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Research Seminar: The Nuts and Bolts of the Military-Industrial Complex – Standardization, Information Control, and American Torpedo Production before World War I

Hagley Museum and Library 200 Hagley Rd, Wilmington, DE, United States

With Katherine Epstein (Rutgers University-Camden) Commentator: Marcus Jones (United States Naval Academy) The seminar is open to the public and is based on a paper that is circulated in advance. Those planning to attend are encouraged to read the paper before coming to the seminar. The seminar begins promptly at 6:30, and takes place in

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Author Lecture: John Barry – An American Hero in the Age of Sail

Benjamin Franklin Hall 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Friends of the American Philosophical Society (located in Philadelphia) would like to extend an invitation to interested parties to attend their APS lecture and book signing by Tim McGrath on John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail. Tim McGrath is a compelling and lucid writer, and is an executive who lives

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The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers

National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater Washington, DC, United States

In January 1944, a group of enlisted black men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to train as the Navy's first African American officers on active duty. On receiving their commission, these pioneers came to be known as the Golden Thirteen. Paul Stillwell, former director of the Naval Institute's History division,

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Directed Readings Seminar: Black History Month

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington, DC, United States

The Naval History and Heritage Command hosts a series seminars for which historians select basic readings that will cover major trends, wars, battles, policies, and technologies across the chronological span of the U.S. Navy's history and facilitate discussion on the readings and their implications. No quizzes, no tests, no papers, and no grades-just intellectual discourse

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Lunchtime Lecture: The Role of Hydrography during the Spanish-American War

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

Jason Smith, a graduate student at Temple University and recipient of the Naval History and Heritage Command 2010-2011 dissertation fellowship, will present his research on the role of hydrography during the Spanish-American War. Please visit the National Museum of the United States Navy website for more information.

Lecture: USS Oneida and the 1st Battle of Sackets Harbor

Hendrick Hudson Free Library 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY, United States

Occasionally in the life of a country a small event, sometimes little noticed, can change the course of history. Such an event occurred on 19 July 1812 at Sackets Harbor, New York, when a small ship and her gallant commander turned back the first British attack of the War of 1812. Daniel Pariser will review

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Navy Memorial Author on Deck Lecture – “1812: The Navy’s War”

United States Navy Memorial 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, United States

As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, historian and award-winning author George C. Daughan will present his latest work, 1812: The Navy’s War (Basic Books; October 4, 2011).  Guests are invited to learn about the often-overlooked history of what has been called our Second War of Independence.  Encompassing

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Lecture: Joe Rochefort’s War, The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway

National Archives: William G. McGowan Theater 700 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Elliot Carlson's biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first book written about the officer who headed the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor and broke the Japanese Navy's code before the Battle of Midway. A book singing follows the program. Please visit the National Archives website for more information.

Lecture: Those they left behind – Naval families during the Napoleonic Wars

National Museum of the Royal Navy HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3NH, United Kingdom

A lecture by Dr Helen Doe, University of Exeter These seminars are a new venture for the National Museum of the Royal Navy. New and established scholars will present their latest academic research, analysis and opinions on their areas of expertise. All seminars will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery, NMRN Portsmouth and are

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World War II: Hidden Heroes of the War

City Council Chambers 605 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Robert Gillette (The Virginia Plan) and Elliot Carlson (Joe Rochefot's War) discuss the special roles that William B. Thalhimer and Joe Rochefort played in World War II. Please visit the Virginia Festival of the Book website for more information.

Lecture: The War of 1812 – A New Perspective

The Cove 5 John Walsh Boulevard, Peekskill, NY, United States

Did either side win the War of 1812? Or was it merely a stalemate, or, worse, a senseless waste of life? Noted historian Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo explores the facts, strategic issues, and relevant history to get past the tired debate about who won and who lost—and to present a new appreciation of the

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Panel: Refighting the Pacific War

Pritzker Military Library 104 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

Program and live webcast with Jim Bresnahan, Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, Jon Parshall Please visit the Pritzker Military Library website to register.

Panel: McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-1969

National Archives (McGowan Theater) 7th and Constitution, NW, Washington, DC, United States

The Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense and the National Archives invite you to a panel program discussing Robert S. McNamara's most controversial years as Secretary of Defense (1965-68), and Clark Clifford's brief but significant successor tour as Secretary (1968-69) . Discussion will be based on the Historical Offices recent publication, McNamara, Clifford, and

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Author Lecture: Horrible Shipwreck with Andrew Jampoler

Thomas Balch Library 208 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA, United States

On August 25, 1833, the British convict transport Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children, together with a crew of sixteen, left London for the convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on

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