WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- On Wednesday, November 30 at 7 p.m. Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States, will launch a new National Archives program entitled: "American Conversations." This series of informal interviews will highlight conversations between Professor Weinstein and key players in the cultural and historical arena. Author Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Richard Cheney, will be the first guest in this series. She will discuss the way Americans come to understand their past. This discussion is the inaugural program of "American Conversations" -– a series of high-level discussions on American history and identity.
Future guests in this series will include, among others, Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Events in this series will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., which is located on the National Mall at Constitution Ave. and 7th St., N.W., and is fully accessible. All programs in the "American Conversations" series are free and open to the public. Reservations can be made by e-mail (reservations.nwe@nara.gov) or telephone, 202-501-5000. For more information see: http://www.archives.gov.
Lynne Cheney's recent book, A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America is an extension of her longstanding interest in historical story telling and the education of young people in American history. Mrs. Cheney, as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities in the early 1990's, published the landmark study of America's challenges in history education, American Memory, and has continued to be a forceful advocate for change in her current role as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Allen Weinstein is a noted historian who received a PhD in American Studies from Yale University. He served as a professor of history and American studies at Smith College, Georgetown University, and Boston University. From 1985 through 2003, Dr. Weinstein was founder, President, and CEO of The Center for Democracy which fostered initiatives in democratic transitions abroad and served as a bridge in issue dialogues between political parties in the United States. Most recently, he was a senior advisor at the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES). He is the author of several of several important books on American history and the Cold War.
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