Past Events



What can I do with a History Major?

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Considering a History Major, but unsure where it might lead? Wondering how the skills you’ve honed as a History Major can serve you on the job market?  Come talk to Penn History alums about these…



Workshop in the History of Material Texts with Kathy Peiss

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Workshop in the History of Material Texts

Kathy Peiss, University of Pennsylvania
"Book Purges and Restitution in the U.S. Occupation of…



Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in Atlantic Studies

Dee E. Andrews, MCEAS; Department of History, California State University-East Bay
“'The blood-stained Writing is for ever torn': The…



"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…