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CAPT Center for American Political History and Technology


CAPT promotes the study of American political history and its intersections with modern communications technology with a goal of utilizing the best insights of the humanities and social sciences to advance a better understanding of the past, present, and future of media, public discourse, and American democracy in the information age.

CAPT Seminar Series Oct. 2024

CAPT Fall Seminar Series 

"John F. Kennedy's Interrupted Quest for French Adherence to the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963"

Austin R. Cooper

Assistant Professor - Department of History, Purdue University

Austin R. Cooper is an Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University and a Senior Research Associate in the Center for International Studies at SciencesPo Paris. He is finishing a book about France's emergence as a nuclear weapon state during the 1960s. He completed fellowships at MIT's Security Studies Program and Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, and he earned his PhD in History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Join us for Dr. Cooper's Lecture: 

Monday, November 18 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Beering Hall, Room 6138

Lunch will be provided