Over the course of the Enlightenment, Europe claimed a monopoly on progress for itself alone. In the eighteenth century, other places had appeared as familiar and comparable. By the early nineteenth century, they were cast as inscrutable and incommensurable. What caused this fundamental transformation in Europe’s understanding of itself? In this talk, I aim to […]

8:30 am – 9:00 am                   Continental Breakfast (HSSB 4020) 9:00 am – 10:15 am                 Campus Walking Tour (led by grad students) 10:15 am – 10:30 am               Welcome (HSSB 4020) Professor Erika Rappaport, Department Chair; Professor Salim Yaqub, Director of Graduate Studies 10:30 am – 11:30 am               Program Overview (HSSB 4020) Professors Paul Spickard, Randy Bergstrom, […]

Arnold's dissertation research examines the transformations of the regional economy of the Pacific basin caused by World War I and the booming American commodity demand that accompanied it.

Please join the Department of History for the second screening of the Film in/as History series, focused on our two-year curricular theme, Migrations. After La Bestia last quarter, the Film in/as History series will continue with Mediterranea (107 mins, 2015). Directed by Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea tells the story of migrants between Burkina Faso and southern […]