Past Events



From Bernie Goetz to Breaching the Capitol: Rethinking the Ugly 80s with Heather Thompson

Annenberg Seminar
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Heather Ann Thompson, University of Michigan professor and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning history, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy, will share a section from her latest…



The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life

Screening with Director Persis Karim
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More info at Cinema Studies

"The Dawn Is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American…



An Indian Immigration System: The Cherokee Search for Labor

Noah Ramage (Cherokee Nation), Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Associate, Department of History, Yale University
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Oleg Budnitskii, “Soviet Antisemitism Reconsidered: The Case of Jews in the NKVD”

East European History and Culture Workshop
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Oleg Budnitskii (Higher School of Economics, Moscow // Cullman Center, New York Public Library) “Soviet Antisemitism Reconsidered: The Case of Jews in the NKVD”



Isabel Anadon (University at Buffalo) presents: Profiting from Immigrant Detention: Corporate Contracting in U.S. Immigrant Detention Facilities, 1980-2010

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Hosted by Hardeep Dhillon

Over the last half of the 20th century, a steady increase in government and contractual allocations to carceral facilities, such as jails and prisons, has evolved alongside…



How to Read Effectively in your History Classes

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All Penn undergraduates are welcome to join Professor Offner for a late lunch/early dinner, as she discusses how to read more effectively for your History courses.  



Breanna Moore, “African Kings and Captured Negroes: Courts of Mixed Commission, Indemnities, and Statelessness.”

Race and Slavery Working Group
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Respondent: Gabriel Rivera Cotto
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