Remembering the American Revolutionary War

September 5, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Victor Davis Hanson

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Yorktown to Philadelphia: Geopolitical Imperatives and the Constitution

September 5, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Paul A. Rahe

George Washington as Grand Strategist

September 5, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Matthew Spalding

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Cornwallis, the Regulators, and the War in the South

September 5, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
AlanPell Crawford

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Allied Powers: Dutch, French, and Spanish Contributions to the Revolutionary War

September 4, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Faculty Panel: America in the Age of Revolution

September 4, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Various

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

'The Compleat Victory': Saratoga and the American Revolution

September 4, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Kevin J. Weddle

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Logistics: The Crises of Supply During the American Revolution

September 4, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
David Stewart

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

From Resistance to Armed Conflict: Before the Revolution

September 3, 2026 (5th Annual Conference)
Patrick Griffin

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Geopolitics and Revolution: America's War for Independence

March 10, 2026
Jeremy Black

The Spanish Civil War: The Use and Abuse of Analogy

January 27, 2026
Andrew Mitchell

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Great Power Diplomacy: Past and Present

October 21, 2025
Wess Mitchell

The Political and Cultural Legacies of the Vietnam War

September 13, 2025 (4th annual conference)
Victor Davis Hanson

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The South Vietnamese Exodus

September 13, 2025 (4th annual conference)
Viet Luong

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The Strategic Legacies of the Vietnam War

September 12, 2025 (4th annual conference)
Bing West

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The History of the Vietnam War

September 12, 2025 (4th annual conference)
Mark Moyar

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The Vietnam War: Hillsdale College Faculty Roundtable

September 12, 2025 (4th annual conference)
Various

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The American Withdrawal

April 31, 2025 (50th anniversary conference)
James Willbanks

The Fall of Saigon

April 31, 2025 (50th anniversary conference)
George J. Veith

The War over the Vietnam War

April 30, 2025 (50th anniversary conference)
Mark Moyar

Truth in the Fiction of the Vietnam War

April 30, 2025 (50th anniversary conference)
John Del Vecchio

Hillsdale College Faculty Panel

April 30, 2025 (50th anniversary conference)
Various

My Toughest Battle: A Soldier's Lifelong Struggle with Polio

April 9, 2025
William M. Matz Jr.

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Ronald Reagan: Cold Warrior and Peacemaker

October 24, 2024
William Inboden

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Military History and the Roman Empire

AUGUST 31, 2024 (3rd Annual Conference)
Victor Davis Hanson

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Rome, Constantine, and the Fall of Christianity: A Myth Reconsidered

AUGUST 31, 2024 (3rd Annual Conference)
Jason M. Gehrke

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

St. Augustine and Roman Warfare

AUGUST 31, 2024 (3rd Annual Conference)
Mattias Gassman

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The Endurance of the East Roman Empire and Its Armies

AUGUST 30, 2024 (3rd Annual Conference)
Anthony Kaldellis

Rome and Christianity: An Overview

AUGUST 30, 2024 (3rd Annual Conference)
Charles Yost

Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West

AUGUST 30, 2024 (3rd Annual Conference)
Peter Heather

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Imperial Legacies: The British and American Empires

April 10, 2024
Jeremy Black

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Winning Tactically While Failing in Grand Strategic Terms - Afghanistan as a Case Study

September 9, 2023 (2nd Annual Conference)
Ali A. Jalali

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Afghanistan War: Lessons Learned and Unlearned

September 9, 2023 (2nd Annual Conference)
Various

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The Soviet-Afghan War

September 8, 2023 (2nd Annual Conference)
Lester W. Grau

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The U.S. Effort in Afghanistan: A Retrospective

September 8, 2023 (2nd Annual Conference)
Kevin W. Farrell

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

Military History for the Modern Strategist

APRIL 06, 2023
DR. MICHAEL O'HANLON

War and Strategy during the Middle Ages

FEBRUARY 14, 2023
DR. KELLY DEVRIES

Military History and Grand Strategy Luncheon

NOVEMBER 29, 2022
DR. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY

The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War

September 10, 2022 (1st Conference)
Ian Johnson

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.
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Stalin's Western Strategy and Its Eastern European Consequences

September 10, 2022 (1st Conference)
Sean McMeekin

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.

The Center for Military History and Grand Strategy at Hillsdale College

September 9, 2022 (1st Conference)
Various

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.
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Why Study Military History and Grand Strategy

September 9, 2022 (1st Conference)
Victor Davis Hanson

This talk was delivered in the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Auditorium at Hillsdale College.
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