Technologies played a dramatic role in birthing the modern industrial world, so it is hardly surprising that classic and widely familiar histories of technology trace narratives of triumphant Western progress, […]
In this talk, Fredrik Logevall discusses his highly acclaimed new book, EMBERS OF WAR: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA'S VIETNAM. Drawing on newly available documents […]
Join us for a talk by Robert C.T. Parker (Wykeham Professor of Ancient History and Fellow of New College, Oxford University) on Friday, April 12th at 2:00 pm in HSSB […]
Before there were coasts there were shores. In this talk, John Gillis explores the emergence of modern coasts, which, beginning in the eighteenth century, displaced older notions of shore. The […]
Michael Zakim offers a paper entitled “Paperwork,” a social and cultural exploration of antebellum clerkship and the relationship of that species of “nonproductive labor” to the emergence of modern American […]
Native spiritual leader Jim Miller and a group of riders retraced the 330-mile route on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site […]
This event is co-sponsored by the History Associates and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013. The cost is $8 for HA members, $10 […]
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Joy Connolly works mainly on Roman ideas about communication, education, and governance, and their ongoing relevance for the modern world. Her first book, The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political […]
Dr. Daly Thompson will talk about her new book. For fuller details, including abstract, please visit the URL below. Chapter One of the book is available from Prof. Chikowero for […]