The George Washington University marks the 50-year anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War with a daylong panel event examining the lasting impact of the conflict. “Vietnam: A 50 Year Retrospective” brings together war veterans, elected officials, journalists, diplomats, and scholars offering their insights on how the echoes of the Vietnam War continue to resonate five decades later.
WHEN:
Saturday, April 29, 2023; 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET
WHERE:
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
Nearest Metro station: Foggy Bottom (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)
RSVP:
Media interested in attending must contact Danny Parra at dparra
gwu [dot] edu (dparra[at]gwu[dot]edu).
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
- 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks
- Paul Wahlbeck – Dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, George Washington University
- Mark S. Wrighton – President of the George Washington University
- Peter Osnos – Author and founder of PublicAffairs Books
- Daniel Weiss – CEO, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.: Session 1 – Reflections on the War 50 Years Out
- Paul Eaton – Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
- Chuck Hagel – Former U.S. Senator (R-Neb.) and former Secretary of Defense; Vietnam War veteran
- Bob Kerrey – Former U.S. Senator (D-Neb.) and former Governor of Nebraska; Vietnam War veteran
- 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.: Session 2 – Writing About the War: Lessons Learned
- Robert Brigham – Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, Vassar College
- Philip Caputo – Author and journalist; Vietnam War veteran
- Frances FitzGerald – Journalist and historian
- Fredrik Logevall - Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University
- 11:15 – 11:25 a.m.: Break
- 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Session 3 – Post-War Vietnam
- Keith Richburg – Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong; Former foreign correspondent, Washington Post
- Lien-Hang Nguyen - Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia, Columbia University
- Raymond Burghardt – Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
- 12:30 – 1:25 p.m.: Lunch (provided)
- 1:25 – 1:30 p.m.: Introductory Remarks
- Christopher Alan Bracey – Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, George Washington University
- 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.: Session 4 – Beyond the War
- Elizabeth Becker – Journalist and author
- David Maraniss – Journalist and author
- Jim Sterba – Journalist and author
- 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.: Session 5 – The Sounds and Images of An Era
- John Balaban – Professor Emeritus of English, North Carolina State University; Co-founder, Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation
- Mark Godfrey – Photojournalist
- Lauren Onkey – Director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University
- Marcus Sullivan – Vietnam War veteran
- 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.: Concluding Remarks
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