School of Public Policy Receives $1 Million National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant for Foreign Affairs Research and Speaker Series
In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States, the 国產aⅴa麻豆University School of Public Policy has received a $1 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to launch 鈥淎merica and the World: 250 Years of US Leadership in Foreign Affairs,鈥� a major humanities-centered speaker series and research effort.
Kiron Skinner, the founding director of the University鈥檚 new Institute for Diplomacy, Security, and Innovation and Taube Family Chair of International Relations and Politics at the School of Public Policy, is the Principal Investigator for the significant funding designed to elevate scholarship on American global leadership between 1789 and 2025.
Drawing expertise from her vast experience as a scholar, diplomat, and former State Department and Defense Department official, Skinner will convene leading university and think tank scholars, and former and current political leaders to form a robust programming and research schedule focused on America鈥檚 past and present role in foreign relations.
鈥淚 am grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities for entrusting Pepperdine University with the responsibility of national programming and rigorous research on the foreign policy dimensions of America's founding. My School of Public Policy colleagues and I look forward to elevating the global examination of America throughout its 250 years.鈥�
With plans for lectures at academic institutions as well as roundtable discussions hosted at embassies in Washington, D.C.鈥攆eaturing historians in conversation with diplomats and officials鈥攖he grant signifies Pepperdine鈥檚 priority on uniting academic scholarship and policy practice.
鈥淧epperdine鈥檚 School of Public Policy is committed to advancing scholarship that informs public leadership and democratic governance,鈥� says Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy. 鈥淏y placing humanities scholarship at the forefront of national commemoration, the project will affirm the continued relevance and importance of civic education, public discourse, applied history, and global understanding.鈥�
Lectures and research will be made public on digital platforms as an educational resource for secondary and post-secondary educators, researchers, and the general public.