We invite you to join the National Association of Scholars for our upcoming events. Join the National Association of Scholars tomorrow, October 3, at 2 pm ET for “American Innovation: ENIAC—the First Computer.” And join us on Tuesday, October 17, at 2 pm ET to discuss the story behind the creation of the internet. 

More on our upcoming webinars and additional events:

Join the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday, October 3, at 2 pm ET to discuss “American Innovation: ENIAC—the First Computer.”

Completed in 1945, ENIAC was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer of its kind. What is the story behind ENIAC's development? What was it used for, and how did it lead to further developments in the field? What made ENIAC special or the first of its kind?

This event will feature Jack Copeland, Distinguished Professor of Arts at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing; Zhao Fan, a postdoctoral fellow at Kobe University; Mark Priestly, a senior research fellow at the National Museum of Computing; Raul Rojas, Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Freie Universität Berlin.

To learn more about the event, click here.

Join the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday, October 17, at 2 pm ET for "American Innovation: Connecting the World—The Internet."

Today, the internet is a necessity, an ever-present force that is connected to nearly everything, from cars to watches to refrigerators. We can access it anywhere at any time with our smartphones, and we can do a seemingly unlimited amount of things through it. But that wasn't always the case. What is the story behind the development of the internet? What was it intended to be, and how did it develop into the massive network of today?

This event will feature Martin Campbell-Kelly, emeritus professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick; Paul Ceruzzi, former curator in the Space History Department at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum; Shane Greenstein, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

To learn more about the event, click here.

If you can't attend our webinar events live, you can still register to watch the recordings. All registrants will receive a follow-up email with a link to the recording shortly after each event.

If you have missed any of our past events or webinars, you may find all of our recordings here: https://www.youtube.com/@NAScholars/streams.

I look forward to seeing you in the virtual audience!
 

Best,
Chance Layton
Director of Communications
National Association of Scholars