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Why Do We Fight in Afghanistan?

by Susan Brewer

More people have been asking that question lately. For years Americans have been told that despite setbacks we are making progress there. Making progress toward what, people wonder. What is the mission of the United States in Afghanistan? After more than a decade since the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, it is worth revisiting what [...]

A Center-Left Leader, Missed Opportunities, and Anti-Americanism: A Possible new Direction in U.S. Policy Towards the Western Hemisphere?

by James Siekmeier

I received an email from a former colleague and friend of mine recently who concluded that Lula’s (Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva) two terms in office as President of Brazil (2003-2010) represented a missed opportunity for the United States–and United States-Latin American relations in general. Here was a center-left leader, in one of the world’s [...]

A New Cold War at the Water’s Edge?

by Andrew Johnstone

An essential rule for politicians: always make sure the microphone is off.  On March 26 at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, Barack Obama was overheard discussing missile defence with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. With an open mic, Obama told Medvedev “This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.”[1] Russia currently [...]

Is the System the Solution? Past Policies, Current Dilemmas, and Inter-American Relations in the 21st Century

by James Siekmeier

More than 20 years have passed since the last full-fledged U.S. military intervention in Latin America (Panama, 1989, in case your memories are hazy).  Starting in the 1980s, democratization flowered in the region for numerous reasons—but mostly internal reasons based in Latin American history and society. Starting in the 1990s, with the end of the [...]

Visions of War

by Susan Brewer

On December 15th President Barack Obama welcomed home U.S. troops from a war he once had called “dumb.” His speech avoided the reasons why the Iraq War was fought and focused instead on honoring the American servicemen and women who fought it.  Inspiring words–“extraordinary achievement,” “honor,” “sacrifice,” “finest fighting force,” “unbroken line of heroes,” “progress [...]

Newt Gingrich and the (ab)Uses of History

by Andrew Johnstone

It is an honor to join the SHAFR blogging team for 2011-12.  While SHAFR is (as the name makes perfectly clear) a society that focuses on the history of American foreign relations, there is no doubt that we are as well placed as anyone to make connections between historical events and contemporary issues in American [...]

Issues for the 2012 Presidential Election

by Nick Sarantakes

The United States of America is about to enter a presidential election year.  Actually, it already has entered the political season.  The election of 2012 will most likely turn on economics, but as Andy Johns pointed out in his blog, foreign policy is always important and next year’s contest will be no different.  In addition, [...]

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Committees

Program Committee

SHAFR Annual Meeting, June 2012

David C. Engerman, co-chair, Brandeis University
Kristin L. Hoganson, co-chair, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Noelani Arista, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Nick Cullather, Indiana University
Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Atwood Lawrence, University of Texas at Austin
Jana Lipman, Tulane University
Erez Manela, Harvard University
Jason C. Parker, Texas A&M University
Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont
Sarah B. Snyder, University College London
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ohio State University

Nominating Committee

Scott Kaufman, Chair, Francis Marion University, 2012
Anne Foster, Indiana State University, 2013
Michael Allen, Northwestern University, 2014

Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize

Terms of service ends on June 30 of year indicated
David F. SchmitzChair, Whitman College, 2012
Mark Lawrence, University of Texas, 2013
Anne Foster, Indiana State University, 2014

Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize

Terms of service expire on June 30 of year indicated
Robert Dean, Chair, Eastern Washington University, 2012
Michelle Mart, Pennsylvania State University, Berks, 2013
Mario del Pero, University of Bologna, 2014

Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize

Terms of service expire on June 30 of year indicated
William Stueck, Chair, University of Georgia, 2012
Donna Alvah, St. Lawrence University, 2013
Sheyda Jahanbani, University of Kansas, 2014

Myrna Bernath Book and Fellowship Awards

Terms expire on June 30 of year indicated
Mary Sarotte, Chair, University of Southern California, 2012
Michaela Hoenicke-Moore, University of Iowa, 2013
Anna Nelson, American University, 2014

Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize

Terms of service expire on June 30 of year indicated
J. Garry Clifford, Chair, University of Connecticut, 2012
Cary Fraser, Pennsylvania State University, 2013
Jeffrey A. Engel, Texas A&M University, 2014

Link-Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing

Terms expire on June 30 of year indicated
Cary Fraser, Chair,Pennsylvania State University, 2013
Kristin Ahlberg, Department of State, Office of the Historian, 2015
Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University, 2017

Norman and Laura Graebner Award

Guenter Bishof, Chair, University of New Orleans
Marc Gallicchio
Villanova University
Penny Von Eschen, University of Michigan

Graduate Student Grants & Fellowship Committee

Terms expire on January 31 of year indicated
Meredith Oyen,, Co-chair, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 2015
Brad Simpson, Co-chair, Princeton University, 2012
Michael Allen, Northwestern University, 2013
Michael Donoghue, Marquette University, 2014
Dirk Bonker, Duke University, 2016

Michael J. Hogan Fellowship

Terms expire on January 31 of year indicated
Melani McAlister, Chair, George Washington University 2012
Gordon Chang, Stanford University 2013
Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University 2014

William Appleman Williams Junior Faculty Research Grants

Terms expire on January 31 of year indicated
Douglas Little, Chair, Clark University 2012
Kathryn Statler, University of San Diego 2013
Barbara Reeves-Ellington, Sienna College 2014

Dissertation Prize Committee

Terms of service expire on June 30 of year indicated
Scott Laderman, Chair, University of Minnesota, Duluth 2012
Hiroshi Kitamura, College of William & Mary 2013
Jessica Chapman, Williams College 2014

SHAFR Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Terms of service expire on June 30 of year indicated
Christopher JespersenChair, North Georgia College & State University 2012
Megan Threlkeld, Denison University 2013
Clea Bunch, University of Arkansas 2014

Committee on Minority Historians

Carol E. Anderson Co-Chair, University of Missouri at Columbia
Naoko Shibusawa, Co-Chair, Brown University
George S. White, York College-CUNY
Omar Dphrepaulezz, University of Connecticut
Judy Kertesz, North Carolina State University
Sheyda Jahanbani, University of Kansas
Seth Fein, Yale University

Membership Committee

Terms expire on December 31 of year indicated
Tom Zeiler, Chair, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2015
Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College, 2012
Michael Hopkins, University of Liverpool, 2012
Brad Simpson, Princeton University, 2012
Jessica Gienow-Hecht, University of Cologne, 2013
Barbara Keys, University of Melbourne, 2013
Yujin Yaguchi, University of Tokyo, 2013
Roham Alvandi, London School of Economics, 2014
Mario Del Pero, University of Bologna, 2014
Daniela Spenser, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Mexico City, 2014
Leandro Morgenfeld, University of Buenos Aires, 2015
Xiafeng Xia, Long Island University, 2015

Committee on Women in SHAFR

Petra Goedde, Co-Chair, Temple University
Laura Belmonte, Co-Chair, Oklahoma State University
Barbara Keys, University of Melbourne
Kelly Shannon, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Walter Hixson, University of Akron
Katie Sibley, St. Joseph’s University

Committee on Historical Documentation

Terms expire on December 31 of year indicated
Richard Immerman
Chair , Temple University, 2014
Chester Pach, Ohio University, 2012
Erin Mahan, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2013
Warren Kimball, Rutgers University, 2014

Ways and Means Committee

Marilyn Young, Chair, New York University
Tom Zeiler, University of Colorado
Mark Bradley, University of Chicago
Andrew Rotter, Colgate University
Jeff Engel, Texas A&M University
Emily Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine, Endowment Liaison
Peter L. Hahn, Ohio State University, Executive Director

Teaching Committee

Terms expire on December 31 of year indicated
Mark Stoler, Chair, University of Vermont, 2011
Brian Clancy, University of Western Ontario, 2011
Humberto Loayza, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2011
Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont, 2011
Marc J. Selverstone, University of Virginia, 2012
Phyllis L. Soybel, College of Lake County, 2012
Matthew Masur, St. Anselm College, 2013
Molly Wood, Wittenberg University, 2013
Terry Hamblin, SUNY Delhi, 2013
John Tully, ex officio (Director of Secondary Education), Central Connecticut State University
Mitchell Lerner, ex officio (Passport editor), Ohio State University

Summer Institute Oversight Committee

Terms expire on December 31 of year indicated
Andrew J. Rotter, Colgate University, 2012
Marilyn Young, New York University, Chair, 2013
Thomas Zeiler, University of Colorado, 2014

SHAFR.org Editorial Board

Terms expire on December 31 of year indicated
Andrew Johns, Brigham Young University, 2011
Richard Werking, U.S. Naval Academy, 2012