Visions of Medieval Studies in North America: a Conference in Honor of Patrick J. Geary Day 1
Royce 314View Flyer here. Borrowing its title from Patrick Geary’s article “Visions of Medieval Studies in North America” published in the 1994 volume The Past and Future of Medieval Studies, this conference honors the distinguished career of Patrick J. Geary, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History at the Institute for Advanced Study (2012–2019), Distinguished Professor of History […]
Visions of Medieval Studies in North America: a Conference in Honor of Patrick J. Geary Day 2
Royce 314View Flyer here. Borrowing its title from Patrick Geary’s article “Visions of Medieval Studies in North America” published in the 1994 volume The Past and Future of Medieval Studies, this conference honors the distinguished career of Patrick J. Geary, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History at the Institute for Advanced Study (2012–2019), Distinguished Professor of History […]
Lonnie Bunch – “The Power of the Past through the Creation of the Museum”
Fowler MuseumFor details on this event, click the link below: https://luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/historian-in-society-lecture-series/
The Kids Aren’t All Right: Historians and the Problem of Childhood
6275 Bunche HallCan children be historical actors? The proposition that children have historical agency has been a rallying cry for many historians of childhood who seek to recover the voices and actions of young people in the past, arguing that their history is analogous to that of other disenfranchised and marginalized groups and must be recovered in […]
From Guangzhou and Antananarivo to Dien Bien Phu: Asian and African Coordinates of the Vietnamese Revolution
6275 Bunche HallWhy, of all the countries in Southeast Asia, was it only in Vietnam that the struggle for national independence led to a Communist Party-led revolution? Drawing on a rich and growing body of revisionist scholarship, this lecture suggests that the answer lies beyond the borders of Vietnam and the boundaries of Vietnamese nationalism. Viewed in regional […]
Jacob Soll, “The Reckoning: Intellectual History and an Unexpected Journey into Contemporary Politics”
6275 Bunche HallFor details on this event, click the link below: https://luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/historian-in-society-lecture-series-soll/
Rome in the Andes – and the Andes in Rome
6275 Bunche HallFourth Annual Undergraduate History Conference – “From the Global to the Local: Connected Histories”
6275 Bunche HallFrom the Global to the Local: Connected Histories Fourth Annual Undergraduate History Conference FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 │8:00AM - 5:00PM │BUNCHE HALL 6275 8:00am – 8:15am Welcoming Remarks (Check-In and Continental Breakfast) 8:15am – 9:50am Panel 1: Formations of National Identity in an International Context Chair: Jade Quintero Gordon Nenadovic, “Philip II and Athenian […]
Nwando Achebe – “The Politics of Knowledge Production—A Reflective Journey and Dance about the Epistemology and Practice of African Gender History”
11360 Charles E. Young Research LibraryProfessor Nwando Achebe will be giving the James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture (through the African Studies Center) on Monday, April 29th, from 4:30 – 6:30 in 11360 YRL. Here is the link: https://www.international.ucla.edu/asc/event/13743 The History Department is co-sponsoring the talk, and Nwando (daughter of famed Chinua Achebe) received her Ph.D from our department in […]