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September 2008
Department of History New Student Orientation
Date: September 19, 2008
Time:
1:00 - 3:00pm
Location:
Outside Lane History Corner under the Arcade
“Stateless in America: The United States and the United Nations after World War II” by Linda K. Kerber, May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts, Professor of History, and Lecturer in Law, University of Iowa
Date: October 6, 2008
Time: 4:15
Location: Lane Lane History Corner (building 200) room 307
This event is free and open to the Stanford Community
First day of Autumn Quarter classes
September 22, 2008
October 2008
Undergraduate Halloween Lunch - a short History of Halloween by Laura Stokes, Assistant Professor of History. Faculty and Staff will be available for anyone interested in finding out more about a History course or History as a Major or Minor. Current History Majors and Minors are also welcome!
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Building 200 Room 307
Please RSVP to sharig@stanford.edu
November 2008
Prospective History Majors Dinner
Thinking about Majoring in History? Come join History Faculty, Alumni, Upperclass students and Staff from the School of Humanities and Sciences, Undergraduate Advising and Research, and the Career Development Center for an informal presentation over dinner.
Date: Wednesday, November 12
Time: 6:00 p.m., Dinner will be provided. Please R.S.V.P to sharig@stanford.edu
Location: Lane History corner, Room 302
This event is open to prospective History Majors and Minors
“The Persistence of American Exceptionalism and Orientalism: An Essay on America and the Middle East” by Ussama Makdisi Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University
Date: November 14, 2008
Time: Noon
Location: Lane History Corner, room 307
Lunch will be provided, please RSVP to sharig@stanford.edu This event is free and open the the Stanford Community
"From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776" a lecture by George C. Herring, Alumni Professor of History Emeritus, University of Kentucky
Date: November 17, 2008
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Encina Hall, Bechtel Conference Center, 616 Serra Street
R.S.V.P. by Friday, November 14, to vmarian@stanford.edu
December 2008
"The Worst of Friends: The Many Layered Struggles of Germany's Eastern and Southeastern European Allies for Local Dominance and Ethnic Cleansing, 1938-1945", A talk by Istvan Deak
Date: December 1, 2008
Time: 4:00
Location: Lane History Corner, room 34
Colonialism, Racial Violence, the Media & the Writing of History: A Moderated Discussion with Adam Hochschild, Graduate School of Journalism, UC-Berkeley)
Date: December 2, 2008
Time: 1:15 - 3 p.m. (optional lunch to begin at noon)
Location: Lane History Corner, room 307
January 2009
First day of Winter Quarter classes
January 6, 2008
"Socialism & the New Life: Edward Carpenter: Liberty & Love"
A talk by Pioneer Feminist Historian Sheila Rowbotham
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009 at noon
Location: Lane History Corner, room 307
The History Department welcomes pioneer feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham, who will present her recent biography of Edward Carpenter, 19th and early 20th century English socialist poet, early gay activist and socialist philosopher. Sheila Rowbotham is a Professor of Sociology at Manchester University whose socialist feminist scholarship has included Marxist-feminist analysis of contemporary social conditions including the lives of lower-middle and working class women, and grassroots activist movements in Britain. Cosponsored by the History Department, British Studies, Feminist Studies, LBGT, the Clayman Center and the Stanford Humanities Center. *A light lunch will be provided, please RSVP on facebook or to sharig@stanford.edu.
This event is open to the Stanford community.
British Studies Lecture Series
A talk by Patrick Joyce, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester, Visiting Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley, and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
Title: "The Necessity of Social History: Putting the Social back in Social History."
Date: January 27, 2009
Time: 4:15
Location: Lane History Corner, room 307
February 2009
March 2009
ZSU Radio Lunch Special with Prof. Estelle Freedman
Monday, March 9, 12-1pm
Presented by KZSU as part of International Women’s Week 2009. Tune into KZSU at 90.1 FM to hear a special International Women's Day broadcast of historical and political music co-hosted by Professor Estelle Freedman, Stanford Department of History. Freedman is co-founder and former director of the Stanford Program in Feminist Studies and author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.
British History Lecture Series
A talk by Julia Merritt Associate Professor, School of History, University of Nottingham.
Title: “Oligarchy, Custom and Sedition: Parish Politics and Government Intervention in Early Modern London.”
Date: Tuesday, March 10th
Time: 4:15 p.m
Location: Lane History Corner, Room 307
This event is free and open to the public
*The British History Lecture Series is made possible by a grant from the Anglo-California Foundation.
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Prospective History Majors Dinner
Alex Robbins BA History Stanford 2004, JD Chicago 2007, now US court of appeals 9th circuit, will discuss Law School, and how a Major in History prepared him for it and the practice of Law.
Date: Tuesday, March 10th
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Robinson House Lounge
RSVP for a share of pizza
To sharig@stanford.eud
Or on facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=70253459198
This event is open to current and prospective History students.
“The End of Muslim Universality”
A lecture by Faisal Devji Associate Professor of Humanities, The New School, New York and Reader in Modern Indian Studies, Oxford University
Date: March 12, 2009
Time: 5:00 p.m
Location: Lane History Corner, room 305
This lecture is open to the public
Additional Discussion session for Stanford students and faculty
Title: “Militant Islam and The Question of Humanity”
Date: March 13, 2009
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Lane History Corner, room 302
First day of Spring Quarter classes
March 31, 2008
April 2009
“Serbia and the July Crisis of 1914”
A lecture by Christopher M. Clark, Professor of Modern European History, St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge University
Date: Tuesday, April 14th
Time: 4:15
Location: Lane History Corner (Building 200), Room 307
“What is Global Labor History Good For?”
A talk by Andreas Eckert, Professor of African History and Head of the Department of African and Asian Studies
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Time: 4:15
Location: Lane History Corner (Building 200), Room 307
History Department Admit Weekend Open House
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Time: 1:15 - 3:00
Location: Lane History Corner, building 200
"The Fate of Freedom: The Problem of National Histories After Empire" a lecture by Uday Singh Mehta, Clarence Francis Professor in Social Sciences, Amherst College
Date:Thursday, April 30, 2009
Time: 4:15
Location:Lane History Corner, room 305
May 2009
June 2009
Department of History Diploma Ceremony
Date: June 14, 2009 - Sunday
Time: Reception 11:45, Diploma Ceremony 12:30
Location: Citrus Courtyard, behind Lane History Corner
First day of Summer Quarter classes
June 23, 2008
July 2009
August 2009