Theodore Roosevelt biographer H.W. Brands will headline Dickinson State University's second symposium on the 26th U.S. president Sept. 13-15 in Dickinson and Medora.

The symposium Theodore Roosevelt and America's Place in the World Arena features presentations and panel discussions by selected authors of topics related to Roosevelt.

"We were very pleased with our first symposium,"said Deanna Vickers, co-director of the project and a member of the board of the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. "We had people from 25 states … more than 500 attendees. We think this year's program will be of equal interest to the public."

Brands wrote "TR:The Last Romantic," published in 1997, as well as biographies of Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin. His book "The First American" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the LA Times Prize. Brands will open the symposium with free, public lecture "Theodore Roosevelt and the Creation of the Modern World" at 7 p.m. MT Thursday, Sept. 13.

The presentations on Friday are on campus, and Saturday activities move to Medora.

Joining Brands, who is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas, will be:

3 Kristin Hoganson, associate professor of history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, author of "Fighting for American Manhood:How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars."

3 John Milton Cooper, E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of "The Warrior and the Priest."

3 Dr. Lori Lyn Bogle, associate professor of history at the United States Naval Academy, author of "Battle for the American Mind: The Early Cold War."

3 D. Jerome Tweton, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Dakota, a well-known interpreter of the life of Theodore Roosevelt. He will give a talk on the Marques de Mores in Medora on Saturday.

3 Tweed Roosevelt, great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt.

3 Clay Jenkinson, Theodore Roosevelt scholar in residence at Dickinson State University.

Other panelists will include DSUprofessors Steven Doherty and Jon Brundvig.

Vickers described the seminar as timely, giving the U.S. evolving global role, in terms of economics, environment, politics and military affairs.

In addition to the scholars, the symposium will include the world premiere of "TR," a radio drama based on a play written by Allen Kenward, with the help of Hermann Hagedorn, author of "Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota."

The Thursday evening lecture is free and open to the public. There are fees for other parts of the three-day program. Participants do not have to be scholars or historians, and anyone with an interest in the topics is welcome. To register or for more information go online to www.dickinsonstate.edu or call 866-496-8797.

This is the second Theodore Roosevelt symposium held by DSU. Last fall, guest author-scholars were Patricia O'Toole, author of "When Trumpets Call:Theodore Roosevelt After the White House," Candice Millard, author of "The River of Doubt:Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey," and Douglas Brinkley, director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for Civilization at Tulane University.