Miami Professor Jeffrey Kimball opens history project lecture series

September 23, 2004

Colligan Project Distinguished scholar and Miami University professor, Jeffrey Kimball, discusses the myths and mysteries surrounding the final phase of the Vietnam War, kicking off the first lecture of the 2004-05 Michael J. Colligan History Project Lecture Series, "History's Scandals and Mysteries."

The lecture is Free and Open to the public and begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28, in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center on the campus of Miami Hamilton, 1601 University Boulevard.

Kimball has taught history courses on diplomacy, peace, war, imperialism, popular culture, the United States, and Western civilization at Miami University since 1968. His books include To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of American Involvement in the Vietnam War; Nixon's Vietnam War, and The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon-Era Strategy.

Kimball's research has taken him to Vietnam and Europe, as well as throughout the United States and Canada. H served as the Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

The Michael J. Colligan History Project is a joint undertaking of the Colligan Fund Committee of the Hamilton Community Foundation and the Hamilton Campus of Miami University. It is made possible by the generous bequest of Michael J. Colligan, a prominent local businessman and amateur historian.