Creating Modern Sensibility: Aesthetic Capitalism in the United States and Japan, 1870s-1930s
Co-sponsored Event
Rethinking War Conference
Following a highly successful conference last spring, Rethinking War is back, and eager to continue our study of war across disciplines and types of narrative. This is a conference that welcomes presentations, works-in-progress, and discussions from scholars and students of all levels, including undergraduates, public historians, museum professionals, veterans, and military professionals.
Talk by Cosimo Pantaleoni, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
Talk by Katja Wezel, University of Latvia in Riga
With the recent developments in Ukraine and Putin’s talk on restoring the Soviet or the Russian Empire, newly independent territories and cities at the former imperial periphery are again in focus.
Representations of Afrolatinidad Conference
The intersections of race, ethnicity, and representation have shaped historical and contemporary articulations of Afrolatinidad. The Representations of Afrolatinidad conference aims to engage multiple depictions of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx communities – whether self-fashioned or imposed. The varied portrayals in the past and present reflect the ongoing global realities, struggles, vibrancy, and resiliency of Afro-Latin diasporas throughout the Americas and elsewhere.
Office Supplies Conference
For more information and the full two-day conference program, please see the conference website here.
Race, Gender, and Capitalism in Atlantic Perspective
GSWS 50th Anniversary Event
"It's Our Movement Now". Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference
A book launch and discussion featuring an exhibition of photographs from Diana Mara Henry.
Speakers include Rachel Jessica Daniel (Massasoit Community College), Carlyn Ferrari (Seattle University), and Laura L. Lovett (University of Pittsburgh)
Talk by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, University of New England (Australia)
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart is a professor of heritage studies and digital humanities at the University of New England, Australia. He is the author (with Michael Quinlan) of Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Convict Resistance in Convict Australia (Palgrave Studies in Economic History, 2022). Over the last fifteen years he has worked with family historians, archivists, trade unions and academics to assemble Australia’s largest historical dataset.