Week of Events
“Technology, Gender, and History: The Case of Late Imperial China”
“Technology, Gender, and History: The Case of Late Imperial China”
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, contrasted to backwardness or stagnation in other societies around the world. But in recent years historians of Western technology have become less interested in technology […]
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
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 from several nations, and making full use of the vast published literature, Prof. Logevall surveys the broad sweep of the Vietnam War. He begins with […]
The Universal Polytheism: Interpretatio Graeco-Romana
The Universal Polytheism: Interpretatio Graeco-Romana
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 4080. Dr. Parker is Visiting Sather Professor of Classical Literature for Spring 2013. Sponsored by the departments of Classics, History, Religious Studies, and the Interdisciplinary […]