Daniel Posnansky, Professor Emeritus of Harvard University, presents the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Lecture "Arthur Conan Doyle on America: British-American Foreign Policy in the New Millennium" on Thursday, February 22, at 7 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center.

Posnansky will discuss the ways in which Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes impacted American foreign policy for decades after Doyle’s death, and continue to do so. He will bring samples of original materials from his personal collection, including letters of Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt, that quote Holmes and discuss his strategies for pressing foreign concerns.

Seating is free, but limited.

The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Lecture was established to honor the Ransom Center’s Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Library, one of the world’s most important collections of English literature.  Acquired in 1986, the collection, compiled by New York investment banker and bibliophile Carl H. Pforzheimer, comprises over 1,100 volumes and nearly 250 groups of letters and manuscripts that represent the foundations of English culture.