History Workshops

History Workshops

 

The 2025-2026 academic year represents the 49th year in which the Workshop serves as a regular part of the History Department life.

All presentations will be held in-person in 203 Munroe Hall from 12:45 p.m. to 2​​ p.m. unless otherwise noted. Please come 15 minutes early for snacks and conversation.

All are welcome​!

September 9

“The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists who Championed the American Revolution”

Dr. Zara Anishanslin, Associate Professor of History and Art History

September 23

“Numbers and Their Historical Impact: Insights from Languages and Cultures in Amazonia, Australia and Elsewhere”

Dr. Caleb Everett, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

October 7

“History—It’s Personal: Writing the History of Transracial Adoption”

Dr. Hannah Kim, Associate Professor of History

October 21

“Scattered and Fugitive Things: On the Principles of Black Archiving”

Dr. Laura Helton, Associate Professor of English and History

November 11

"The Marian Controversy in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Historiography”

Pamela Ahern, History PhD Candidate