Event Types
Location
EIHS Lecture: Dams that Save: Law, Beavers, and the Making of the Yukon River
Bathsheba Demuth (Brown University)
This talk retells the social and environmental history of the Klondike Gold Rush through stories from two kinds of beavers: the furry...
EIHS Workshop: Scales of Movement: Beyond Humans and the Problem of Agency
Grant Halliday, Ismael Pardo, Qingyi Zeng, Yipeng Zhou, Douglas Northrop (moderator)
Inspired by Bathsheba Demuth's work, this workshop builds a broader environmental and ecological context around narratives of home,...
Arthur Aiton Lecture: In Search of a Slave Ship: Memory, History, and Reparations—The Quilombo of Bracuí, 1852
Martha Abreu, Fluminense Federal University
The quilombola [maroon] community of Bracuí in Brazil has preserved the history of the African slave trade on their lands for nearly two...
Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama
Prof. Saladin Ambar
Dr. Saladin Ambar is Professor of Political Science and Senior Scholar at the Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University’s...
Crafting Your Professional Narrative
Career Prep for History Students
How can you turn your academic strengths and undergraduate experiences into a compelling career narrative? In this workshop, we will explore...
GCC Czechia & Austria: Jewish Europe Information Session
CGIS Advisor Callie Rouse / Professor Scott Spector
Want to learn more about GCC Czechia & Austria: Jewish Europe? Attend this session with CGIS Advisor Callie Rouse and GCC Faculty Lead...
The Silenced Muse: Deciphering Emily Hale's Legacy with Sara Fitzgerald
University of Michigan Alumna, Sara Fitzgerald
The University of Michigan community is delighted to welcome back to campus esteemed Alumna, prolific author, and the first woman...
U-M History Film Series: The Campaign
David Tamayo and Eric Toups
When incumbent Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major gaffe, two wealthy CEOs decide to try to gain influence in their...
Don't let the Sun: A Libretto about the History of Sundown Towns
Theodore Wiprud, Richard Wesley, and Louise Toppin
On Thursday, October 24 at 6pm (Vandenburg, Michigan League), we will be conducting a “table reading” of a libretto-in-progress about...
Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon
“A Museum Fit For A President”
Presentation by Albert Cavallaro, PhD Candidate, History; Museum Studies Program...
Making “MENA”: Histories of the “Middle East,” Race, and the US Census
Thomas Simsarian Dolan, Lead Historian, Armenian General Benevolent Union
Abstract: This year, the White House unexpectedly announced major revisions to its race and ethnicity standards – the first in 27 years...
De/Limiting Translation
Germanic Languages & Literatures Graduate Student Conference
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 5:30-7:00 pm Keynote: Esra Akcan 7:00-8:00 pm Reception Day 1/3
Undergraduate Career Banquet and Career Conference
Career Preparation for History Students
Thursday: U-M History Undergraduate Banquet Friday: U-M History Alumni Roundtables Additional details forthcoming.
De/Limiting Translation
Germanic Languages & Literatures Graduate Student Conference
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8...
Undergraduate Career Banquet and Career Conference
Career Preparation for History Students
Thursday: U-M History Undergraduate Banquet Friday: U-M History Alumni Roundtables Additional details forthcoming.
De/Limiting Translation
Germanic Languages & Literatures Graduate Student Conference
SATURDAY, November 9...
WCEE Roundtable. Europe's Polarized Political Landscape: Discussion on European Elections
U-M Faculty will discuss the results of elections in France, Italy, Germany, UK, and their implications....
Networking
Career Preparation for History Students
You’ve probably had folks encourage you to “network.” What does it mean to network, and how do you build your professional community?...
The Modernist Wish: Europe in the Twentieth Century
EIHS Symposium
Symposium description abstract and panelist biographies forthcoming....
Opportunity Search
Career Preparation for History Students
Whether you have applied to internships or jobs before or are just getting started, this workshop is helpful in determining the preparation,...
EIHS Lecture: Between Home and Exile: Binational Living and Longing at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Larisa L. Veloz (University of Texas El Paso)
Mexican immigrants and migrants have been crossing back and forth along the U.S. Mexico border for 150 years, and yet exile is most often...
EIHS Workshop: Challenging Gender in Labor and Migration
Amelia Burke, Cassandra Euphrat Weston, Daniel Jin, David Tamayo (moderator)
Workshop description forthcoming....
EIHS Lecture: Divergent Connections: Participating the Indian Ocean World from East Africa’s Interior, ca. 1000-1800
David Bresnahan (University of Utah)
This talk explores the history of the East African port city of Mombasa from the vantage point of communities that lived along its rural...
EIHS Workshop: Home and Exile: Reframing Global Connections and Encounters
Nicole Allora, Christopher DeCou, Allen Kendall, Inhae Yap, Derek Peterson (moderator)
Workshop description forthcoming....
EIHS Lecture: Beyond Affirmative Action: What Roman Identity Politics Can Teach the US
Nandini Pandey (Johns Hopkins University)
Dr. Nandini Pandey, Associate Professor of Classics at the Johns Hopkins University, previews her forthcoming book on ancient and modern...
EIHS Workshop: Exile as Erasure: Reflections on Marginality
Tuğçe Akgül, Melissa Itzkowitz, Zhaina Meirkhan, Talitha Pam, Anna Bonnell Freidin (moderator)
Workshop description forthcoming....
EIHS Lecture: Broken Bonds: Fugitive Bannermen, Civic virtue, and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China
Pär Cassel (University of Michigan)
Lecture abstract and speaker biography forthcoming....
EIHS Symposium: Silences Broken, Silences Kept
Additional details forthcoming....
EIHS Symposium: Silences Broken, Silences Kept
Additional details forthcoming....
EIHS Lecture: Foreigners in Their Own Land: Chernobyl under the Russian Occupation (2022)
Serhii Plokhii (Harvard University)
On February 24, 2022, the first day of Russia’s all-out attack on Ukraine, armored vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...
EIHS Workshop: Towards a Decolonial Methodology
Chandrica Barua, Azhar Dyussekenova, Keanu M. Heydari, Sara Ruiz, Sikandar Kumar (moderator)
Workshop description forthcoming....
