May 2017 At the recent American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting in Nashville, History of Science program graduate student Vicki Fama Daniel received a First Honorable Mention in the Richard H. Shryock …
Cork’s War of Independence Fatality Register
Professor Emeritus James Donnelly in collaboration Dr. Andy Bielenberg (University College Cork) recently completed work on a large electronic database that analyzes the political violence of the Irish War of independence (1919-21). The database records …
SAH Honors William Cronon, an Advocate for Academic Freedom for Literary Merit in Historical Writing
Three prizes honoring historical writing of exceptional literary merit are awarded by the Society of American Historians (SAH) at Columbia University today at its annual dinner at The Century Association in New York City. The …
10th Annual Michael B. Petrovich Lecture
“Russia and 1914: Anything New to Say?”
The French Presidential Elections
A panel discussion presented by the Department of French and Italian.
Giuliana Chamedes receives ACLS fellowship
Congratulations to Giuliana Chamedes for receiving a 2017-18 ACLS Fellowship. The ACLS Fellowship Program awards fellowships to individual scholars working in the humanities and related social sciences. Institutions and individuals contribute to the ACLS Fellowship …
“Documentation and Revitalization of Indonesia’s Minority Languages: A Tale of Two Projects”
In the last twenty years, language documentation of endangered languages has emerged as a new field of linguistics with contemporary priorities and procedures.
Paganism and Muslim Peace-Building in the Mecca Period (610-622): What does the Qur’an Say?
Dr. Juan Cole Professor of History at the University of Michigan Monday April 24, 2017 12:00-1:00 206 Ingraham Hall Later Muslim accounts posit an essential enmity between Muslims and pagans in the Hejaz, leading to …
History & Politics Seminar Series
“When Inclusive Institutions Failed: Lessons from the Democratic Revolutions of the Middle Ages” David Stasavage New York University Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00 – 1:15 PM 422 North Hall Co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Colloquium …
A Hot Debate Over A Cold War: The Plan for a Cold War Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Dr. Andreas Etges Amerika-Institut University of Munich Monday, April 17, 2017 4:00-5:30 PM Curti Lounge (5233/43 Humanities) Funded by the Center for European Studies Co sponsored by: Department of History, The Center for European Studies, …