Veterans Day Lunch and Learn

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Please join us for "The Warrior Identity: Veterans, Survivor Obligation, and Civic Commitment Throughout U.S. History," presented by Dr. Stephen A. Goldman. (Lunch will be provided).

Time and again, Americans without prewar military training or experience have evolved into professional soldiers, sailors, and Marines to rival the finest in the world. In this process, pride in their comrades and units, and what they endured and accomplished together, have constituted major components of a powerful warrior identity. Contrary to those who believe combat’s emotional impact is solely destructive, this self-esteem, which is sustaining during uniformed service, underpins the great personal and occupational success, posttraumatic growth, societal responsibility, and survivor obligation that US veterans have shown throughout the nation’s history. Assessing these remarkable phenomena requires an interdisciplinary approach, which is why this presentation will draw upon psychological insights gained since the 1860s, a psychiatrist’s decades of ongoing scientific and historical research on veterans, past and present, and related clinical experience.

This event is being presented jointly by the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies and the Military and Veterans Center free of charge, but registration is required via this online form. We kindly request that RSVPs be submitted no later than November 9th.

PARKING: Parking for this event will be in Parking Structure 1, located at 2500 Drive G, Richardson, TX 75080. When you arrive, look for a parking greeter wearing a yellow vest to assist you and give you a parking permit. The parking permit is for non-UT Dallas guests only; if you have a parking permit, you must park in the level allowed by your permit. When you exit the parking garage, follow the white Ackerman Center event signs to the Jindal School of Management building. The event will be in the Executive Dining Room.

About the Speaker: Stephen A. Goldman, M.D. is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, author, war historian, teacher, and the only physician to serve on the Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors. His work with those who have been in combat and groundbreaking research on American veterans are epitomized in the critically acclaimed One More War to Fight: Union Veterans’ Battle for Equality through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Lost Cause, and his new book, Sublimity and Terror: How Combat Veterans Have Thrived Since the Civil War, set for release in 2027.

Image: Tom Lea, (1944) "That 2,000 Yard Stare"