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History of modern economics: 12 April 1976 in Cambridge, MA.

The late Jerry Goodman wrote about his experience receiving the bicentennial Invisible Hand Award at a roast sponsored by the Graduate Students of the MIT economics department. His ghost-writers were Paul Krugman and Irwin Collier (JFK-Institute), whom he refers to as the Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner of advanced and arcane economics.  If the shoe […]

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History Colloquium: Florian Gabriel

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History Colloquium: Brian Linn

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History Colloquium: Tilman Pietz

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Annual Conference of the Historians, German Association of American Studies

Date: February 21-23, 2014 Venue: Akademie für politische Bildung, Tutzing Wir laden alle Interessierten sehr herzlich zur Jahrestagung der Historikerinnen und Historiker der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien ein, die 2014 von Michaela Hampf und Barbara Lüthi (Köln) organisiert wird. Die Konferenz trägt den Titel „ Military, Security, and Use of Force in U.S. History“ und […]

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Ellie Engel at the History Colloquium

 

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JFK-I Graduation Ceremony, Nov. 30, 2013

  Graduation speech by JFK-Institute Chair, Prof. Irwin Collier. Nov. 30, 2013.

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Thursday November 28: John F. Kennedy’s Many Faces

We would like to invite you to our commemoration of President John F. Kennedy on November 28, 2013 . Dr. Andreas Etges from the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in Munich will talk about „The Many Faces of John F. Kennedy: Video, Audio, and Behind Closed Doors“. The event will take place in Room 340 at the John F. […]

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Livestream CBS news TV

Original  CBS news 1963 Kennedy Assassination news coverage beginning at 14:00 Berlin time.  

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Professor Frank Kelleter enters the MOOC debate in a piece published this week in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Der Online-Angriff auf den Unterricht 18.11.2013 ·  Ein Zug, von dem in den Vereinigten Staaten die Ersten schon wieder abspringen, soll hierzulande erst noch Fahrt aufnehmen: Die universitäre Lehre im Internet. Eine Warnung.

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German Trade Surpluses and the Kennedy Assassination

  Both topics discussed in the Deutsche Welle English talk-show Agenda. Former instructor at JFK-I Stormy Mildner and current economics professor Irwin Collier were guests.

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Valeria Benko at the History Colloquium

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