7th Annual War Studies Symposium at UNT

On April 5, the Military History Center at the University of North Texas is hosting the 7th War Studies Symposium. The speaker is Sarah C. M. Paine, a William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. Her talk is entitled: “How Russia Lost the Last Cold War.” 

Professor Paine, William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College, is a brilliant speaker and a scholar. Her publications, based on ten years of research in Australia, Britain, China, Japan, Russia, and Taiwan, include: The Japanese Empire (Cambridge, 2017); Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 (Cambridge, 2012, Leopold Prize and PROSE award), The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 (Cambridge, 2003), and Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier (M. E. Sharpe, 1996, Jelavich prize). She has also co/edited books on nation building, strategic communication, blockades, naval coalitions, peripheral operations, commerce raiding, and naval soft power; and co-written with Bruce Elleman a China textbook (1644-present). The Economist featured her in The World Ahead 2025 special edition. Her podcasted interview and lectures with Dwarkesh Patel have millions of viewers. Her degrees include: a BA from Harvard (Latin American Studies), an MA from Middlebury (Russian), MIA, and a PhD from Columbia (international affairs, Russian and Chinese history).

The Symposium will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2025, 11.00 – 1.30 PM at UNT Union, Room 382.

Registration is $50 for the general public and it is $20 for UNT faculty and students. A luncheon will be served. If you have any food allergies, please note them while registering. When registering, please indicate if you need a parking pass.

If you have any questions regarding the event, please contact Bria Scire, the UNT History Department event coordinator at 940-565-6683 history@unt.edu or MHC Deputy Director Vojin Majstorovic at vojin.majstorovic@unt.edu.

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