The Leverett Lecture: Neuropsychological Factors Associated with Earning the Ranger Tab
Join The Citadel Department of Psychology for the latest installment of their Leverett Lecture Series!
Travis H. Turner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology at MUSC and founding Director of the Neuropsychology Division, will present “Neuropsychological factors associated with earning the Ranger tab.” This presentation will tell the story of a recent randomized clinical trial he conducted examining krill oil supplementation to support resiliency in a sample of 555 Junior US Army Officers attempting Ranger school between 2016-2018. The use of computer-based tests to assess facets of cognition relevant to battlefield performance under duress and integration of research within the US Army Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course will be discussed. In addition to the primary study results, an unexpected finding regarding the implications of “giving your best even when nobody is looking” will also be explored.
Thursday, November 14th, 5:30pm
Bastin 105
This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. J. Patrick Leverett served as a faculty member in The Citadel’s Department of Psychology for 10 years. In July of 2005, Pat died tragically in a plane crash in Alaska. Upon his death, this annual event was created in his honor, and to commemorate his many contributions to The Citadel. Kind, compassionate, and dedicated, Pat Leverett was a skilled clinician, a gifted teacher, a beloved colleague, and a devoted mentor. Dr. Leverett was respected for the professionalism he brought to his work, which set a standard for his peers and served as a model for his students. Each year The Department of Psychology invites a guest speaker to give the Leverett Lecture and opens the event to all faculty, staff, students, and the community.
Previous Events
OSINT Conference
The Citadel Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, teamed with the Department of Political Science’s Governor John C. West Chair, will host an OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) Conference on October 23 – 25, 2024, at The Citadel Military College in Charleston, SC.
This conference emphasizes the importance of strengthening collaboration among academia, government, and the private sector to advance Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). As outlined in the IC OSINT Strategy 2024-2026, a unified approach is essential to fully exploit the potential of open-source data, ensuring its ethical and effective use to enhance national security.
The conference will focus on innovative strategies for integrating cutting-edge research from academia with the operational needs of government intelligence agencies and the technological advancements of the private sector. Key topics will include developing robust partnerships, advancing OSINT methodologies, adopting new technologies, and cultivating a future-ready workforce capable of addressing the evolving challenges within the OSINT landscape.
By bringing together leading experts from these three sectors, the conference aims to foster a comprehensive and agile OSINT community. This collaboration is crucial in a rapidly changing world where the speed of technological innovation and the volume of open-source information continue to increase, necessitating a collective effort to maintain privacy, uphold civil liberties, and adhere to the highest ethical standards.
West Chair Speaker Series: John V. Robson (Space Dynamics)
Please join The Citadel Governor John C. West Chair for the next entry in our speaker series! Hosted by Assistant Professor Greta Creech, Ph.D. (Department of Intelligence and Security Studies), John V. Robson from Space Dynamics Laboratory will discuss his work with the U.S. Space Force’s Program.
Tuesday, October 15, 5:00PM
Capers Hall Legal Studies Classroom (2135)
John Robson is a Senior Program Manager at Space Dynamics Laboratory, a DoD University-Affiliated Research Center under Utah State University. As the Colorado Springs Section Head, his management portfolio includes leading the teams providing Trusted Advisor and technical support to the U.S. Space Force’s Program Executive Office for Operational Test & Training Infrastructure (an Integrated Program Office comprising Space Systems Command and Space Training and Readiness Command); the Space Warfighting Analysis Center; U.S. Space Command J8; a classified sensor program for the Intelligence Community; and a classified research & development project that will hopefully provide a decisive advantage to Space Warfighters in the future.
Before joining SDL, he was a CIA officer for 27 years and served both domestically and abroad, including four combat zone assignments. He spent a good portion of his Agency career detailed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, where he held several key analytic and management positions, most recently as the Deputy Director of the NGA element at U.S. Space Command. He previously led the Division within the Office of Special Programs supporting or participating in some of the IC’s most sensitive operations worldwide in the Space, Air, Maritime, and Terrestrial domains; led the Yemen-Horn of Africa Division; was the Deputy Division Chief for North Korea; led the Pakistan Branch; and served analytic tours at Area 58 and other IC facilities.
Prior to his IC career, he was an Army officer, serving in the Infantry and Military Intelligence branches in multiple overseas and domestic assignments, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Strengthening the U.S. – Japan Security Alliance in South Carolina Symposium
On Friday, October 11, in partnership with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, The Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences will co-sponsor the Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance in South Carolina symposium. This event, which will feature Citadel alumnus Lt. Gen. Larry Nicholson as the keynote speaker, will discuss the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance to peace in East Asia and promote more awareness of our close relationship with Japan.
Friday, October 11
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Capers Hall Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public
West Chair Speaker Series: The CIA’s 9/11 Team Alpha and author Toby Harnden
Please join The Citadel Governor John C. West Chair for the next entry in our speaker series, this time in memory of the 23rd anniversary of 9/11.
A panel of some of the CIA’s 9/11 Team Alpha (Scott Spellmeyer and David Tyson), along with award winning author Toby Harnden, will discuss the secret mission of the eight members of the CIA’s Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.
Eight CIA officers were dropped into the mountains of Northern Afghanistan on October 17, 2001. They are Team Alpha, an eclectic band of linguists, tribal experts, and elite warriors: the first Americans to operate inside Taliban territory. Their covert mission was to track down Al-Qaeda and stop the terrorists from infiltrating the United States again.
Monday, September 23rd, 5:00PM
Capers Hall Auditorium
Constitution Day 2024
Public Reading of the U.S. Constitution
Join distinguished leaders at The Citadel, members of the student body, faculty, and members of the public as they take turns reading through The Constitution and Bill of Rights. A discussion will follow the event.
Tuesday, September 17th, 7:00PM
Capers Hall 2135 (Legal Studies Classroom)
Annual Constitution Day Address
Join The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences and The Citadel Department of Political Science for the Annual Constitution Day Address. This year’s lecture is “The United States vs. Donald Trump: The Pitfalls of Lawfare” from John Yoo, J.D.
Tuesday, September 10th, 7:00PM
Bond Hall Auditorium
John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. For 2024-25, he is a distinguished visiting professor at the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin.
Professor Yoo’s latest book is The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court (2023) (with Robert Delahunty). Other books include Defender-in-Chief: Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power (2020); Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War (2017) (with Jeremy Rabkin); Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare (2014); Taming Globalization (2012) (with Julian Ku); and Crisis and Command: A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George Bush (2010).
Professor Yoo has published more than 100 articles in academic journals on subjects including the Presidency, national security, constitutional law, and the Supreme Court. He also regularly contributes to the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and National Review, among others.
Professor Yoo has served in all three branches of government. On 9/11, he was an official in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on national security and terrorism issues. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He has been a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Professor Yoo graduated from Yale Law School and summa cum laude from Harvard College.
West Chair Speaker Series: FBI Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz
The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to join us as we kick off another year of the Department of Political Science Governor John C. West speaker series.
On August 29, 5:00PM, we will have a fireside chat with the FBI’s Assistant Director of the Directorate of Intelligence, Tonya Ugoretz.
Tonya Ugoretz was appointed Assistant Director of the Directorate of Intelligence in April 2022. Ms. Ugoretz has helped grow and elevate the FBI’s intelligence program by innovating ways to deliver the FBI’s insights to decision-makers, producing analysis to meet operational needs, and mentoring others. She has represented the FBI as a leader in multiple interagency assignments and in senior-level national and international settings.
Join us for a discussion on the FBI’s five-year strategy, intelligence and law enforcement roles, cyber, and open-source intelligence.
Thursday, August 29th, 5:00PM
Johnson Hagood Stadium
Club Level (4th Floor)
West Chair Speaker Series: Dr. Mike Vickers
The School of Humanities & Social Sciences welcomes Dr. Mike Vickers, former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (2011-2015), for a discussion on his life and career as chronicled in his new memoir, By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy (2023, Alfred A. Knopf).
Dr. Mike Vickers served as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence from 2011 to 2015 and as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, Low Intensity Conflict, and Interdependent Capabilities from 2007 to 2011. Earlier in his career, he served as an operations officer with the CIA and as a U.S. Army Special Forces officer and operator. His memoir was published by Alfred A. Knopf on June 20, 2023.
Mike is best known as the mastermind of the covert action program that defeated the Soviet Army in Afghanistan and helped bring an end to the Cold War. His exploits against the Soviets in Afghanistan were featured in the book and movie Charlie Wilson’s War. More recently, he played central roles in our campaigns to dismantle and defeat al-Qa’ida and in the operation that killed Osama Bin Ladin. He is the recipient of the presidential national security medal, our nation’s highest award in intelligence, and the OSS Society’s William J. Donovan Award. He holds a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University, an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. from the University of Alabama.
Thursday, April 11th, 9:30am
Capers Hall Auditorium
West Chair Speaker Series: Lieutenant General John D. Caine
The School of Humanities & Social Sciences welcomes Lieutenant General John D. Caine, the CIA’s Associate Director for Military Affairs, for a discussion on leadership and the military-intelligence relationship.
Lt. Gen. Caine was sworn in as the Associate Director for Military Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2021. His most recent assignment was as the Director of Special Programs and the Department of Defense special Access Program Central Office at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, where he served as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary of Defense for all programs protected under special access controls. He has served in a wide range of operational, staff and joint assignments, primarily as an F-16 fighter pilot, weapons officer, member of the White House staff and special operations officer.
Lt. Gen. Caine was commissioned in 1990 through the ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute and he has a Master of Arts in Air Warfare from the American Military University. He has completed a range of national security and leadership courses, including Harvard Kennedy School’s course for Senior Executives in National and International Security, and the Syracuse University Maxwell School’s Program on National Security. As a command pilot, he has logged more than 2,800 hours in the F-16, including more than 150 combat hours. From 2009-2016, Caine was a part-time member of the National Guard and a serial entrepreneur and investor.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 9:30am
Capers Hall Auditorium
West Chair Speaker Series: Joseph Manso
The School of Humanities & Social Sciences welcomes Ambassador Joseph Manso for the Intelligence Department’s Day of Intrigue on Wednesday, March 20, and his discussion as part of the Governor West Chair Speaker Series on Thursday, March 21.
Ambassador Manso recently served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Prior to OPCW, Ambassador Manso served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
Thursday, March 21, 9:30am
Capers Hall Auditorium
West Chair Speaker Series – Spring 2024
As we celebrate 25 years of female cadet graduates at The Citadel, The School of Humanities & Social Sciences and the Governor West Chair will host a number of notable female leaders and experts for a series of presentations and discussions.
West Chair Speaker Series: Dana Dyson
Dana Dyson served with the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA’s) Office of General Counsel (OGC) from December 1999 to September 2023. Immediately prior to her retirement from government service, she was the Deputy General Counsel of CIA for Operations. In that capacity, she provided legal advice and counsel to the Director and Deputy Director of CIA. She led attorneys assigned to the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, Science and Technology, Analysis, and Digital Innovation. Ms. Dyson served on active duty as a Judge Advocate in the US Navy from 1990 to 1999, serving in various positions, including as deputy legal advisor to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
Thursday, March 7, 5:00pm
Capers Hall Auditorium
West Chair Speaker Series: Kelley George
Ms. Kelly Ann George assumed the role of Assistant Director for Intelligence in January 2023. Ms. George oversees strategic intelligence support to the Director and his senior staff responsible for developing and implementing the President’s National Drug Control Strategy; engages with the Intelligence Community to ensure support for the Director’s priorities; advise the Director on policy issues related to intelligence.
Monday, March 4, 5:00pm
Bastin Hall
Room 303
West Chair Speaker Series: Kristi Scott
We welcome Kristi Scott, who is a member of the Senior Intelligence Service and formerly served as the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer (CPCLO) and Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP) at the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2022, Ms. Scott received the Presidential Rank Award, the highest civilian award, from President Biden for exemplifying meritorious service within the Intelligence Community.
Thursday, February 29, 5:00pm
Johnson Hagood Stadium
Club Level (4th Floor)
West Chair Speaker Series: Claire Zebb
We invite you to join our next West Chair Speaker Series guest, Claire Zebb (QinetiQ), as she speaks about Corporate Government Relations in the Intelligence Community along with cyber, OSINT, and leadership.
Tuesday, January 16, 5:00PM
Johnson Hagood Stadium
Club Level (4th Floor)
West Chair Speaker Series: Raj Parekh
Join The Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Citadel Political Science Department, and the Governor West Chair for a discussion with Raj Parekh.
Raj Parekh is the Department of Justice’s First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA). Parekh leads a staff of over 300 federal prosecutors, civil litigators, and support personnel in a district that serves over six million residents.
Thursday, January 11, 5:00PM
Capers Hall Auditorium
The Leverett Lecture: Understanding the Mental Health Crisis Among Students in Higher Education
Join The Citadel Department of Psychology for a unique entry to their Leverett Lecture Series!
Dr. Michael Hawes will present a special lecture on understanding the mental health crisis among students in higher education. While the presentation will address various coping strategies for college-age students, it will focus on the more significant questions about belonging, connectedness and confidence building and on how transformative experiences like study abroad have played an essential role in reducing stress and anxiety and allowing students to imagine a world with greater possibilities.
Thursday, November 9th, 6-7pm
Grimsley Auditorium (Room 117)
Dr. J. Patrick Leverett served as a faculty member in The Citadel’s Department of Psychology for 10 years. In July of 2005, Pat died tragically in a plane crash in Alaska. Upon his death, this annual event was created in his honor, and to commemorate his many contributions to The Citadel. Kind, compassionate, and dedicated, Pat Leverett was a skilled clinician, a gifted teacher, a beloved colleague, and a devoted mentor. Dr. Leverett was respected for the professionalism he brought to his work, which set a standard for his peers and served as a model for his students. Each year The Department of Psychology invites a guest speaker to give the Leverett Lecture and opens the event to all faculty, staff, students, and the community.
This event is free and open to the public.
West Chair Speaker Series – Fall 2023
Join The Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Citadel Political Science Department, and the Governor John C. West Chair of International Politics and American Government for a series of presentations and discussions with notable experts.
West Chair Speaker Series: Daniel Hoffman
Join The Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Citadel Political Science Department, and the Governor West Chair for a discussion with Daniel Hoffman.
Hoffman is a retired clandestine services officer and former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). His combined 30 years of government service included high-level overseas and domestic positions at the CIA. He has been a Fox News Media contributor since May 2018.
Wednesday, November 1, 5:00PM
Regimental Commander’s Riverview Room, Coward Hall
West Chair Speaker Series: SOUTHCOM’s Rear Admiral Thomas Allan
Join The Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Citadel Political Science Department, and the Governor West Chair for a discussion with SOUTHCOM’s Rear Admiral Thomas Allan.
In his role as the Command’s Director of Operations, Rear Admiral Allan shapes the environment in support of the Combatant Commander by conducting theater engagement, Counter-Narco Terrorism (CNT) activities, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief in order to promote democracy, stability, and collective approaches to regional security.
Wednesday, October 25th, 5:30PM
Capers Hall Auditorium
West Chair Speaker Series: South Carolina’s Ambassador Jimmy Story
The Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Citadel Political Science Department, and the Governor West Chair hosted a discussion with South Carolina’s Ambassador James Story.
James “Jimmy” Story was most recently the Ambassador for the Venezuela Affairs Unit, located at the United States Embassy in Bogota, Colombia and served until May 19, 2023. Ambassador Story is currently assigned as a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University.
Thursday, October 19th, 5:00PM
Capers Hall Auditorium
West Chair Speaker Series: An Evening with Ambassador Ron Johnson
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Political Science Department, and the Governor West Chair hosted a discussion with Ambassador Ron Johnson (Retired) on El Salvador and his leadership as a diplomat, Intelligence officer, and Military officer. Johnson served as Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador from 2019 to 2021.
Monday, October 2nd, 5:00PM
Capers Hall Auditorium
Constitution Day 2023
Annual Constitution Day Address
Join Dr. Carson Holloway, the Ralph Wardle Diamond Professor of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, for a free public lecture: “The Founders and New York Times vs. Sullivan: Libel and the American Constitutional Tradition.”
Thursday, September 14th, 7:00PM
Capers Hall 2135 (Legal Studies Classroom, 2nd Floor)
Public Reading of the U.S. Constitution
Join distinguished leaders at The Citadel, members of the student body, faculty, and members of the public as they take turns reading through The Constitution and Bill of Rights. A discussion will follow the event.
Thursday, September 21st, 7:00PM
Capers Hall Auditorium (1st Floor)
An Evening with Nathaniel Philbrick
An evening fireside chat and book signing event with NY Times best seller Nathaniel Philbrick.
- 5:00PM Moderated Conversation with Dr. David L. Preston, General Mark W. Clark Distinguished Chair of History and Director of The Citadel M.A. in Military History
- 6:00PM Audience Q&A
- 6:30PM Book Signing
This event is free, but space is limited.
Tickets can be found online here.
In 2000, Philbrick published the New York Times bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The book was the basis of the 2015 movie of the same title directed by Ron Howard. The book also inspired a 2001 Dateline special on NBC as well as the 2010 PBS American Experience film “Into the Deep” by Ric Burns. In 2019, the National Endowment for the Arts added the book to their ever-growing library of 32 titles in the NEA Big Read program under which libraries and non-profits can apply for grants in order to develop in-depth, community-wide programming around a common book.
The New York Times bestseller Mayflower was a finalist for both the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in History and the Los Angeles Times Book Award, won the Massachusetts Book Award for nonfiction, and was named one the ten “Best Books of 2006” by the New York Times Book Review. In June 2020, Penguin will publish an updated trade paperback edition with a new Preface to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival in Plymouth Harbor.
In 2010, he published the New York Times bestseller The Last Stand, which was named a New York Times Notable book, a 2010 Montana Book Award Honor Book, and a 2011 ALA Notable Book. Philbrick was an on-camera consultant to the 2-hour PBS American Experience film “Custer’s Last Stand” by Stephen Ives.
In 2013 Philbrick published the New York Times bestseller, Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution, which was awarded both the 2013 New England Book Award for Non-Fiction and the 2014 New England Society Book Award as well as the 2014 Distinguished Book Award of the Society of Colonial Wars.
In 2016, he published the New York Times bestseller Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, winner of the 2017 George Washington Book prize, the James P. Hanlan Book Award, and the Harry M. Ward Book Prize.
Philbrick’s writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Morning Show, Dateline, PBS’s American Experience, C-SPAN, and NPR. He and his wife Melissa still live on Nantucket.
The Leverett Lecture – “43 and 1: A Last Lecture”
Join our Department of Psychology for the 2023 Leverett Lecture by Dr. Steve Nida.
Dr. Nida joined The Citadel faculty in 2002 as a Professor of Psychology and head of the department. He will be retiring at the end of the Spring 2023 semester.
In this talk, Dr. Nida will reflect on his 43 years as a college professor, as well as lessons learned from his research on ostracism and social exclusion.
Tuesday, February 28, 6:30-7:30PM
Swain Boating Center
Dr. J. Patrick Leverett served as a faculty member in The Citadel’s Department of Psychology for 10 years. In July of 2005, Pat died tragically in a plane crash in Alaska. Upon his death, this annual event was created in his honor, and to commemorate his many contributions to The Citadel. Kind, compassionate, and dedicated, Pat Leverett was a skilled clinician, a gifted teacher, a beloved colleague, and a devoted mentor. Dr. Leverett was respected for the professionalism he brought to his work, which set a standard for his peers and served as a model for his students. Each year The Department of Psychology invites a guest speaker to give the Leverett Lecture and opens the event to all faculty, staff, students, and the community.
The War in Ukraine: Lessons Learned and the Future Political Settlement
Join our Department of Intelligence and Security Studies and our Department of Political Sciences for an international conference on the war in Ukraine, organized by this year’s Fulbright Canada Visiting Scholar Dr. Jonathan Paquin.
This hybrid conference brings together scholars and experts from the European Initiative for Security Studies, the Canadian Network for Strategic Analysis, and The Citadel to discuss the main military lessons learned from the War in Ukraine and the possible future political settlements that may emerge from this conflict.
Friday, February 24, 8:00AM-12:00PM
The Altman Center
Additional information and free registration can be found here.
Also sponsored by AV Connections.
West Chair Public Lecture: Is Arms Control Still Relevant?
The Citadel Department of Political Science and Dr. William Patterson invite you to the Spring 2023 West Chair Lecture by Colonel John Gilbert, USAF, Retired.
Monday, February 20, 6:00-7:30PM
Bastin Hall 105
This event is free and open to the public.
COL Gilbert had a lengthy career on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, including service on strategic missile launch crews, 15 years working in the intelligence world, and several years directly involved in on-site inspections in the former Soviet Union and elsewhere. He also prepared U.S. facilities and organizations to manage inspections under an international chemical weapons treaty. As part of this work, he conducted over 35 inspections of nuclear and missile facilities in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Estonia, and Lithuania and served as an escort and “minder” for Soviet/Russian inspectors at locations in Germany and the U.S. In addition to his inspection operations experience, he served as a member of U.S. Government interagency groups dealing with arms control issues, including as a member of U.S. delegations in Geneva, The Hague, and Moscow.
Since retirement from active duty, he has continued to serve as a consultant, advisor, and trainer for arms control inspectors and analysts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (including IAEA’s North Korea and Iran Teams) and analytical personnel from various government and academic institutions. He has also advised State Department, Department of Commerce, Joint Staff, Secretary of Defense, Air Force, and foreign government personnel on managing inspections at U.S. and foreign facilities. Most recently, he served as a key participant in arms control exercises at an Air Force base in the U.S. and at a contractor facility producing (among other things) equipment for export to Ukraine. He is scheduled to support an inspection exercise at a U.S. facility in Europe later this year.
West Chair Lecture: “The United States, the Gulf, and the World Energy Market”
Join our Department of Political Science and the Governor John C. West Chair of International Politics and American Government as they host guest speaker Lawrence Silverman for a lecture and discussion on the United States-Gulf energy relations, including the recent OPEC decision on reducing oil production and United States-Saudi relations.
Silverman is the Senior Advisor with ASG’s Middle East and North Africa practice and the former United States Ambassador to Kuwait (2016-2019).
Monday, November 14, 6:00PM
Bastin Hall, Room 303
Annual International Association for Intelligence Education Conference
Intelligence Education in a Contested World
The Citadel will host the annual IAFIE conference in Charleston, South Carolina from October 20-22, 2022. The goal of the conference is to further promote intelligence education and provide an opportunity for networking among scholars and practitioners from academia, the private sector, and all levels of government. IAFIE also encourages the direct participation of both graduate and undergraduate students in the conference.
October 20-22, 2022
Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atom Bomb
Lecture and Book Signing
Join us for a lecture and book signing from James M. Scott, Citadel Graduate College Class of ’22, celebrated historian, and 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Thursday, October 13, 5:30PM
Holliday Alumni Center
Doors open at 5PM, book signing before and after
This event is free, but space is limited.
Tickets can be found online here.
Constitution Day 2022
Annual Constitution Day Address
Join Dr. Charles R. Kesler, the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government for Claremont McKenna College, for a free public lecture: The Constitution and the Current Political Crisis.
Friday, September 16th, 7:00PM
Swain Boating Center
Public Reading of the U.S. Constitution
Join distinguished leaders at The Citadel, members of the student body, faculty, and members of the public as they take turns reading through The Constitution and Bill of Rights. A discussion will follow the event.
Tuesday, September 20th, 7:00PM
Duckett Hall Auditorium
