1967: The Search for Peace
27 April - 29 April 2017
Clarion Hotel and Conference Center - Lubbock, TX
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Friday, April 28th
6:30 PM-. : Welcoming Reception
[Sycamore Room]
8:30 AM-. Session 1: Understanding 1967 and the Search for Peace
Moderator: Greg Daddis, Ph.D. Chapman University
- Dave Lewis Colonel, USAF (Retired), Texas Tech University , Texas Tech University
- Ron Milam , Texas Tech University
- Kyle Longley , Arizona State University
[Sycamore Room]
10:30 AM-. 2A: Anticipating Nixon’s War
Moderator: TBD
- Chau Huy Ngoc , Independent Researcher
- Clayton Kozan , Texas Tech University
- Brian Robertson , Texas A&M University Central Texas
[Cypress Room]
10:30 AM-. 2B: The Soldier Experience in the United States and Vietnam, Part I
- Andrew Finlayson Colonel, USMC (Retired)
- Jim Zumwalt Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Retired)
- Hai Nguyen , Texas Tech University
[Mahogany Room]
12:00 PM-. : Lunch Presentation - The Shared Experience of Combat — 1967 from the Mekong to Missouri
Moderator: Steve Maxner
[Sycamore Room]
1:30 PM-. 3A: The Vietnam War from a Global Perspective
Moderator: Laura Calkins
- Justin Hart , Texas Tech University
- Paul Bjerk , Texas Tech University
- Jarema Slowiak , Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
[Cypress Room]
1:30 PM-. 3B: The Soldier Experience in the United States and Vietnam, Part II
- Frank Scotton
- James Sandy , Texas Tech University
- Carie Nguyen , Texas Tech University
[Sycamore Room]
3:30 PM-. 4A: Screening the Vietnam War
Moderator: Justin Hart, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
- David Zeiger , Documentary Filmmaker
- Mary Ann Koenig , Documentary Filmmaker
[Cypress Room]
3:30 PM-. 4B: Debating the War in the United States
Moderator: Stephen Sherman, Vietnam Veteran, Independent Researcher
- Robert F. Turner , Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law
- Andrew Finlayson, Independent Researcher Marc Jason Gilbert, Ph.D., Hawaii Pacific University
[Mahogany Room]
7:40 PM-. : Words of War: The Strategic Discourse of America’s Vietnam Experience
Moderator: Steve Maxner
Saturday, April 29th
[Sycamore Room]
8:00 AM-. 5A: Conscientious Objection
- Philip Szmedra , Georgia Southwestern State Universit
- David Zeiger , Documentary Filmmaker
- Abel Rios , Texas Tech University
[Cypress Room]
8:00 AM-. 5B: Disrupting the War
- Roger Canfield , Independent Scholar
- Michael Do , Independent Researcher
- Kyle Horst , Independent Researcher
[Sycamore Room]
10:00 AM-. 6A: The Domestic Culture of the Vietnam War
Moderator: Heather Stur, Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
- Randy McBee , Texas Tech University
- Amber Batura , Texas Tech University
- Scott Kamen , University of Toledo
[Cypress Room]
10:00 AM-. 6B: Religion and Antiwar Activism
- Steven Schroeder , Independent Scholar
- Luke Martin
- Le Thi Hoa , University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
[Sycamore Room]
1:00 PM-. 7A: Rural Issues in South Vietnam
- Martin G. Clemis , Valley Forge Military Academy and College
- Neil H. Olsen , Independent Scholar
- Stephen Sherman , Independent Researcher
[Cypress Room]
1:00 PM-. 7B: Fulbright, Education, and Human Rights
- Nathaniel Moir , State University of New York at Albany (SUNY)
- Cody J. Foster , University of Kentucky
- Truong, Thuy Dung , Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
[Sycamore Room]
3:00 PM-. 8A: Technology and Development in the Vietnam War
- Andrew J. Gawthorpe , Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Marc Jason Gilbert , Hawaii Pacific University
- Mervyn Roberts , Central Texas College
[Cypress Room]
3:00 PM-. 8B: People’s Diplomacy
- Diu Huong Nguyen , University of Washington, Seattle
- Glenn Robins , Georgia Southwestern State University
- Jessica M. Frazier , University of Rhode Island
[Sycamore Room]
4:30 PM-. : Closing Remarks
Moderator: Stephen Maxner, Ph.D., Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University
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