Bjork presents at Smithsonian Symposium

Professor Kate Bjork presented research on the history of the U.S. empire as part of the Smithsonian's Edgar P. Richardson Symposium. Organized in conjunction with a major exhibition, 1898: Imperial Visions and Revisions, the symposium brought over 40 scholars and artists from the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawai‘i, Cuba, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States to Washington for two days of panels, roundtables and gallery talks on the history and legacies of the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Joint Congressional Resolution to annex Hawai‘i, and the Philippine-American War. The exhibition will remain on display at the National Portrait Gallery until February 25, 2024.