Past Events



The Other Reconstruction: The Enslavers State After Emancipation

Legal History Workshop
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Professor Gautham Rao, from American University, will present his paper, “White Power: Policing American Slavery (manuscript under contract), introduction and chapter 5, “The Other Reconstruction: The Enslavers State…



“This Series of Strong Laws”: Choctaw Governance and the Rise of Indigenous Constitutionalism, 1826-1830

Brown Bag Lunch Talk
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Tanner Allread is giving a talk on Choctaw Governance and Indigenous Constitutionalism at the McNeil Center on Thursday, November 14 from…



The Paradox of Hunger Strikes

Co-sponsored event
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From Wolf Humanities website:

 

The Paradox of Hunger Strikes

Nayan Shah



Sovereign Fictions: Poetics and Politics in the Age of Russian Realism

East European History and Culture Workshop
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A Post Election Conversation: The Past and Possible Futures of American Politics

History Speaking
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A Post Election Conversation:

The Past and Possible Futures of American Politics 
 

Laura K. Field, an expert on conservative intellectuals whose writing has appeared in …



Moving Subjects; Moving Archives

Annenberg Seminar
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The Annenberg Series is pleased to host a Penn Global Fellows presentation with workshop discussants Alexandra Zborovsky and Taylor Prescott.

 

Title: Moving Subjects; Moving Archives…



Who’s that girl? Art, race and histories of slavery and emancipation in Argentina

Race & Slavery Working Group
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Symposium on Explanation in History, the Social Sciences, and Places in Between

Penn Economic History Forum
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 The opening event of the PEHF year will be a symposium entitled “Explanation in History, the Social Sciences, and Places in Between” and it will take place on Friday, November 1st, [Friday of this week] in College…



History Department Open House

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Join History faculty and students this Halloween for refreshments, conversation, and information about spring courses. 

Costumes optional (but encouraged)!

All undergraduates welcome. 

 



The Florida Incubator: How One State Shaped the Nation’s Culture Wars

Annenberg Seminar
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Join us for an evening with Dr. Julio Capo, Florida International University, presenting "The Florida Incubator: How One State Shaped the Nation’s Culture Wars". 

Arrive early for light refreshments with…