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Henry A. Kissinger Chair - Chair Holders

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Ninth Kissinger Chair

C. Raja Mohan
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed C. Raja Mohan, professor of South Asian studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as the Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, effective September 2009.
Press Release : C. Raja Mohan Named the Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in the John W. Kluge Center

Eighth Kissinger Chair

Teresita Schaffer
Teresita Schaffer, Henry Alfred Kissinger Fellow in Foreign Policy and International Affairs, 2008, Center for Strategic and International Studies, “U.S.-India Relations”
Press Release : Ambassador Teresita Schaffer To Lecture on India and the United States
Webcast: India and the United States: Reinventing Partnership

Seventh Kissinger Chair

W. R. Smyser
W. R. Smyser, adjunct professor in the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, effective January 2008.

Webcast

  • Is Diplomacy the Answer?

Sixth Kissinger Chair

Charles Kupchan
Charles Kupchan, a professor in the School of Foreign Service and in the Government Department at Georgetown University, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, effective March 1, 2007.

Press Release

Lecture PR

  • August 29, 2007 - Charles A. Kupchan To Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Bipartisanship, Sept. 20


Webcast

  • Dead Center: The Collapse of Bipartisanship and Its Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy

Fifth Kissinger Chair

James M. Goldgeier
James M. Goldgeier, professor of political science and director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, effective September 2005.
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Fourth Kissinger Chair

Melvyn P. Leffler
Melvyn P. Leffler, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, effective Jan. 3, 2005.

Press Release

  • October 18, 2005 - Melvyn Leffler to Lecture on Cold War on Nov. 10

Web cast

  • Retreat from Armageddon? Khrushchev, Kennedy, Johnson and the Elusive Quest for Peace

Third Kissinger Chair

Xiang Lanxin
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Xiang Lanxin, professor of international history and politics at the Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales in Geneva, Switzerland, as the new Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress, effective Sept. 2, 2003.  View presentations

Press Releases

  • May 21, 2003 - Xiang Lanxin Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations
  • May 17, 2004 - Kissinger Scholar Lanxin Xiang Gives Lecture at the Library of Congress -- Topic Is "The Ideological Context of U.S.-China Relations"

Second Kissinger Chair

Klaus Larres
Klaus Larres is the author and editor of several books including "Churchill's Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy," "The Cold War: Essential Readings, (edited with A. Lane, Longman, 2001) " and "Uneasy Allies: British-German Relations and European Integration since 1945" (Oxford University Press, 2000).  View presentations

Articles

  • Scholar Says Transatlantic Rift Can Be Repaired, Gazette, July 25, 2003
  • Kissinger Scholar Klaus Larres Discusses His New Book on Winston Churchill, Library of Congress Information Bulletin, Vol. 62, No. 1, January 2003

Press Releases

  • June 10, 2003 - Kissinger Scholar Klaus Larres Gives Lecture at the Library of Congress on June 23
  • August 27, 2002 - "Klaus Larres Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations"

First Kissinger Chair

Aaron Friedberg
The Library of Congress announced on April 27, 2001 the appointment of Aaron Friedberg of Princeton University as the first Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar.

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