Tuesday, March 26, 2019
10 Books that Changed the World (in 6 minutes each!) On Tuesday March 26, 2019 at 7pm (Lincoln Hall 1000), the History Department will hold its fifth annual “Soapbox” event – wherein select faculty and students will take to the podium and make their case for a book that changed the history of the world. Can you persuade us that “your” book has had the most impact?
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Harvard University historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is author of a recent book on early Mormonism, much of it set in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
David Kaiser (Professor of Physics and History of Science at MIT) will give a talk on April 4, time and location TBD (likely around 4:30 pm). His talk will be titled ""Einstein's Legacy: Studying Gravity in War and Peace."
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Students graduating with degrees in History or Philosophy are invited to participate in a special convocation ceremony hosted by the Departments of History and Philosophy. This ceremony is only for students who earned degrees in August or December 2018, or are on the May 2019 pending degree list (or plan to finish in August 2019).
