I'm attending my first SHAFR conference in DC this week. Whatever will they talk about to fill the time? Our roundtable reunites some of us who met at the USHMM last summer to workshop projects on the US military and the Holocaust. Hope to see some of you there.

I'm excited to announce my new position as the Cohen Chair for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. I've admired the unique HGS program at Keene and the affiliate Cohen Institute for a long time. Let's collaborate!

Dude, read a book . . .

Corey

His master's voice . . .

I'm excited for my first Society for Intelligence History Conference at the always amazing Spy Museum. It's hard to underestimate the influence John le Carré has on the culture of intelligence, real and imagined.

My holiday reading. You might expect it to be filled with meandering rants about 70s films, and you'd be right. But, it's very entertaining. Smart, funny, relevatory.

Tis the season...

John le Carre not happy with an early draft of A Most Wanted Man. I never related to an author more.

I'm really proud to be a part of this edited collection. The BEST editors. www.bloomsbury.com/us/haunted-h...

Life imitates art.

I'm writing a book about John le Carre's post-9/11 fiction and found the original title for Absolute Friends (2003) in his archive. I love this passage that never made it in the final draft. As I get older, it speaks to me.