New York Times, Vice Provost for International Affairs Von der Heyden Lecture - A conversation on Security Challenges.
October 24, *Karen Hagemann, "Reconstructing the 'Front'and 'Home:' Gendered Experiences and Memories of the German Wars against Napoleon."
October 30 Pierro Gleijeses, International Studies, Johns Hopkins, "Cuban Policies in Southern Africa."
November 6 Kurt Campbell, Center for the New American Security, "New American Security Agenda."
November 7 Jeremy Black, History, Exeter University, "Could the British Have Won the American Revolutionary Wars?" and "International Security."
November 21 *John Lynn, History, University of Illinois, "Women's Participation in Early Modern Armies. "
December 2 Cynthia Enloe, Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and Women's Studies, Clark University, "The Iraq War: Feminist Lessons"
January 15 Michael Doran, Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs National Security Council and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University,"Conversation on Iran," Duke University, Freeman Center for Jewish Life.
January 31 *Michael Geyer, History, University of Chicago "Genocide in World War II."
February 20 *Greg Daddis, History, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Measuring Effectiveness in the Vietan War," East Campus, Duke University, 4-6 PM.
February 23 General Noburu Yamaguchi, Former Commandant, Ground Research & Development Command, JGSDF, Japan, "National Security in East Asia."
February 26 Von Der Heyden Lecture and Keynote talk for Conference - John Lewis Gaddis, History, Yale University.
March 5 Paul Kennedy, History, Yale University, Duke Provost's Lecture, " "Measuring American Power in Today's Fractured World."
March 20 *Heather Perry, History, UNC-Charlotte, "Disease, War, and Medicine."
April 6 Christopher Dandeker, War Studies, Kings College, London, "The End of War."
April 10 *Isabel Hull, History, Cornell University “Military Culture and the Practices of War."
April 14 Honor Theses - Dinner Presentations - Undergraduates.
* Talks organized by the History of the Military, War, and Society Seminar Series- Cosponsored by TISS
2007/2008(FY08)
Loch K. Johnson (University of Georgia) “Challenges of Strategic Intelligence” Evening seminar (Franklin Center, Durham) and classroom visit (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Peter Feaver (Duke University) “White House Years.”
Thomas Christensen (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs) “China-U.S. Relations.” Cosponsored by PASS. Evening seminar (Freeman Center, Durham). Michael Doran (Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs, National Security Council) “War of Ideas.” Cosponsored by Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Jared Cohen (State Department's Policy Planning Staff).
Dominic Johnson (Princeton University) Evening seminar “Perceptions of the Iraq Conflict.”
Amb. Hesahm Youssef (Chief of Staff of the Secretary General of the Arab League) Cosponsored by NCSU and Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Defense. Luncheon conversation.
2006/2007 (FY 07)
Mia Bloom, Government, University of Georgia-Athens, "Suicide Terrorism."
Joseph T. Glatthaar, History, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Robert E. Lee and the Transformation of Military Culture in the Army of Northern Virginia."
Gabriel Sheffer, Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Civil-Military Relations in Israel."
Wayne Lee, History, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Leashes on the Dogs of War: A Model for Understanding Violence in War."
Kelly Greenhill, Government, Wesleyan, "The Power of the Image: Abu Ghraib."
2005/2006 (FY 06)
Alex Downes, Political Science, Duke University, "Democracy and Civilian Victimization in War."
Yoav Gelber, Hartl Institute for the Study of Zionism, University of Haifa, "The Israeli Defense Force (1967-1973)."
Stephen Gent, Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Military Intervention in Civil Wars."
Dirk Bonker, History, Duke University, “World Power, Race, and Navalist Geopolitics in Germany and the U.S., 1890-1918.”
Jeffrey Record, US Air War College,"Comparing Iraq and Vietnam."
2004/2005 (FY 05)
General Sir Rupert Smith, Former Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers, Europe "War: a trial of strength or a clash of wills?"
Lt. General Tad Oelstrom, Kennedy School of Government “Russia: Which Road Is It On ? ”
Jack Granatstein, York University (Toronto, Canada) “Can Canada Wage War or Keep the Peace?”
Peter Feaver, Duke University "Casualties and the Iraq War.Duke University."
Hew Strachan, Oxford University, "The Meaning of Strategy: Historical Reflections"
2003/2004 (FY 04)
Michael Krepon, President, Henry L. Stimson Center
Brigadier General Stanley Jaworski, Pa. Air National Guard
Steven Wilkinson, Political Science, Duke University
Brian Linn, History, Texas A & M University
Eliot Cohen, School of Advanced International Studies
Charles Allen, Asst. Director of Central Intelligence for Collection
2002/2003 (FY 03)
Mel Middleton, Freedom Quest International
Amy Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center
Andrew Bacevich, International Relations, Boston University
Richard Slatta, History, North Carolina State University
General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Balaban, Writer in Residence, North Carolina State University
2001/2002 (FY 02)
Joanna Bourke, Classics, Birbeck College, London
Jeremy Black, History, University of Exeter
Seymour Mauskopf, History, Duke University
Linda Brady, Political Sciences North Carolina State University
Edward T. Linenthal, Religion, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
David Hamburg, Former President, Carnegie Corporation
2000/2001 (FY 01)
John Sebastian Cox , Air Historical Branch, Royal Air Force
David Herrman, History, Fordham University
Kanti Prasad Bajpai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Honorable Lloyd Axworthy, Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Philosophy, University of Chicago
Ariel Levite, Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Israel
Cynthia Watson, National War College
1999/2000 (FY 00)
Jiri Dienstbier, Special Rapporteur, UN High Commission for Human Rights in Bosnia/Hertzegovina, Croatia, and Yugoslavia
Anne W. Mitchell, History, North Carolina State University
Richard H. Kohn, History, UNC-Chapel Hill and Peter D. Feaver, Political Science, Duke University
General Richard Myers, Commander-in-Chief of US Space Command and North American Air Defense Command
General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr., Commandant of the United States Army War College
Cori Dauber, Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1998/1999 (FY 99)
Amy Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center
Jeremy Black, History University of Exeter, England
William F. Atwater, Director, US Army Ordnance Museum
Robert James Cottrel, Washington University
Tami Davis Biddle, History, Duke University
General George Lee Butler, Former Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command
Wayne Lee and David Silbey, History, Duke University
