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Department of History

By pushing the boundaries of the human story across time, space, cultures, and media, we reveal the interconnected narrative threads and patterns of our individual and collective lives.

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Upcoming Events

November 04, 2021

Four Towns that Moved: Mass Mining and the Transformations of Lives and Landscapes in the 20th Century

Public lecture by Eagle Glassheim, Department of History, University of British Columbia

November 11, 2021

“Communism, Zionism, and American Jewish Politics during the 1940s”

Tony Michels, the George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses the rise and fall of the movement for “Jewish people’s…

January 24, 2022

“A Family Affair: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resisters Who Helped the Allies Win World War II”

Ethan Katz is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the Aboulker family.

Department of History

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Upcoming Events

Four Towns that Moved: Mass Mining and the Transformations of Lives and Landscapes in the 20th Century

“Communism, Zionism, and American Jewish Politics during the 1940s”

“A Family Affair: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resisters Who Helped the Allies Win World War II”