Britain and America's Special Relationship: Myth, Reality, or Anachronism
11:00 am - 12:45 pm: The Special Relationship in Foreign Policy
- Kathleen Burk (University College London)
- Walter Russell Mead (Bard College and Editor-at-Large of The American Interest magazine)
- Moderator: Daniel Sargent (UC Berkeley)
12:45 - 2:00 pm: Lunch break
2:00 - 3:45 pm: The Special Relationship in Domestic Policy
- Matthias M. Matthijs (Johns Hopkins SAIS)
- Janet Laible (Lehigh University)
- Isaac Martin (UC San Diego)
- Moderator: Paul Pierson (UC Berkeley)
3:45 - 4:00 pm: Tea
4:00 - 5:45 pm: The Special Relationship and Race
- Stephen Tuck (Oxford University) -- "Malcolm X's Visit to Oxford University: U.S. Civil Rights, Black Britain, and the Special Relationship on Race"
- Discussant: Laura Stoker (UC Berkeley)
This conference is sponsored by the Anglo-American Studies Program at the Institute of Governmental Studies and the Center for British Studies at UC Berkeley.
Directions to Moses Hall (download map)
Park on the south side of campus -- we have indicated a large public lot on the map, though other lots are available. From Bancroft Way, take Barrows Lane, which will lead you past Barrows Hall and through a traffic circle. Walk over the Strawberry Creek bridge and into a courtyard. Moses Hall will be on your left.
Feel free to call 510-642-0922 if you require any further assistance.