Studies in U.S. history
Studies in U.S. history
April 10, 2017
UCLA historian Stephen Aron
Skidmore’s 2017 Kuroda Lecture will be delivered by UCLA professor Stephen Aron, who holds the Burr Chair of UCLA’s History Department. Aron’s free public talk on “War and Peace in the American West” is scheduled for Friday, April 14, at 8 p.m. in Gannett Auditorium. Then on Saturday, April 15, the Kuroda Symposium features students presenting their papers for Aron’s feedback, followed by a roundtable discussion with Aron and students who have engaged in hands-on public-history projects. Saturday’s activities, also free and open to the public, begin at 9 a.m. in the Surrey Williamson-Inn.
Tad Kuroda serving as
faculty marshal
Aron is the author of How the West Was Lost: The Transformation of Kentucky from Daniel Boone to Henry Clay and other books. His career has also included public history, as an advisor and director for the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles.
Skidmore established the Kuroda Lecture and Symposium to honor the late Tad Kuroda, a longtime American-history professor remembered for his teaching, scholarship, and service. His broad curiosity and expertise are reflected in the symposium’s co-sponsorship by the history, American studies, and political science departments.
