"Teaching U.S. History, 1980–2008" will take place in Lubbock at Texas Tech University from June 3–6, 2025. The three-day institute will address topics including the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush; the end of the Cold War; the Middle East; the AIDS epidemic and public health; immigration; economics from NAFTA to the Great Recession; 9/11 and the War on Terror; teaching foreign relations through film; civil rights; and advances in communication and technology.
Justin Hart (Texas Tech University) will serve as the faculty director for the institute. Jeremi Suri (The University of Texas at Austin) will deliver the keynote lecture. Presenters include Michael Brandl (The University of Texas at Austin), Nathan J. Citino (Rice University), Salem Elzway (University of Southern California), Jennifer L. Holland (The University of Oklahoma), Kyle Longley (Chapman University), Chase Untermeyer (former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar), and Emily Skidmore, Miguel A. Levario, and Sabrina C. Thomas of Texas Tech University.