Summer Seminar participants: “History, political science, and the art of statecraft need not be mutually exclusive”

Writing down a few of the insights they collected during their time in Beaver Creek, the participants found that “historical analogies not only provide context and orientation to the problem at hand, allowing historians to speak truth to power, but they can also elucidate the range of potential policy options and outcomes available to policymakers, and offer valuable comfort by showing the threat of the day is not without precedence.” They remarked that the seminar encouraged them to think about interdisciplinary approaches, policy relevance, and greater dialogue between the political science and history professions.

The participants concluded that “through reciprocal exposure via programs like the Clements Center summer seminar on history and statecraft, our respective products can be synthesized on the ‘assembly line’ of knowledge in a way that presents the best of both worlds, not just the best of each world.” 

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