History Department

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- 307 Gregory Hall
New Graduate Student Orientation
Orientation for new incoming History Graduate Students.
- Informational

- 5:00 - 8:00 pm
History Proficiency Exam
Proficiency exams for HIST 141, HIST 142, HIST 171, and/or HIST 172. Registration Required. Location and other details provided to registered students. View website for more information.
- Other

- 3:30 pm
- 210 General Lounge - Illini Union
"A Book In Common"
"A Book In Common" brings together members and friends of the department to discuss a historically-oriented book nominated by a faculty member or graduate student and chosen by a committee made up of faculty and students. This year's book is We Demand: The University and Student Protests by Roderick Ferguson (University of California Press, 2017).
- Seminar/Symposium

- 7:00 - 8:30 pm
- 311 Gregory Hall
Welcome Event: History Trivia Battle Royale
Join us for the first Phi Alpha Theta meeting of the year as well as the welcome event for new students which will pit faculty and students alike in a fast-paced, highly competitive and sidesplittingly funny game of historical trivia! Snacks will be served and prizes given out to the winning teams.
- Social/Informal Event

- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum
Dr. Alonda Nelson Lecture: "Even a Moon Shot Needs a Flight Plan"
In this lecture, Dr. Alondra Nelson considers the “politics of ethics” that was a signature of the Obama administration’s approach to science and technology. This politics of ethics endeavored to place temporal distance between scientific research of the past and present, enabling claims about the importance of federal science to national wellbeing, broadly conceived.
- Lecture

- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- 319 Gregory Hall
Alumni Career Night
History alums from various career fields join us to discuss career development, professionalization and choices they made to advance in their fields as well as how their history education helped prepare them for professional success.
- Social/Informal Event

- 3:00 - 6:00 pm
- 319 Gregory Hall
Graduate Research Symposium
Symposium for IPRH, Widenor appointees and Fellowship winners to present their research and discuss what they have learned from being in the program.
- Seminar/Symposium

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 311 Gregory Hall
Financial Aid Workshop
Financial Aid information for graduate students for the next academic year.
- Informational

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 311 Gregory Hall
Financial Aid Workshop
Financial Aid information for graduate students for the next academic year.
- Informational