The Stephen Allen Kaplan Memorial Lecture is organized annually by Clio: The Penn History Graduate Student Group. Each year, graduate students in the Department of History nominate a scholar noted for his or her broad appeal and compelling research. The Kaplan Memorial Lecture is intended to engage and bring together students from a variety of fields and discplines related to the study of history.
2008
Sven Beckert, Harvard University
"The Empire of Cotton: A Global History"
Sven Beckert, Professor of American History at Harvard University, specializes in nineteenth-century U.S. history, with especial emphasis on social, economic and transnational history. His The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-96 appeared in 2001 to great acclaim, and he is currently working on a global history of cotton during the nineteenth century.
2006
Ann Laura Stoler, The New School for Social Research
"Love Letters in Colonial Exile: On Intimacy and the Politics of Comparison"
Ann Laura Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies at The New School for Social Research, will be discussing her forthcoming publication, Love Letters in Colonial Exile. Her lecture will include an examination of the assumptions scholars make when using personal and official archival collections.
2005
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
"Puritan Conquistador: Toward a Pan-American Atlantic History"
2004
George Chauncey
"From Sodomy Laws to Marriage Amendments: Sexual Identity/Politics since 1900"
2003
Joan Scott
"'The Political Representation of Sexual Difference: Le Mouvement pour la parité in late 20th century France"
2002
Carlo Ginzburg
"Latitude, Slaves and the Bible: An Experiment in Microhistory"
