Rescuing the West and the Nation: How Thinking Like a Historian Can Save Us From Ourselves

Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College, in Claremont, California. Professor Miller is the first speaker in a series featuring established scholars who are also accomplished practitioners of Applied History. This event was a part of a Mellon funded program in Applied History entitled “Weekends with the Accomplished.” In addition to the lectures, the Applied History program provides a number of other opportunities for graduate students and recent Ph.D.s to home their outreach skills.