By examining the multiple meanings and historical contexts of the term “crisis,” this panel asks: How might we connect histories of crisis to a broader audience? Panelists will consider a range of crises, from policymaking, political representation, and neighborhood change to natural disaster and agricultural failure. We will ask how the locality and temporality of crisis structure our historical narratives. With modes of presentation and instruction such as digital mapping, oral history, and others, this panel will explore the ways in which historians might position a historical concept as effective pedagogical strategy.

Panelists:
Essie Ladkau, PhD Student, History, University of Michigan
Nicole Navarro, PhD Student, History, University of Michigan
Daniela Sheinin, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
Martin Summers (respondent), Associate Professor, History, African and African Diaspora Studies, Boston College
Nora Krinitsky (chair), Michigan-Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, History of Art, University of Michigan

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.