First Kissinger Chair
Aaron Friedberg
The Library of Congress announced on April 27, 2001 the appointment of Aaron Friedberg of Princeton University as the first Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar.
Second Kissinger Chair
Klaus Larres
Klaus Larres is the author and editor of several books including "Churchill's Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy," "The Cold War: Essential Readings, (edited with A. Lane, Longman, 2001) " and "Uneasy Allies: British-German Relations and European Integration since 1945" (Oxford University Press, 2000). View presentations
Articles
- Scholar Says Transatlantic Rift Can Be Repaired, Gazette, July 25, 2003
- Kissinger Scholar Klaus Larres Discusses His New Book on Winston Churchill, Library of Congress Information Bulletin, Vol. 62, No. 1, January 2003
Press Releases
- June 10, 2003 - Kissinger Scholar Klaus Larres Gives Lecture at the Library of Congress on June 23
- August 27, 2002 - "Klaus Larres Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations"
Third Kissinger Chair
Xiang Lanxin
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Xiang Lanxin, professor of international history and politics at the Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales in Geneva, Switzerland, as the new Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress, effective Sept. 2, 2003. View presentations
Press Releases
- May 21, 2003 - Xiang Lanxin Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations
- May 17, 2004 - Kissinger Scholar Lanxin Xiang Gives Lecture at the Library of Congress -- Topic Is "The Ideological Context of U.S.-China Relations"
Fourth Kissinger Chair
Melvyn P. Leffler
Melvyn P. Leffler, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, effective Jan. 3, 2005.
Press Release
- October 18, 2005 - Melvyn Leffler to Lecture on Cold War on Nov. 10
Web cast
Fifth Kissinger Chair
James M. Goldgeier
James M. Goldgeier, professor of political science and director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, effective September 2005.
Press
Release
Webcast:
End of the Cold War
Lecture:
America Between the Wars
Sixth Kissinger Chair
Charles Kupchan
Charles Kupchan, a professor in the School of Foreign Service and in
the Government Department at Georgetown University, has been appointed
Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations
at the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington,
effective March 1, 2007.
Press Release
Lecture PR
- August 29, 2007 - Charles A. Kupchan To Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Bipartisanship, Sept. 20
Webcast
Seventh Kissinger Chair
W. R. Smyser
W. R. Smyser, adjunct professor in the BMW Center for German and European
Studies, Georgetown University, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger
Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of
Congress by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, effective January
2008.
Webcast
Eighth Kissinger Chair
Teresita Schaffer
Teresita Schaffer, Henry Alfred Kissinger Fellow in Foreign Policy
and International Affairs, 2008, Center for Strategic and International
Studies, “U.S.-India Relations”