Department of History
The Department of History presents talks, panels and student research events that explore historical change and human experience.
Past Events
History Book Talk: Marshall Foletta "Purge and Bleed: Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever Epidemic and the Stagnation of American Medicine"
Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (MIKC), Wells Fargo Auditorium - 124
Free
Resistance and Survival at Treblinka during the Holocaust
Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Nazir Ansari Building (AB), 101
Free
History Book Talk: James McSpadden, "A Continent of Colleagues: Backroom Politics and Interwar Democracy"
Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (MIKC), Wells Fargo Auditorium
Porcelains and Power: The Politics of Chinese Art in the Age of American Ascendancy
Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, Entry Hall
Free
History Book Talk: Kay Slocum, Images of Thomas Becket in the Middle Ages and Beyond: The Uses and Receptions of a Celebrity Saint
Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (MIKC), Wells Fargo Auditorium
Free
History Book Talk: Ordinary Lives - Recovering Deaf Social History Through the American Census ( Nystrom and Edwards)
Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (MIKC), Wells Fargo Auditorium
Free