From Director Lee H. Hamilton

Welcome to the Woodrow Wilson Center's website.

Established by an act of Congress in 1968, the Wilson Center is our nation's official living memorial to President Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar—the only American President with a Ph.D.—and a national leader, Wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policymaker were "engaged in a common enterprise."

The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan institute for advanced study and a neutral forum for open, serious, and informed dialogue. It brings pre-eminent thinkers to Washington for extended periods of time to interact with policymakers through a large number of programs and projects. The Center seeks to separate the important from the inconsequential and to take a historical and broad perspective on the issues.

This website is an important part of our efforts to connect our programs and activities to a national and international audience. On the site you will find news articles discussing recent events at the Center, a calendar of upcoming events, information on our many programs and projects, The Wilson Quarterly magazine, broadcasts of interviews conducted by our award-winning Dialogue program, and more.

The redesign of the site in 2002, funded by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, was intended to make this site more user-friendly, informative, and engaging. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

Please take a few moments to browse and join the Wilson Center's growing community of scholars, policymakers, and concerned citizens.