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History Film Series: Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948)

Ladri di biciclette (1948) 89 mins | Rated NR | Drama Directed by Vittorio De Sica | Starring Lianella Carell, Lambertp Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Vittorio Antonucci, Gino Saltamerenda. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Bicycle Thieves and learn a little Italian history along the way. With special guest speaker Dr. Steve Soper. Watch history come alive, and see the past unfold like never before! This series is…


DeLisa Hawkes, on "Olivia Ward Bush-Banks and Black/Indigenous Solidarities"

In this talk, Dr. DeLisa D. Hawkes (University of Tennessee) will discuss how the under-examined writer Olivia Ward Bush-Banks reflects on Black and Indigenous solidarities in her early twentieth-century literary works and the value of teaching-in-place to thinking about the intersections between African American Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Free and open to the…


Dirty History Workshop: John-Henry Harter

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss John-Henry Harter's research, "Woodworkers as Environmentalists in British Columbia, 1937-1957." Dr. Harter is Lecturer, History and Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email Scott Nelson at…


Dirty History Workshop: Sarah Besky

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss Sarah Baresky's paper, "After the Country: Agrarian Life and the Plantation's Outsides." Dr. Besky is Professor of the Anthropology of Work Director, South Asia Program at the Einaudi Center for International Studies. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to…


Grace Ballor: Enterprise and Integration: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market

Join us for a talk by Dr. Grace Ballor Monday afternoon, about her research and forthcoming book: Enterprise and Integration: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market. Grace Ballor is a historian interested in the international political economy of contemporary Europe and the intersections of global capitalism and global governance. She is currently Assistant Professor of International Economic History at Bocconi University, and…


Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era, with James Welborn (GCSU)

Join us for a talk by Dr. James Hill "Trae" Welborn III about his research and latest book, Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era, https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5200/. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, reared in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and educated at Clemson University (BA 2005, MA 2007) and the University of Georgia (PhD 2014), Dr. Welborn specializes in American…


Book talk with Dr. Jason De León (UCLA): Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Join us as award-winning author, anthropologist, and MacArthur fellow Dr. Jason De León (The Land of Open Graves) discusses his acclaimed new book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling (Penguin, 2024). Jason De León is the Director of UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies. Free and open to the public. This event is part of a series presented by Indigenizing…


History Faculty Meeting

For history faculty.


History Faculty Meeting

For history faculty.


2025 Graduating History Majors Reception & Annual Awards

2024-25 graduating History majors are invited to the annual History Department Graduation Reception the afternoon of May 9.  The reception will include our annual awards and graduation recognition, with a gift for each graduating senior in attendance. Opening remarks by Franklin College Dean Dr. Anna Stenport. We would like to take a group photo of our prospective graduates following the awards in the auditorium. Students are welcome to…
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