Great War Lecture on the Draft at Angelo State University

Angelo State University’s History Department continues its Great War Centennial Commemoration Lecture Series with “Drafting for the World War and the World Series” on Tuesday, March 22, in the Houston Harte University Center, 1910 Rosemont Drive.

Dr. William Taylor of ASU’s security studies faculty and Dr. David Dewar of the history faculty will discuss the causes and perhaps surprising consequences of World War I conscription at 7 p.m. in the University Center’s C.J. Davidson Conference Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Author of “Every Citizen a Soldier,” Taylor joined the security studies faculty in 2001. A former U.S. Marine, he is working on his second book, “In Defense of Democracy: American Military Service from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom,” due to be published this year through University Press of Kansas. He has won a total of eight national research grants and fellowships for his books.

A 2015 recipient of the ASU President’s Award of Excellence in Service and the 2010 Faculty Who Make A Difference Award, Dewar joined the history faculty in 2007. Among his publications are book chapters in “British Colonial America,” a volume in the Perspectives on American Social History Series, and in “Constructing Early Modern Empires: Proprietary Ventures in the Atlantic World, 1500-1750,” published by Brill Academic Publishers in 2007.

The three-year lecture series, which began in September of 2015, is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant No. AC-226771-15. The series commemorates World War I, also known as the Great War, and is co-organized by Dr. Christine Lamberson and Dr. Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai of ASU’s history faculty.

For more information, contact the History Department at 325-942-2324 or [email protected], or go online to angelo.edu/dept/history/great-war.

Required disclaimer: Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.