Anna's Calendar
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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Diane Kelly, the Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor in the School of Data and Information Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present "From Finding Information to Feeding the Machine: A Brief History of Interfaces for Online Information Search Systems." A reception will follow the lecture in room 126.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Discussion with the author (Justin Jackson) of "An Army of Workmen: The Politics of Military-Colonial Public Works," chap. 3 of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (University of North Carolina Press, 2025).
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Discussion of Justin F. Jackson, "Recognizing Atrocity, Obscuring Honor: The Politics of History, Medals, and Massacre between Wounded Knee and the Philippine-American War," article draft.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year.
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Join us to celebrate the new books of three history PhD alumni.
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Join us for an info session about HIST 354 Study Abroad in Prague.
Friday, October 23, 2026
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MillerComm Lecture: Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity
Join us for a lecture by George A Miller Visiting Scholar Youssouf T. Sangaré titled "Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity."
Friday, October 30, 2026
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The iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
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Join us for a lecture by George A. Miller Visiting Scholar Youssouf Sangaré. His talk examines the case of Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara and the Ançar Dine movement in Mali as a window into the dynamics of contemporary African Islam.
Monday, November 2, 2026
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Please join us for this talk by Professor Shane Bobrycki (University of Iowa), author of The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages (2024).
Thursday, November 12, 2026
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Please join Library Trends in a discussion on the ways politics and war affect cultural heritage and the library and information science field's role in safeguarding these histories. The guest editors and authors of select articles from 75 (1), "Cultural Heritage in Crisis" will be presenting their research.
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Thursday, March 4, 2027
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Jonna Perrillo, education historian and professor of English education at the University of Texas at El Paso, will deliver the 2027 Gryphon Lecture hosted by the Center for Children's Books in the School of Information Sciences. She will present "School Book Lists and the Civic Education of U.S. Teens: from 1950 to Texas."
