Past Event

Celebration of Life: Martin Sherwin

Sherwin - Celebration of Life

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Family, friends, colleagues and students will offer remembrances of Martin J. Sherwin, followed by a panel on his scholarship. A live stream of the event will be available, please RSVP to receive a reminder shortly before the broadcast begins.

Thursday, March 24, 2022

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Hosted by the Sherwin Family and the Wilson Center

Part 1: Remembrances (1pm – 2pm)

  • Marty’s family, friends, colleagues & students

Musical Interlude

  • Daniel Lelchuk - Cellist, New Orleans Symphony Orchestra

Part 2: Scholarship (2pm – 3pm)

  • Kai Bird, Co-author of “American Prometheus”, Director, The Leon Levy Center for Biography at The Graduate Center, CUNY
  • Panel Discussion: “Atoms, Diplomacy and Politics: The Work of Martin J. Sherwin”  
    • Melvyn P. Leffler (Edward Stettinius Professor of History Emeritus, University of Virginia), Chair
    • Gregg Herken (former Chairman of the Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)
    • David Holloway (Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, Stanford University)
    • Elaine Tyler May (Regents Professor of American Studies and History, University of Minnesota)
  • Remembrances from a decade of NPIHP Bootcamps – Leopoldo Nuti (Roma Tre University)

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