Russian History & Culture Workshop
Kevin Platt, Slavic / Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania
"Secret Speech: Wounding, Disavowal and Social Belonging in the USSR"
Penn Economic History Forum
Walter Licht, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
"A Mercantalist Outpost [Chapter 1 of American Capitalisms: A Global History]"
Annenberg Seminar in History
Workshop (in conjunction with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies)
Dan Richter, Stephanie McCurry, Antonio Feros
"Post-Independences: Comparative Perspectives 1770-1870"
Annenberg Seminar in History
James Amelang, Autonomous University of Madrid
"The Walk of the Town: The Origins of Early Modern Urban Discourse"
Penn Economic History Forum
Esther Sahle, London School of Economics
"The competitive edge of the reliable Friends? Contract enforcement among London Quakers, c. 1660-1800"
Local Histories, Global Formations: A Colloquium in Honor of Lynn Hollen Lees
Drawing upon and bridging social history and social science, Lynn has put to the test sweeping theoretical models of social change (migration, revolution, social inequality) against the findings of her archivally…
Annenberg Seminar in History
Amy Kaplan, University of Pennsylvania
"Lands of Refuge: Was Zionism a Humanitarian or a Nationalist Project for Americans after World War II?"
A copy of the paper is available upon request
Russian History & Culture Workshop
Ronald Suny, History, University of Michigan
"The Making of a Bolshevik: Stalin from Koba to Commisar"