Past Events



"Environmental Causes of the Tobacco Protest in 19th Century Iran"

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The Middle East Center Presents: "Environmental Causes of the Tobacco Protest in 19th Century Iran"

Ranin Kazemi, Department of History, San Diego State University

DATE: Monday, January…



Penn Economic History Forum

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Julia Ott (New School, Department of History)
From Labor to Capital: The Forgotten History of the Tax Preference for “Earned” Income 

DATE: Friday, January 22, 2016
TIME: 2:…



Annenberg Seminar in History

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Honoring Recent Book Publications of the Faculty

Mary Frances Berry, University of Pennsylvania
We Are Who We Say We Are: A Black…



The Global Nineteenth Century Workshop

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Max Mishler, PhD Candidate, NYU
"The Myth of Modern Slavery: Coercion in the Age of Freedom" 

DATE: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
TIME: 5:00pm
LOCATION: Van Pelt Library…



Penn Economic History Forum

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Will Goetzmann (Yale SOM)
“The Development of Corporate Governance in Toulouse, 1372-1946”

DATE: Friday, December 4, 2015
TIME: 2:00pm-4:00pm
LOCATION: College Hall 209…



McNeil Center Wednesday Brown Bag Session

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Alexandra Montgomery, University of Pennsylvania
“French and Indian Captives Carried to Boston: Alternative Captivities During the…



Annenberg Seminar in History

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Robert Batchelor, Georgia Southern University
"Spatial Histories of the Western Pacific, or Why the Selden Map Needs an Atlas"

DATE: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
TIME: 4:30pm…



Russian History & Culture Workshop

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Russian History & Culture Workshop

Yuri Slezkine, History, U.C. Berkeley
"Bolshevism and Millenarianism" 

DATE: Monday, November 23, 2015
TIME: 6:00pm
LOCATION…



Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies 2015-2016

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Tatiana Seijas, Department of History, Penn State University
“The Indian Camino Real: Indigenous Trade Routes in Early North America.” 

DATE: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
TIME: 4:30pm…



Penn History Presents: "Thinking with the Past" feat. Dr. Mary F. Berry

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Professor Mary Frances Berry, University of Pennsylvania

We Are Who We Say We Are: A Black Family’s Search for Home across the Atlantic…