Conferences

Big Texas Tech Vietnam War Conference, April 9-10, Open to all Online

April 6, 2021

The Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive and Institute for Peace & Conflict are holding a two-day Vietnam War academic conference on Friday and Saturday, April 9-10. The Conference, titled 1970-1971: Nixon, Discord,…

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USAFA War, Lit, & the Arts Conference, Sept. 20-21

September 19, 2018

The two-day 2018 War, Literature & the Arts Conference starts tomorrow at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  The conference, sponsored by the USAFA's Department of English & Fine Arts, will focus on the…

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Vietnam War Symposium at Indiana University, July 23-24

June 30, 2018

Scholars,  researchers and anyone else interested in the Vietnam War are invited to attend “Vietnam War Stories: A Symposium on Conflict and Civic Engagement,” a two-day symposium that will be held July 23-24 on the campus of…

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Joiner Institute Under Threat

March 7, 2018

The William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences at University of Massachusetts' Boston campus, which has been doing great work for decades, may be losing its funding. Formerly known as the…

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Vietnam War ‘Summit’ at LBJ Library

April 20, 2016

The LBJ President Library and the University of Texas at Austin are hosting what they're calling "The Vietnam War Summit " April 26-28. This "summit" will feature appearances by some big names in the Vietnam War…

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St. Paul Event on Lessons of the Vietnam War

November 12, 2013

The Twin Cities (Minnesota) Chapter of the National Writers Union and the PeaceMakers of Macalester Plymouth Church are co-sponsoring an event called "Then and Now: Vietnam, 40 Years Later: What Have We Learned?" The event---a…

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‘Veterans Reclaim Armistice Day’ Event Nov. 11

October 23, 2012

The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is sponsoring a unique arts-oriented Veterans Day event, Veterans Reclaim Armistice Day, on November 11 at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis. The event consists of lectures, performances, sculpture, readings, and paintings…

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Veterans Writing Project Free D.C. Seminar, Nov. 5-6

October 22, 2011

The Veterans Writing Project will hold two days of seminars November 5-6 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. This free series of seminars is open to all veterans, as well as to current active…

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Hofstra’s ‘Into Sunlight’ VN War Conference

April 9, 2011

During the 1980s and 1900s colleges and universities seemed to be putting on some sort of Vietnam War academic conference, seminar, panel discussion or other type of similar event on a fairly regular basis. But…

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VN War Music Conference in Wisconsin

October 27, 2010

Mark your calendars for November 18, 19, 20. Those are the dates for “…Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961-2008, ” a three-day symposium examining the music of the Vietnam War sponsored by…

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