On October 3, Professor Reneo Lukic of Lavalle University, Quebec, spoke to students and faculty on "Franco-American Relations since the End of the Cold War."
The Churchill Centre in Washington, D.C. selected The Citadel and the University of Washington as the two colleges to host its annual seminar series for public school teachers. The Charleston meeting took place on November 4 and featured David Jablonski of U.S. Army War College (author of CHURCHILL, THE GREAT GAME, AND TOTAL WAR) and Warren Kimball of Rutgers University (author of FORGED IN WAR: ROOSEVELT CHURCHILL AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR).
“China at The Citadel Week” was held from October 30-November 6. Under the direction of Professor Keith Knapp, it featured a series of presentations on a variety of topics in the History of China from the ancient to the modern era. More than twenty leading scholars from throughout the United States participated.
On November 28, Peter Karsten, The Citadel’s Mark W. Clark Visiting Professor, delivered a public lecture entitled: “LEARNING ABOUT WAR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY FROM `WILLIE’ & `JOE’: BILL MAULDIN—THE GI’S DELINEATOR AND CHAMPION.”
On October 26, 2006 The Citadel hosted a Symposium on Military Legitimacy and Leadership with a discussion on “The Soldier as Diplomat-Warrior”. The event was from 1-3 p.m. in the Greater Issues Room on the second floor of Mark Clark Hall. The keynote speaker was professor Evan H. Offstein of Frostburg State University in Maryland. Panelists for the discussion will be retired Army Col. Rudy Barnes, retired Army Col. Tony Lackey, adjunct professor of political science at The Citadel; Jack Porter, assistant professor of political science at The Citadel and Lt. Col. Kevin Govern, assistant professor of law at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Karsten comes to The Citadel from the University of Pittsburgh where he holds a joint appointment in the history and sociology departments. He earned his B.A. from Yale University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. A former Fulbright Research Fellow, he is the author of eight books including “Soldiers and Society: The Effect of Military Service and War on American Life” and “Between Law and Custom." As the Mark Clark Professor, Karsten will teach courses, present public lectures, and conduct faculty seminars in modern legal and military history.
Wright is a specialist in the history of the Middle East. He received his B.A. and M.A. in History from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and spent a year of doctoral work at Indiana University's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. He received his Ph.D. in Middle East History from the University of California Santa Barbara. At The Citadel, he will teach a range of courses on the Middle East and the Islamic World as well as more specialized courses on the Crusades, History of Muslim-Christian relations, the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, and Anti-American Sentiment and Terrorism in the Middle East. In addition he teaches general survey courses in Western Civilization and World Civilization.
“We are very fortunate to have such a prominent senior scholar and such a promising junior one join our ranks,” said Bo Moore, chairman of the Department of History. “Pete and Chris give The Citadel the ability to expand its course offerings into areas that are of particular interest, and importance, to our students in the early 21st century.”
