The National WWII Museum will be hosting a first of its kind international conference to address shifting landscapes of popular memories of this world-altering conflict. Memory Wars: World War II at 75 and Beyond will take place September 9–11, 2021 at the new Higgins Hotel & Conference Center.

Madlyn and Paul Hilliard Conference Center at The Higgins Hotel

September 9–11, 2021

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The Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana, and The National WWII Museum's Institute for the Study of War and Democracy invite you to join Churchill in Conflict and in Culture: A Symposium, supported by Oats & Marino.

The LITE Center

Friday, January 17 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

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Join leading scholars for a daylong discussion about the Yalta Conference—from the run-up to the conference, the proceedings themselves, to the legacies of Yalta for the postwar world, for the Cold War, and for our own day.

The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center | Arcadia Ballroom

Saturday, February 8 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Join leading scholars for a daylong examination of the battle as waged by land, sea, and air, as well as the lessons learned.

February 9 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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The National WWII Museum in New Orleans has hosted The International Conference on World War II since 2006—bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, and controversies of the war that changed the world. 

A well-attended Museum event since 2011, the Winston S. Churchill Symposium is a daylong program that draws people from around the country to learn about the man who was voted "The Greatest Briton of the 20th Century."