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2/27 Wednesday Workshop: Professor Brendan Kane
3/4 UConn Launch: Veterans History Project
3/4 Forgotten Women Writing Workshop
3/5 Urban Semester Program Info Session
3/7 Early Modern Studies Lecture: James Rice

Wednesday Workshop: Professor Brendan Kane

Wednesday, February 27th, 2019

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Storrs Campus
Wood Hall Basement Lounge

Wednesday Workshop: Professor Brendan Kane

This Wednesday Workshop will feature Professor Brendan Kane of the Department of History. Professor Kane's talk is titled "Digital humanities, language acquisition, and expanding the historical archive: 'LÃ©http://amh.org - Learning Early Modern Irish."

Contact Information: Victor Zatsepine, victor.zatsepine@uconn.edu

UConn Launch: Veterans History Project

Monday, March 4th, 2019

08:00 AM - 02:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Werth Hall, Rm 112

UConn's Office of Veterans Affairs and Military Programs and the Department of History host the launch event for the Veterans History Project, which will include detailed information about the program, guest speakers, internship information, and so much more.

Contact Information: Alyssa Kelleher alyssa.kelleher@uconn.edu 860-486-3148

Forgotten Women Writing Workshop

Monday, March 4th, 2019

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Austin/CLAS Room 217

Poet, Publisher & Editor Ginny Lowe Connors and Poet Sherryl Bedingfield will help writers commemorate a special woman with an original work of literature.

Contact Information: Margaret Shea, 860-878-7016, margaret.shea@uconn.edu

Urban Semester Program Info Session

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Monteith, Room 118

Come and join us for an information session on the Urban Semester Program, an intensive internship experience in Hartford.

The Urban Semester Program offers students a tremendous opportunity for service learning and public service. Students intern in a variety of agencies in Hartford. Students have full choice in choosing their internship with the help of the Internship Coordinator. Please join us to learn more.

We hope to see you there.

Contact Information: urbansemester@uconn.edu

Early Modern Studies Lecture: James Rice

Thursday, March 7th, 2019

01:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Humanities Institute, Homer Babbidge Library, 4th Floor

Early Modern Studies Lecture: James Rice

The Early Modern Studies Working Group is pleased to welcome James Rice, Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University, to Storrs. Professor Rice's talk is titled "'Early Modern' and 'Indigenous' Histories". The lecture will explore intertwining questions of periodization, theories of historical causation, and relationships between native and newcomer histories.

A lunch will take place before the lecture. If interested, please RSVP to earlymod@uconn.edu.

Contact Information: earlymod@uconn.edu

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Department Highlights

The Encounters Series: New Directions for Public Humanities from UConn
Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Rachel Roach ’18
Veterans History Project Launch
Graduate Student Spotlight: Danielle Dumaine
Marc A. Reyes, Smith-Richardson Foundation Fellowship Recipient