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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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Natalie Belsky, a person with short blond hair and light skin, wearing glasses and jewelry

February 13, 2023

Searching for Rodina (Homeland): Jewish Evacuees’ Lives on the Soviet Home Front During the Second World War

This lecture will focus on the diaries of Soviet Jewish evacuees who survived the Second World War in the Soviet hinterland.

A Map of Seoul in the Period of Joseon Dynasty. Wood-block print by Kim Jeongho. Library of Congress

February 24, 2023

CPS Lecture: Adam Bohnet

"Taxation, Sorcery, and Economic Networks: Pak Toch’ang in the Sorcery scandal of 1730"

March 14, 2023

West Ham United 0-5 Hakoah Vienna: How an All-Jewish Team Defeated the English at Their Own Game, Conquered Austrian Soccer, and Defied the Nazis

Excluded from other clubs for being Jewish, a dentist from Vienna founds a soccer team in 1909.

March 28, 2023

The Second Exile: The Creation of Iranian Jewish Diaspora in the US and Israel

Contrary to most other Middle Eastern countries, after 1948 Iran saw its Jewish population growing, diversifying, and becoming fully integrated.

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Upcoming Events

Searching for Rodina (Homeland): Jewish Evacuees’ Lives on the Soviet Home Front During the Second World War

CPS Lecture: Adam Bohnet

West Ham United 0-5 Hakoah Vienna: How an All-Jewish Team Defeated the English at Their Own Game, Conquered Austrian Soccer, and Defied the Nazis

The Second Exile: The Creation of Iranian Jewish Diaspora in the US and Israel