Great War Lecture Series: “Freedom of the Seas”
Angelo State University’s History Department continues its three-year lecture series commemorating the centennial of World War I, also known as the Great War, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Houston Harte University Center, 1910 Rosemont Drive.
Dr. Jim Hindman, former ASU president and history faculty, will present “Freedom of the Seas: German U-Boat Warfare, the Lusitania, and America’s Entry into the Great War” at 7 p.m. in the University Center’s C.J. Davidson Conference Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Hindman, whose scholarly specialty was American diplomatic history and 20th century American history, will discuss the diplomatic issues surrounding America’s involvement in the Great War. With a focus on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania passenger ship, he will provide a broad overview of America’s attempt to remain neutral in the early years of the global conflict.
Having served as ASU president from 1994-2007, Hindman was awarded the honorary title of “President Emeritus of Angelo State University” by the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents in 2007. He retired from the Department of History faculty in 2012.
ASU’s the Great War Centennial Commemoration Lecture Series is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-organized by Dr. Christine Lamberson and Dr. Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai of ASU’s history faculty.
The series will continue on Monday, Nov. 16, with a presentation by Dr. David Silbey of Cornell University on “Fighting the Great War: Nations and Cultures in the Mud of Combat.”
More information on the lecture series is available at 325-942-2324 or online at angelo.edu/dept/history/great-war.
(Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.)