Educational Programs

For Educators

The Wachman Center

In 1990, the Foreign Policy Research Institute established the Wachman Center (formerly known as the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education), which is dedicated to improving international and civic literacy by providing enrichment for high school teachers. [read more about the Wachman Center]

History Institute for Teachers

In 1996, the Wachman Fund inaugurated a series of weekend History Institutes for secondary school teachers, chaired by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter McDougall and FPRI Senior Fellow David Eisenhower. [read more about the History Institute for Teachers]

FootNotes

FootNotes is an FPRI bulletin intended for educators. It seeks to “teach the teachers” drawing both upon the work of FPRI research staff and scholars as well as lectures, papers, and talks presented at FPRI forums and special events. [go to Footnotes archive]

Middle East Book Series

"Situated as it is between Africa, Europe, and the Far East, the Middle East has played a unique role in world history. Today, more than ever, Americans are aware that events in the Middle East can affect our security and prosperity…. Still it is fair to say that most Middle Eastern countries remain a mystery, their cultures and religions barely known, their peoples and politics confusing and strange. The purpose of this book series is to change that, to educate young readers in the basic facts about the 23 states and many peoples that make up the region…. A notable feature of the series is the integration of geography, demography, and history; economics and politics; culture and religion."

• More about the Modern Middle East Nations and Their Strategic Places in the World book series

For the Public

Lectures

FPRI regularly sponsors lectures for the general public covering a variety of topics in world affairs, as well as special forums and lectures for members.

• W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs
• The Thornton D. Hooper Lecture on American Strategy
• The Annual Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs
• The Annual Cynthia P. Robinson Memorial Lecture
• The Annual Robert Strausz-Hupé Lecture
• The Annual Perlmutter Lecture on Ethnic Conflict
• The Annual Bobby Hall Luxenberg Memorial Lecture on Japan
• The Annual Pitcairn Trust Lecture on World Affaurs

FPRI is also proud to support the One Book, One Philadelphia, a joint project of the Mayor's office and the Free Library of Philadelphia.

Visit our Events section for a calendar of upcoming lectures, or e-mail fpri@fpri.org for more information.

For Members

For members, FPRI offers impromptu briefings on events in the news, and, for sponsors, FPRI convenes Sponsor Forums that typically feature an FPRI scholar reporting on a recent trip abroad.

• Become an FPRI member