Past Events



Graduation Reception

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All graduating History Majors and their families are invited to attend the History Department Graduation Reception on Sunday, May 15, at 2:30pm in College Hall 200.  Questions regarding the event may be directed to…



Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies

Roquinaldo Ferreira, Department of History, Brown University
“Africa and the Second Slavery, ca. 1820s-c. 1860s”

DATE: Tuesday…



Russian History & Culture Workshop

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Russian History & Culture Workshop

Masha Kirasirova, New York University Abu Dhabi
“Arabization, Purges, and Terror in the Communist University of the Toilers of the East (KUTV)…



Workshop in the History of Material Texts

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Workshop in the History of Material Texts

Roger Chartier, University of Pennsylvania
"When Shakespeare Met Cervantes"

DATE:…



Kislak Center’s Graduate Student Lecture and Exhibition Series

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Kislak Center’s Graduate Student Lecture and Exhibition Series

Kristian Taketomo, Penn History
"O public road": The Walt Whitman…



Penn Economic History Forum

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Michael Gilsenan (NYU, Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Center)
‘Trusts in the Family: An Arab business dynasty in colonial Singapore 1880-1960’



Annenberg Seminar in History

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Lillian Guerra, University of Florida
“We are happy here”: The Revolutionary Theatre State of the 1970s and the Mariel Crisis of 1980

DATE: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
TIME: 4:…



Undergraduate Honors Thesis Symposium

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The History Department will be holding its annual Undergraduate Honors Thesis Symposium on Monday, April 11, in COLL 209.  A poster session will begin at 5:00,…



Mark D. Gordon Annual Lecture

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Mark D. Gordon Annual Lecture

Lillian Faderman
A 70-Year Struggle: The History of the Battle for LGBT Civil Rights

DATE: Wednesday, April 6, 2016
TIME: 7:00pm-9:00pm…