Jonathan M. DiCicco, PhD, assistant professor of political science, will deliver the Fall 2011 Archives Speaker Series lecture on today (September 29) from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library (2nd flr.). DiCicco will present “Rumors of War, Redacted? Fears, Secrets and Nuclear Crisis in the Reagan Administration.”
DiCicco will discuss events of November 1983 which “may have been the closest the world has come to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis” and “how it motivated President Ronald Reagan to take a first step toward peacemaking with the Soviet Union.” He’ll investigate NATO’s “Able Archer 83” Affair, allegations of nuclear crisis, and the challenges of reconstructing events from rumors and redacted documents, and “what remains hidden from view and why?” This presentation and discussion of fear, secrecy, and Cold War intrigue will be followed by light refreshments.
The Archives Speaker Series showcases scholars with a special understanding of archival research, based on their own experiences; and, who have completed an expression of scholarship reliant on archival research. This event is free and open to the Canisius community and public.
For more information, contact Kathleen DeLaney, archivist/reference librarian at Ext. 8421.
Submitted by: Kathleen DeLaney, archivist, archives & special collections
