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Eleventh Kissinger Chair
Alexander Evans
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Alexander Evans, a counselor in the British diplomatic service, as the Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
- Read news release: Alexander Evans Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar
Tenth Kissinger Chair
Benjamin Fordham
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Benjamin Fordham, professor and chair of Binghamton University’s Political Science Department, as the Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, effective August 2010.
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Ninth Kissinger Chair
C. Raja Mohan
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed C. Raja Mohan, professor of South Asian studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as the Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, effective September 2009.
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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.”
- Read news release: Ambassador Teresita Schaffer To Lecture on India and the United States
- View Webcast: India and the United States: Reinventing Partnership
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.
- Read news release: W.R. Smyser Named as the Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in the John W. Kluge Center
- View Webcast: Is Diplomacy the Answer?
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.
- Read news release: Charles Kupchan Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar
- Read news release about "lecture": Charles A. Kupchan To Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Bipartisanship, Sept. 20
- View Webcast: Dead Center: The Collapse of Bipartisanship and Its Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
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.
- Read news release: James M. Goldgeier Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations
- Read news release about "lecture": America Between the Wars
- Read news release about "lecture": End of the Cold War
- View Webcast: End of the Cold War
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.
- Read news release: Melvyn P. Leffler Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations
- Lecture: Melvyn Leffler to Lecture on Cold War on Nov. 10
- View Webcast: Retreat from Armageddon? Khrushchev, Kennedy, Johnson and the Elusive Quest for Peace
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.
- More about Xiang Lanxin | Presentations by Xiang Lanxin
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- Read news release: Kissinger Scholar Lanxin Xiang Gives Lecture at the Library of Congress -- Topic Is "The Ideological Context of U.S.-China Relations"
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).
- More about Klaus Larres | Presentations by Klaus Larres
- 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
- Read news release: Kissinger Scholar Klaus Larres Gives Lecture at the Library of Congress on June 23
- Read news release: "Klaus Larres Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations"
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.
- More about Aaron Friedberg
- Read newss release: Professor Aaron Friedberg Selected as First Kissinger Scholar
- View Webcast: Lecture by Friedberg