Past Public Programs

Welcome to the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s Public Programs Archive, where you can explore past programs and learn more about the continuing impact of 9/11 on the world today.

Three men and a woman take part in a moderated discussion on stage at the Museum. The woman is speaking, second from the left, as the three men listen. The black silhouettes of audience members are in the foreground.
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  • My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

    Souad Mekhennet, a correspondent for The Washington Post, reflects in her memoir I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad on her encounters with some of the most notorious...

    Monday, November 13, 2017
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  • What Russia Wants

    Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and its increasingly assertive foreign policy in the Middle East directly challenge American influence. Stephen Sestanovich of the Council...

    Wednesday, November 1, 2017
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  • Drone Warrior

    Technology has revolutionized America’s ability to surveil, track and eliminate terrorists. Brett Velicovich discusses the complexity of drone operations in his new book, Drone Warrior, and shares his...

    Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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  • How to Be a Muslim

    In his memoir How to Be a Muslim: An American Story, hailed as “profound and intimate” by The Washington Post, frequent CNN commentator Haroon Moghul reveals how he struggled with his Muslim-American...

    Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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  • A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray

    The 9/11 attacks prompted significant changes in the FBI’s counterterrorism operations in the U.S. and around the world. FBI Director Christopher Wray reflects on the Bureau’s ever-evolving fight...

    Monday, October 2, 2017
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  • The Latest in the Middle East with Bernard Haykel

    Middle East expert Bernard Haykel returns to the 9/11 Memorial Museum to disentangle the latest turns in the region. From upheaval in the Saudi royal family, to the shifting alliances in Syria and the...

    Thursday, September 28, 2017
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  • Come From Away

    Come From Away is an award-winning musical that tells the story of those 7,000 stranded passengers and the people who welcomed them.

    Monday, September 18, 2017
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  • From the Civil War to 9/11: America Confronts Mass Death

    Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust discusses her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, in which she chronicled the impact of mass death on American society.

    Wednesday, June 7, 2017
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  • Terror and Memory in Norway: The July 22 Attacks

    Historian Tor Einar Fagerland and architect Atle Aas discuss the work of creating two memorial sites that commemorate the July 22, 2011 terrorist attack in Olso and on nearby Utøya island.

    Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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  • When The Towers Fell

    Rosebud Ben-Oni, Noel Quiñones, and Alice Quinn are joined by Stuyvesant High School scholars to reflect on the 15 years that have passed since the 2001 attacks, through poetry and conversation.

    Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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  • The Horse Soliders

    America’s initial military response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks involved a handful of American Special Operations forces secretly sent into Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    Tuesday, May 2, 2017
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  • On Faith and Friendship in an Age of Extremism

    Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and Samar Kaukab, executive director of Arete at the University of Chicago, discuss how religion and religious leaders...

    Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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  • Covering Catastrophe: Reporting on 9/11

    On 9/11, local journalists suddenly found themselves on the front lines, covering a catastrophe with global and historical significance.

    Thursday, November 17, 2016
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  • Peter Bergen: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists

    New York Times author and CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen discusses his latest book, United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.

    Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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  • The Architecture of Remembrance

    The principal architects of the 9/11 Memorial, the Flight 93 National Memorial, and the Pentagon Memorial, reflect on the relationship between architecture and more.

    Thursday, October 13, 2016
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