Sunday, June 18, 2017

VOA Origins Examined in July Monday Forum


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Walter Roberts
Walter Roberts in an early Voice of America broadcast (U.S. government, public domain)
(17 June 2017) The roots of Voice of America reach back to World War II, which will be the subject of the next First Monday Forum. The event takes place on Monday, 10 July at beginning at 12:00 noon, at American Foreign Service Association in Washington, D.C.
The session features a conversation with historian Holly Cowan Shulman, a visiting research professor at University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Shulman is the author of The Voice of America: Propaganda and Democracy, 1941-1945, published by University of Wisconsin Press. She is also editor of the Dolley Madison Digital Edition, and founding director of Documents Compass at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Monday forums are a joint project of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, and Public Diplomacy Council. The event takes place on Monday, 10 July 2017, and begins at 12:00 pm at AFSA headquarters, 2101 E Street NW, Washington DC (Foggy Bottom metro). Sandwiches and refreshments will be served.
The event is free, but advance registrations by e-mail are required: FirstMondayForum.RSVP@gmail.com.
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