Department of History

Upcoming Events

9/20 "Radicalism in Britain's '1968"
9/21 Foreign Policy Seminar - Jeffrey Engel
9/28 Geography Colloquium - Kroum Batchvarov
9/29 James R. Benn--Solemn Graves
10/12 Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Aimee Loiselle

"Radicalism in Britain's '1968"

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Wood Hall Basement Lounge

Please join the History Department for "American Revolutionaries in Britain: Radicalism in Britain's '1968,'" a talk delivered by Dr. David M. Fowler of Cambridge University.

Dr. Fowler teaches Modern British Social and Economic History at Cambridge and lectures on the history and sociology of youth cultures, student movements, cultural history and biography and Universities and the 1960s. He's published a new history of Youth Culture in Britain, 1920-1970 (2008) with Macmillan, and is writing a biography of the pioneering cultural commentator Rolf Gardiner. He has also begun a new research project on Student Politics and Activism in Twentieth Century Britain.

Contact Information: Michael Dintenfass, michael.dintenfass@uconn.edu

Foreign Policy Seminar - Jeffrey Engel

Friday, September 21st, 2018

04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Wood Hall

Foreign Policy Seminar

"How We (Surprisingly) Survived the Cold War's Collapse"

Jeffrey Engel, Southern Methodist University

Friday, 9/21/2018
Wood Hall Basement Lounge
4:30 PM Reception
5:00 PM Talk

Contact Information: 860.486.3722

Geography Colloquium - Kroum Batchvarov

Friday, September 28th, 2018

12:20 PM - 01:10 PM

Storrs Campus
AUST 434

Dr. Kroum Batchvarov is an Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the Department of Anthropology and the Maritime Studies Program at University of Connecticut. Dr. Batchvarov's main research focus is maritime archaeology of 17th-century seafaring, specializing in English and Dutch ship construction and Black Sea seafaring and shipbuilding. Batchvarov is part of a team of scientists on The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project. Since its inception in 2015, The Black Sea MAP, one of the largest maritime archaeological projects ever staged, has been investigating the changes in the ancient environment of the Black Sea region including the impact of sea level change during the last glacial cycle and interconnectivity through the millennia.

Contact Information: Nat Trumbull [nathaniel.trumbull@uconn.edu]

James R. Benn--Solemn Graves

Saturday, September 29th, 2018

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Hartford Campus
Bookstore

Acclaimed author James R. Benn will be discussing the historical mystery series that has led up to his newest book Solemn Graves.

Contact Information: Laurie Bompart. 860-263-2270

Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Aimee Loiselle

Friday, October 12th, 2018

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor

Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Aimee Loiselle

Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on âCreating Norma Rae: The Erasure of Puerto Rican Needleworkers and Southern Labor Activists in the Making of a Neoliberal Iconâ followed by a light reception.
For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/2018-19fellows/.
If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event.

Contact Information: uchi@uconn.edu

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