Victor Hanson to lecture, sign his newest book at CNU
News Release - March 14, 2006
Public's contact for publication:
Dr. David M. Pollio
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
(757) 594-7020
Media contact:
Karen L. Gill
karen.gill@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, noted historian and journalist, will lecture and sign copies of his newest book, “A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War,” at 3 p.m. on April 7 at Christopher Newport University's Ferguson Center for the Arts, in the Music and Theatre Hall.
The lecture, “War in a Classical Context,” is free and open to the public. Copies of his book will be available for purchase in the Music and Theatre Lobby after the program.
The event is sponsored by the Captain John Smith Library, the Honors Program, the Department of Leadership Studies, the Department of History, the Office of the Dean of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, all at CNU.
Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, a columnist for Tribune Media Services and National Review Online, and the author or editor of 16 books primarily on military history.
Hanson came to national prominence after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks because of his frank and insightful views on the nature of military conflict, past and present. He has recently returned from Iraq and has published several columns on the current conflict. More information is available at www.victorhanson.com.
For more information about the lecture and book-signing, contact Dr. David M. Pollio, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, at david.pollio@cnu.edu or at (757) 594-7020.
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Luter School of Business and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.