Fulbright Alumnus Delivers 61st Anniversary Lecture

On 22 September 2009, the Fulbright Commission’s 61st ‘birthday’, renowned British historian Sir David Cannadine, a Fulbright Alumnus, discussed the complex relationship between the United States and Britain, focusing on Winston Churchill's relationships with American officials during World War II. Cannadine's lecture, "A Special Relationship? Winston Churchill and Anglo-America Revisited" was recorded and is available from the National Sound Archive.

Cannadine focussed on how Churchill's attitude toward the US changed during his lifetime.  The lecture explored Churchill’s relationship with several U.S. presidents, the politics and balance of power during World War II between the two countries, and how that dynamic changed after the war. Cannadine also references more recent relationships between the leaders of the two countries and highlighted President Barack Obama's recent visit to Britain.

Cannadine has been called "one of the most thoughtful, original, incisive and readable historians of our time." He is a frequent commentator and broadcaster on British public life, especially on the monarchy. His most recent book, Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations, was published in 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan.

The lecture was part of a series of talks by Cannadine in connections with:

The John Marshall Center at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies examines the business of government and the shaping of public policy by hosting fellows and speakers, and developing curriculum and programs primarily focused on the constitution, political economy, politics and ethical reasoning. The center approaches the study and practice of statesmanship through a program that combines scholarly and practical attention to constitutionalism, political economy, politics and ethical reasoning.

And was presented at the British Library in London jointly by the Eccles Centre and the US-UK Fulbright Commission.