Past Events



Undergraduate Open House

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Undergraduate Open House

DATE: Tuesday, March 22, 2016
TIME: 4:30pm
LOCATION: College Hall 209

On Tuesday (3/22) at 4:30, in COLL 209, the History Department will host its…



Before Bernie: Legacies of American Jewish Socialism

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Before Bernie: Legacies of American Jewish Socialism

A panel discussion with
Tony Michels, Wisconsin, Author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York



Penn Economic History Forum and Russian History & Culture Workshop

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Steven Harris (University of Mary Washington, Department of History and American Studies)
"Cold War Friendly Skies: Pan Am, Aeroflot and the Political Economy of Détente"

DATE:…



Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies

Mark Hanna, Department History-University of California-San Diego
“Well-Behaved Pirates Seldom Make History”

DATE: Tuesday,…



Dr. Mary Frances Berry Discusses Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy

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Penn Book Center Discussion 

Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Penn History
"Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the…



Global 19th Century Workshop

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Global 19th Century Workshop

Alan S. Kahan, University of Versailles/St. Quentin
"Checks and Balances for the Democratic Souls: Religion and Freedom," from Tocqueville, Democracy, and…



Annenberg Seminar in History

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Rosie Bsheer, Yale University
“Crude Imaginations: Capitalism, Space, and the Politics of History in Saudi Arabia”

DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
TIME: 4:30pm
LOCATION:…



Russian History & Culture Workshop

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Russian History & Culture Workshop

Elena Sherstoboeva, Department of Communications, Media, and Design, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
“The Evolution of the Russian Concept of…



Penn Economic History Forum

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Lynn Lees (Penn, Department of History) 
“Planting Empire”

DATE: Friday, February 19, 2016
TIME: 2:00pm-4:00pm
LOCATION:…



What can I do with a History Major? Part 2

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The History Undergraduate Advisory Board, together with the Department of History, present…

What can I do with a History Major? Part 2 (a follow-up to our alumni event on 2/4)

DATE: Thursday, February 18…