James Secord is a Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. His research interests include social history of science since 1750, life and earth sciences, and the history of science communication.
Fernando Peréz-Montesinos received his M.A. in 2009 and his Ph.D. in 2015 at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Fernando writes, “My heart… remained with the history of indigenous people in modern Latin America. I thus embarked on a study of the Purépecha people of Michoacán (central-west Mexico) and examined how they coped with and contributed to shape a century-long process (1800-1914) of major land […]
This is a conference aimed at empowering the next generation of historians. Futures of History will be held on February 25–26, 2015 in the Palisades room on the third floor of Carnesale Commons. Breakout sessions will take place in Malibu, Venice, and Hermosa rooms on the second floor. More information about this event...
CISA and the South Asia Graduate Association Present: #StandWithJNU: A Forum on Nationalism and Dissent. Featuring talks by: Sanjay Subrahmanyam (History) , Vinay Lal (History), and Aparna Sharma (World Arts and Cultures). Light refreshments.
Caroline Ford is a History Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include modern France, environmental history, and urban and architectural history. This event is co-sponsored by the History Department.
Hinduism’s adherents, particularly in the United States, have displayed in recent years a marked tendency to turn towards various forms of digital media, and in particular the internet, to forge new forms of Hindu identity, furnish Hinduism with a purportedly more coherent and monotheistic form, engage in debates on American multiculturalism, and partake of the […]
Alon Confino is a professor of history at the University of Virginia and at Ben-Gurion University. At the heart of his work are the imagination, sensibilities, and emotions that make the stories people tell themselves about their past to give meaning to their world. He has published extensively on modern German and European history, on […]
A conference organized by Margaret Jacob, University of California, Los Angeles; Gianni Paganini, Università del Piemonte Orientale; and John Christian Laursen, University of California, Riverside. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of History; Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli; and Centro di Ricerca della Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. This conference explores philosophical writings that circulated clandestinely in the […]
This is an all day event, scheduled to begin at 8:45 and go until 4:00pm. You can view information and biographies about the speakers, the event program, and registration at this url.
Mary Terrall is a History Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jean-Marc Dreyfus is Reader in History and in Holocaust Studies at the University of Manchester (History Division), United Kingdom. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for European Studies, Harvard and the Centre Marc-Bloch in Berlin. He is the author of six monographs, including L’impossible réparation. Déportés, biens spoliés, or nazi, comptes bloqués, criminels […]
Michael Rothberg is Professor of English and Head of the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is also Director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies. His latest book is Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization (2009), published by Stanford University Press in […]
