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Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD)

@cenfad.bsky.social

Housed within the Department of History at Temple University, CENFAD fosters interdisciplinary faculty and student research on and raises public awareness of the historic and contemporary use of force and diplomacy in a global context.

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‼️NEXT WEEK‼️
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Gretchen Heefner (Northeastern University)

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

27.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A huge thank-you to everyone who joined us yesterday, both in person and online, for Dr. Renata Keller’s fascinating lecture!

We’re looking forward to welcoming Dr. Gretchen Heefner on November 5. Don’t miss it!

30.10.2025 14:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❗️TODAY❗️

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Renata Keller (@renatakeller.bsky.social), University of Nevada, Reno

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

29.10.2025 13:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

‼️NEXT WEEK‼️
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Gretchen Heefner (Northeastern University)

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

27.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

📢 The deadline to apply to the Temple MA Program in History is February 15, 2026 📢

24.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❗️NEXT WEEK❗️
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Renata Keller (@renatakeller.bsky.social), University of Nevada, Reno

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

22.10.2025 17:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Gretchen Heefner (Northeastern University)

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

20.10.2025 15:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

⏰ Submissions open until November 21 ⏰

17.10.2025 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Renata Keller (@renatakeller.bsky.social), University of Nevada, Reno

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

15.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 3
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Appreciation to our CENFAD community for showing up in person and on Zoom for Dr. Michael Neagles’s engaging lecture!
Mark your calendars for October 29: Dr. Renata Keller will be joining us next.

14.10.2025 13:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A big "Thank You" to Alan McPherson and those at Temple University @cenfad.bsky.social who came to my talk last night, either in-person or virtually. I appreciate the interest and thoughtful questions about "Chasing Bandits."

14.10.2025 12:54 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you for joining us and sharing your fascinating work with the CENFAD community!

14.10.2025 13:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❗️TODAY❗️
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Michael Neagle (@mikeneagle.bsky.social), Nichols College.
This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

13.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

📢 Submission deadline: November 21, 2025 📢

10.10.2025 14:56 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

❗️NEXT WEEK❗️

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Michael E. Neagle (@mikeneagle.bsky.social), Nichols College

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

06.10.2025 14:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‼️Call for Abstracts‼️

"Peace in the Age of Forever Wars"
Temple University April 3–4, 2026

More information can be found on the Challenging War website: challengingwar.com/spring-2025/

04.10.2025 19:20 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Michael E. Neagle (@mikeneagle.bsky.social), Nichols College.

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

02.10.2025 14:00 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 3
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Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday’s lecture with Dr. Asa McKercher, in person and on Zoom! Thank you also to Fariha Ahmed, Assistant Director at the Center for Humanities at Temple (CHAT) for her introduction.

Up next: October 13 with Dr. Michael E. Neagle!

01.10.2025 15:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

❗️TODAY❗️
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Asa McKercher (@asamckercher.bsky.social)

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

30.09.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‼️CENFAD Emerging Scholar Graduate Award‼️

The competition is open for the 2026-2027 academic year, and the deadline to apply to the Temple MA Program in History is February 15, 2026.

For more information, please contact Alan McPherson, Marvin Wachman Director, CENFAD, alan.mcpherson@temple.edu.

26.09.2025 14:29 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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@nytimes.com journalist and @temple.edu graduate, Ali Watkins, will be on campus on Wednesday, October 15, to discuss her new book "The Next One is For You". The book offers a diplomatic and transatlantic history of U.S. support and fundraising for the IRA in the last century.

25.09.2025 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❗️NEXT WEEK❗️
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Asa McKercher (@asamckercher.bsky.social).

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

23.09.2025 13:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❗️IN TWO WEEKS❗️

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Asa McKercher (Steven K. Hudson Research Chair in Canada-US Relations and Associate Professor at St. Francis Xavier University).

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

16.09.2025 14:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Asa McKercher (@asamckercher.bsky.social).

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

11.09.2025 22:20 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 3
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Thank you to everyone who joined yesterday’s lecture with Ambassador Frank Lavin, in person and on Zoom! Special thanks to Christina and Fariha of the Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT) for their support.
See you on Sept. 30 for Dr. Asa McKercher's lecture on current U.S.–Canada relations!

04.09.2025 13:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

❗️THIS WEDNESDAY❗️
Please join us for a lecture by Frank Lavin (former U.S. Ambassador and Reagan and Bush official).
This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

01.09.2025 15:33 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

❗️NEXT WEEK❗️
Please join us for a lecture by Frank Lavin (former U.S. Ambassador and Reagan and Bush official).
This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

29.08.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Please join us for a lecture by Frank Lavin (former U.S. Ambassador and Reagan and Bush official).

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom.
For further information and registration, please use the following link: events.temple.edu/cenfad-lectu...

21.08.2025 16:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

***updated***
Dr. Heefner’s lecture will now take place on Wednesday, November 5 instead of Friday, November 14, as previously announced.

13.08.2025 12:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So excited for this!

Philly-area friends: stop by and say hi!

#History 🗃️

11.08.2025 16:31 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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