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Vince Houghton

he/him/his

Historian and Curator
International Spy Museum
Participates in 1 Session
Dr. Vince Houghton is the Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum. He has a PhD in Diplomatic and Military History from the University of Maryland, where his research centered on US scientific and technological intelligence (nuclear intelligence) in the Second World War and early Cold War. His Masters, also from the University of Maryland, focused on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. He has taught extensively at the middle school, high school, and university level, most recently at the University of Maryland, where he taught courses on the history of US Intelligence, US Diplomatic History, the Cold War, and the History of Science. Vince is a veteran of the United States Army, and served in the Balkans, where he worked closely with both civilian and military intelligence agencies in several capacities.

Sessions in which Vince Houghton participates

Friday 3 April, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 4:20 PM | 1 hour

A former CIA chief of disguise who trained the agency’s most highly placed foreign agents. A self-taught sleuth who turned his love of TV cop shows and movies into the skills he used to take down a Russian spy ring. And a KGB sleeper agent who lived a real-life version of The Americans—until his cover was blown.Vince Houghton, curator of the International Spy Museum, moderates this fascinating discussion, filled with first-hand a...