Did you know that a world-renowned scholar on Sir Winston Churchill has taught for 38 years at the University of Alaska Anchorage in the Department of Political Science?
Professor James W. Muller has dedicated his career to the study of the former British prime minister, statesman, officer, and writer, publishing dozens of papers, editing books, and traveling the world to lecture on Churchill. 鈥淪tudying Churchill makes my students set their sights higher,鈥 Muller says, adding that he encourages them to imitate Churchill鈥檚 determination and hard work.
Professor Muller鈥檚 distinguished career includes fellowships and positions as a visiting Churchill scholar at universities around the world, and he has served for more than 20 years on the Board of Academic Advisers to the International Churchill Society. His latest book is the complete, unabridged, . For the first time in more than 120 years, the full text of Churchill鈥檚 book will be back in print.
November 30 was Churchill鈥檚 birthday. Every year on this day, Professor Muller and the UAA Political Science Dept. host a Chartwell Lecture featuring a well-known Churchill author or scholar. This year, the lecture was given by Piers Brendon, a Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University, on Winston Churchill鈥檚 love of animals. The lecture was presented virtually on Zoom. A recording of the lecture will be available at the . For more information, contact Kathleen L. Behnke in the Dean鈥檚 Office of the UAA College of Arts and Sciences, klbehnke@alaska.edu.
