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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

This is our story. This is our song. The Black Church. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Stained glass graphic with a church, people, and a sun in the background.

September 30, 2021

Roundtable Discussion of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s “The Black Church”

Five distinguished scholars will reflect on the challenges, successes, and limitations in bringing modern historical scholarship to a broad public audience.

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October 05, 2021

The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants

Professor Adam Goodman joins Professor Jimmy Patiño and IHRC Director Erika Lee to discuss his award-winning book. The Deportation Machine traces the US government’s…

October 13, 2021

“Nationality on Trial: Jews, Belonging, and Legal Identity in the 19th-Century Mediterranean”

Jessica Marglin, Associate Professor of Religion, Law, and History, and the Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Southern California…

October 18, 2021

Bulgarian Cultural Diplomacy in the West: Between Ideology and Universal Values

Public lecture by Theodora Dragostinova, Department of History, The Ohio State University

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

Department of History

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