Secrecy was endemic in Soviet society and culture. Information that we might consider benign in the Western context was off-limits to most of the general populace throughout the existence of the Soviet Union. Controls over the circulation of information were particularly strict relating to matters of national security, which usually subsumed most scientific and engineering […]

In July 2012, the Bureau of Land Management announced atwo-week public scoping period for its decision to fulfill its mandate under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to “explore for and develop oil and gas resources on public lands through a competitive leasing process” on 343,439 acres in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Included in […]

Prof. Linenthal is the author of: he Landscapes of 9/11: A Photographer's Journey. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. (with Jonathan Hyman and Christiane Gruber) The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past. New York: Metropolitan Books, […]

Everyone is invited to this event, at which some of our best students present the fruits of two quarters of intensive research. Please attend as many presentations or panels as you would like. Refreshments will be available. The event will be run in a conference panel-type format, with the following schedule: Panel I: Contemporary Issues […]