- The legal historian Tanya K. Hernández has been appointed to the Archibald R. Murray Professorship at Fordham Law.
- From our in-box: "Mr. Ville Erkkilä (MA) will defend his doctoral thesis, The
Conceptual Change of Conscience: Franz Wieacker and German Legal
Historiography 1933-1968, in a public examination on 13
October 2017 at 12 noon. The defence will take place at the Faculty
of Law of the University of Helsinki, in lecture hall IV (Suomen
Laki -sali, Porthania, Yliopistonkatu 3). The opponent will be Dr.
Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth College). The defence is open to the
public. The thesis is available [here.]
- Over at AHA Blog: a report on the National History Center's Congressional briefing on civilian control of the military.
- And the National History Center has announced another Congressional briefing, this one on the History of Civil War Monuments. Monday, October 23, 2017, 9:30-10:30 am. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2044. With David W. Blight, Yale University; Karen L. Cox, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Gaines M. Foster, Louisiana State University; and Moderator: James Grossman, American Historical Association. More.
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