Welcome to the new Hoover History Lab Newsletter! In our inaugural issue today, we offer a telescoped “Year In Review” to highlight a few activities and accomplishments for late 2024 and early 2025. Future newsletters will continue to inform you of publications, events, multimedia, courses, and news of how we use history to confront the array of contemporary policy challenges. We invite you to stay tuned by clicking the subscription link below.
Warm regards,
Stephen Kotkin
New HHL Website
In 2024, we completely redesigned the Hoover History Lab website. Visit our homepage for HHL news, publications, videos, and events.
New HHL Publications
This year we have a stronger focus on publications. In addition to commentary in major outlets, our fellows have recently published several new policy briefs, books, and articles.
ARTICLES
“The Five Futures of Russia”
by Stephen Kotkin
“Americas First”
by Joseph Ledford
“Xi Jinping’s Russian Lessons”
by Joseph Torigian
“How to Win the New Cold War“
By Niall Ferguson
“The Sacred Text and the Language of the Leader”
by Ria Roy
BOOKS
The End of Everything
by Victor Davis Hanson
New Deal Law and Order
by Anthony Gregory
The War People
by Lucian Staiano-Daniels
POLICY BRIEFS
“A Fresh Look at the Russian Assets”
by Philip Zelikow
“Lessons for American Immigration Policy from the Past”
by Cody Nager
“Pitfalls of State-Led Development”
by Dian Zhong
“BRI Colonialism In Africa”
by Kate Tully
“Afro-Caribbean Human Capital in the United States”
by Johann Smith
Conferences and Public Events
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
with TOP1000 Funds/Conexus Financial (9/17/2024)
“American Power and Influence: Assessments and Directions”
with the Pentagon Office of Net Assessment (1/16/2025)
“Anti-Semitism: Past and Present”
2025 Hoover Applied History Working Group Symposium (2/11/2025)
The Distinct Role of The Brazilian Supreme Court”
HHL Student Fellow Event (9/23/2024)
Book Talks and Roundtables
Roundtable with General Christopher Cavoli (7/19/2024)
Guest Adam Kirsch, on his latest book On Settler Colonialism (10/21/2024)
National Fellow Michael de Groot, on his new book Disruption (10/29/2024)
Hoover Fellow Anthony Gregory, on his new book New Deal Law and Order (11/11/2024)
Recent Videos
Five Questions for Stephen Kotkin: Advice for the New Administration
Uncommon Knowledge
with Peter Robinson
Artificial Intelligence: Real Promise and Real Peril
Policy Stories
with Philip Zelikow
America’s Backyard
Policy Stories
with Joseph Ledford
Li Rui’s Diary and Tiananmen Square
Reflections from the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
with Frank Dikötter
Launch of “Hoover History Skills Academy” for High-School Students
The new Hoover History Skills Academy will provide an unparalleled two-week learning opportunity for high school students to master best practices for producing a substantive historical research paper using the extraordinary historical materials in the Hoover Library & Archives.
“Workshops on Urgent Security Choices” Joins Hoover History Lab
Our group has grown to include Hoover’s Workshop on Urgent Security Choices, led by Philip Zelikow.
Stanford Courses by HHL Fellows
HHL Bi-Weekly Lunch Meetings
With our high volume of activity and events, HHL Director Stephen Kotkin has implemented a bi-weekly lunch meeting to facilitate the exchange of news and ideas, with an occasional speaker on a recent publication or timely topic of interest. These meetings are productive and well attended.
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