One of the nation's foremost diplomatic historians, Professor John Lewis Gaddis of Yale University, will be the inaugural speaker of the Sewall Symposium Series on Thursday, Oct. 21, at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Gaddis will speak on "Justice vs. Order: The Past and Future of an American Foreign Policy Dilemma" from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel.
The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Gaddis is the author of numerous books and was featured in a recent CNN documentary on U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan. He holds the Robert A. Lovett chair at Yale.
The theme of this year's Sewall Symposium Series is "The United States in the 21st Century: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?"
The next speaker in the symposium series on Nov. 9 will be Joseph F. Becelia, CU-Boulder's current diplomat in residence and a career member of the United States Foreign Service.
For information call (303) 492-6004.