Who: Suzanne Summers, David Lauderback and Allan Purcell, ACC Professor’s of History; H.W. Brands, Glassock, Chair of History, Texas A&M University; and Robert Divine, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas

What: U.S. Diplomacy: The Quest for Peace in Troubled Times

When: 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12

Where: ACC Northridge Campus, 11928 Stonehollow Dr.
Lecture Hall, Room 4136

Background:

The Bob Lain Historical Symposium features Austin Community College, University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University professors who will discuss how U.S. diplomacy shapes the modern world and the effects of September 11, 2001 on U.S. foreign policy. The policies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson will be explored, as well as U.S. counterinsurgency tactics during the Cold War. ACC professor of history, Suzanne Summers, will talk about the human impact of September 11, 2001.

The symposium is free and open to the public.