Join Brian and Bill as they chat with Heather Marie Stur, one of the most cutting-edge Vietnam War and war and society studies historians in the United States. Dr. Stur earned a Ph.D. in History at the University of Wisconsin after earning a B.A. and M.A. in History at Marquette University. She is the Moorman Distinguished Alumni Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she is also the Director of Graduate Studies in History and the Co-Director of the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society. She is the author of Saigon at War: South Vietnam and the Global Sixties (Cambridge 2020), The U.S. Military and Civil Rights Since World War II (ABC-CLIO 2019), and Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War Era (Cambridge 2011). She is also co-editor of Integrating the U.S. Military: Race, Gender, and Sexuality Since World War II (Johns Hopkins 2017). Dr. Stur’s articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, National Interest, Orange County Register, Diplomatic History, and other journals and newspapers. She has presented and lectured at conferences and universities all over the world. In 2013-14, Dr. Stur was a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam, where she was a visiting professor on the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City. She is currently writing a book about the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
We’ll ask Heather about how she got interested in history, living in Ho Chi Minh City for a year, and the rise of women in the military history field. We might find out her favorite Vietnamese street food as well, so join us!
Rec. 10/28/2021
