In the early 1980s the precinct judge in the Austin neighborhood where I voted was Barbara Divine. Her duties were to ensure that the voting was fair, which involved keeping the advocates of the different candidates from approaching too near the polling place proper. A charming woman in other circumstances, she was formidable in enforcing…
Category: Tribute
H-Diplo|RJISSF Tribute to Scholarship and Legacy of István Deák
Professor Emeritus of Columbia University István Deák was an exceptional man. He was an excellent historian, a highly influential academic, and a university professor who inspired generations of students, as well as an extremely educated, broad-minded, witty, good humored, very kind, friendly person who was open to everything and everyone.
H-Diplo|RJISSF Forum (42) on the Importance of the Scholarship of Robert Schulzinger
I didn’t know Bob Schulzinger quite as long as Diane Kunz and Michael Schaller, and about a half decade longer than Andy DeRoche, but our time did extend back thirty-three years. Like Diane, Michael, and Andy, I have such wonderful memories of this unique person. Anyone who met or saw him speak knew that he…
H-Diplo|RJISSF Forum (41) on the Importance of the Scholarship of Alan P. Dobson
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Forum (41) on the Importance of the Scholarship of Alan P. Dobson (1951-2022) 21 April 2023 |PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jf41 | Website: rjissf.org Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editors: Warren F. Kimball & David Ryan Chair: Warren F. Kimball Production Editor: Christopher Ball Contents Introduction by Warren F. Kimball,…
H-Diplo|RJISSF Forum on the Importance of the Scholarship of George C. Herring
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Forum (40) on the Importance of the Scholarship of George C. Herring 14 April 2023 |PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jf40 | Website: rjissf.org Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Richard H. Immerman | Production Editor: Christopher Ball Contents Introduction by Richard H. Immerman, Temple University, emeritus. 2 Essay by Robert…
H-Diplo|RJISSF Forum (39) on the Importance of the Scholarship & Legacy of Marilyn B. Young
A good while before I met Marilyn Blatt Young in person, we were put side by side together in Towards a New Past: Dissenting Essays in American History, edited by Barton J. Bernstein.[1] Marilyn wrote on American Far Eastern policy in the post-Civil War years to 1900, and I picked up the story by writing…
Forum (38) on the Importance of the Scholarship of John Prados
My first memory of John Prados is in the mid-1980s at my then-boss Scott Armstrong’s house in Washington, DC. I was just starting out at the National Security Archive, an organization Scott had taken the lead in founding, and then becoming its first director. I had previously been Scott’s researcher at the Washington Post on a project…
The Importance of the Scholarship of Dorothy Borg, Part II
For insight into Dorothy Borg’s scholarship, readers will find Part I of the tribute to her most useful—although even then none of us could avoid mention of her magnetism.[1] In the essays that follow, three very different scholars, each with a different perspective, describe how they were drawn into her orbit.
H-Diplo | ISSF Forum 36 (2002) on the Scholarship of Walter LaFeber
“Walt” Let me begin by talking about a picnic in one of Madison’s beautiful parks near a lake in midsummer 1957. It was ideal weather and the three of us (Walt LaFeber, Tom McCormick, and myself) were talking with our wives about our graduate school experience, the profession, and the unknown future. I was surprised…
Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis: Part II
This is the second part of the H-Diplo/ISSF Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis, who passed away last December. The first part, which we published in February,[1] included over forty contributions, plus some other material: Bob’s essay in our “Learning the Scholar’s Craft” series, references to other articles in which he…