We invite you to join the National Association of Scholars for our upcoming events. Join the National Association of Scholars tomorrow, October 17, at 2 pm ET to discuss the story behind the creation of the internet. And join us on Friday, October 20, at 3 pm CT for our annual NAS Fall Membership Meeting and a special WAS Fall Symposium, and again on Tuesday, October 24, at 2 pm ET for "Teaching African American History."

More on our upcoming webinars and additional events:

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.

Join the National Association of Scholars on Friday, October 20, at 3 pm CT for our annual "NAS Fall Membership Meeting and WAS Fall Symposium."

The National Association of Scholars will be hosting an in-person and online event at Lake Geneva, WI on Friday, October 20th. Following this, WAS chapter president Benjamin Whitcomb and NAS president Peter Wood will lead discussions on pressing issues in higher education and on the work of the NAS and its state affiliates. The program will also include the formal annual NAS members meeting. Both in-person and remote participation are available.

To learn more about the event, click here.

Join the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday, October 24, at 2 pm ET for "Teaching African American History”

States, school districts, and teachers all want to know how to teach African American history as part of the broader narrative of our nation's character.

In this webinar, we will explore exemplary Americans like Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Clarence Thomas, and how we can best teach about them. The panelists of this webinar will also discuss how state standards, lesson plans, and scholars can work together to promote the proper teaching of African American history.

This event will feature William Allen, Emeritus Dean and Professor at Michigan State University; Benjamin Jones, former Secretary of Education for South Dakota and Director of South Dakota State Historical Society; and Ian Rowe, a Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute and writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign.

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