Stecopoulos, Harry

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Some foundations of current day US diplomacy lie in the cultural internationalism of the 1940’s. By way of diplomats, authors and thinkers, some obscure, but equally influential figures became its respected architects including William Fulbright, Archibald MacLeish, and Sumner Welles. Harilaos Stecopoulos examines these figures and lays a foundation for understanding diplomacy of the period. Harilaos Stecopoulos is Associate Professor of English at the University of Iowa, and the Editor of the prestigious The Iowa Review. Stecopoulos earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in English Literature. He has authored several books, articles and book chapters, and is currently completing “Telling America’s Story to the World: The Literature of U.S. Diplomacy.” Contact the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council: http://icfrc.org/contact/ - [Sue Dulek] I also want to acknowledge our university and community sponsors, the University of Iowa honors program, the University of Iowa international programs both contribute vital time, talent, and logistics to our organization. I also thank today's financial sponsors, Burns Weston and Mike Carberry. Our work is made possible by the financial support of the sponsors. Our format today is the usual one. I will introduce the speaker, and after the conclusion of his remarks, we will have a question and answer period. You can write your questions on the cards on the table. They will be collected at the conclusion of his remarks. I am very pleased to introduce Harilaos Stecopoulos, I asked him twice how to pronounce his name and I messed it up now twice...

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Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Community Television Service (Iowa City, Iowa)