In his presentation, Dino Knudsen talks about how elite networks such as the Trilateral Commission relates to global and national governance, including how the Commission influenced the White House and the State Department in the 1970s.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dino Knudsen is assistant professor of global politics at Malmö University. His research focuses on the transnational history of the Euro-Atlantic societies in the 20th century, with a particular focus on state-private networks in the context of the Cold War and decolonization. In 2001, Knudsen was the first to get access to the Trilateral Commission’s central archive, and in 2016 he won the Cambridge University Press and the Transatlantic Studies Association’s Prize for Best Book on Transatlantic Relations for his book The Trilateral Commission and Global Governance. Informal Elite Governance, 1972-1982.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
This talk is part of the History Working Group Seminar Series. A central piece of the History Working Group is the seminar series, which is hosted in partnership with the Hoover Library & Archives. The seminar series was launched in the fall of 2019, and thus far has included six talks from Hoover research fellows, visiting scholars, and Stanford faculty. The seminars provide outside experts with an opportunity to present their research and receive feedback on their work. While the lunch seminars have grown in reputation, they have been purposefully kept small in order to ensure that the discussion retains a good seminar atmosphere.
