We are pleased to announce that 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 Volume 25, Number I (Fall 2025) is now available! It can be accessed here: tuljournals.temple.edu/index.php/st...

We hope you enjoy this edition. We wish everyone a restful winter break and a joyful holiday season.

Temple’s giving site: advancement-sec.temple.edu/s/705/lg22/f...

‼️Looking forward to Spring 2026‼️

We’re grateful to everyone in the CENFAD community who came out, both virtually and in person, for Dr. Gretchen Heefner’s super engaging presentation! Be sure to join us on December 3 for our final event of the semester with Dr. Jochen Hellbeck.

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...

⏰ Submissions open until November 21 ⏰

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...

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.

📢 Submission deadline: November 21, 2025 📢

‼️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/

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!

‼️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.

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!

❗️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...

❗️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...

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...

While we wait to kick off the Fall 2025 lecture series, we’re excited to share that #CENFAD is now active on social media! Follow us:

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/cenfad/
• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/cenf...
• Linkedin: lnkd.in/dKK-gCxr

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Yesterday I presented my work-in-progress project at the 1st Lightning Round of the Society for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social conference. It was a great experience - I met brilliant scholars, and the research they shared was really impressive. I left feeling energized for what’s next. #SHAFR2025