Director
John D. Woodward, Jr., is the Director of the International History Institute. He is a Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies. He also serves as the Director of the Division of Military Education and the Faculty-in-Residence of the Kilachand Honors College at Boston University. His most recent book is Spying: From the Fall of Jericho to the Fall of the Wall, (Waynesburg University Press 2023).
Email: jdwjr@bu.edu
Upcoming & Past IHI Events
- April 08, 2024: IHI hosted decorated CIA veteran, Marc Polymeropoulos, to discuss global intelligence challenges.
- March 20, 2024: IHI & the BU Center for the Study of Asia are sponsoring a book talk by Dr. Grant Rhode, an IHI Senior Fellow, to discuss Great Power Clashes Along the Maritime Silk Road
- March 18, 2024: IHI and BU’s Kilachand Honors College hosted BU alumnus John Bell, a Broadway entertainer currently serving as the musical director of the Broadway production of Spamalot.
- Feb. 22, 2024 (Thursday): IHI will host technology expert Bruce Schneier to discuss “AI & Trust.”
- Feb. 06, 2024: IHI will host a book talk by Dr. Calder Walton of Harvard University to discuss his award-winning work, Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.
- Nov. 09, 2023: Screening & Veterans’ Panel Discussion of “What I Want You to Know,” a powerful documentary about the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
- Sept. 21, 2023: Conference on “U.S. Clandestine Operations Against China in the Early Cold War,” honoring BU alumnus Richard Fecteau
- April 05, 2023: Brexit & Northern Ireland: Are New Troubles on the Way? A Presentation by Dr. Michael Potter
- March 30, 2023: Emergency War Planning in the 1950s: Lessons for NATO Today? A Presentation by Dr. Sean Maloney