
From Manassas to Mankato: How the Civil War Bled into the Indian Wars
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Ari Kelman, UC Davis

The Physician, the Jury, and the Corpse: Investigating infant Death in Nineteenth-Century America
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Prof. Felicity Turner

Intoxicants and the Invention of "Consumption"
Tuesday, March 05, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Phil Withington, University of Sheffield

"Between Ethnography and Fiction: The 'Hotel Beirut' Project, the Syrian War, and the Queer Diaspora."
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Sofian Merabet

2019-2020 History Department Colloquium Series
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Prof. John French

The Cold War's Killing Fields
Sponsor(s):
History
Thursday, September 19, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Paul Chamberlain

"Agency and Historical Analysis"
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Prof. Anna Krylova

2019-2020 History Department Colloquium
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Prof. Adam Mestyan

"East Unites with West": African American Women's Visions of Japan in the Early Twentieth Century
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Keisha Blain

"Always Already Global: A History of Ivory Carvers, Taste, and Global Interaction in Early Modern China"
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Jonathan Schlesinger

Writing the History of World War I in the Age of the Internet
Sponsor(s):
History
Thursday, February 27, 2020
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Jay Winter

White Supremacist or Philanthropist? Julian Carr and Durham's Commemorative Landscape
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and History
Thursday, February 27, 2020
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Adam Domby

CANCELED - "Sex, Gender and Slavery"
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Jessica Marie Johnson and Thavolia Glymph

Alluring Stimulant: A History of Five-Stone Powder in Medieval China
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, April 07, 2022
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Yan Liu (Assistant Professor of History, SUNY Buffalo)

New Black Lives Matter Exhibit at Franklin Gallery @ History
Sponsor(s):
History, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Brazil Initiative, Office of Global Affairs, and Trinity College
Monday, April 18, 2022
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

"Old Women or Golden Girls? Neoliberalism and Old Age in Reagan’s America"
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
James Chappell

Defeating the Brazilian Trump? Democracy at Risk in Brazil's Upcoming Presidential Election
Sponsor(s):
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Brazil Initiative, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, September 23, 2022
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Methods Lab #2: Discussion with Dr. John French
Sponsor(s):
History
Monday, October 03, 2022
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Dr. John D. French

Colloquium: From Civil War to Revolution? Rethinking Religion, Politics, and Historical Methodology in Early Modern England
Sponsor(s):
History
Wednesday, November 09, 2022
11:45 am - 2:15 pm
Polly Ha

Methods Lab: Workshop on the Art of the Job Talk
Sponsor(s):
History
Monday, November 14, 2022
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Nathaniel Berndt & Garrett McKinnon

Methods Lab: Dissertation Chapter Workshop
Sponsor(s):
History
Monday, December 05, 2022
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Kelsey Zavelo, Nicholas Grant

Methods Lab: How to do Microhistory
Monday, October 23, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Thomas Robisheaux and Ananya Mahapatra


Midwives to Fugitive Physicians: a longue durée approach to reproductive care in North America, 1500-2024
Sponsor(s):
History, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Theology, Medicine, and Culture, and Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Dr. Wesley Hogan

Fleeting Control: Water and Fire in the Nineteenth Century Metropolis
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Jan Hua-Henning
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Exhibit Launch | Slavery and Freedom: Journeys Across Time and Space
Sponsor(s):
History, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Center for French and Francophone Studies, John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), and Trinity College
Monday, January 27, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Indrani Chatterjee

Forgetful Empire: Qing China’s Intelligence Crisis and Trans-Himalayan Diplomacy in the Qing-Gurkha War (1788–1793)
Sponsor(s):
History, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and Office of DKU Programs
Thursday, March 06, 2025
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Dr. Lei Lin

From Limited War to Atrocity in the Age of Empires
Monday, April 07, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Professor Lauren Benton

Nagasaki: August 9, 1945, 11:02AM | The Human Cost of the World's Second Atomic Bombing, and What We Can Learn From It
Monday, April 14, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Susan Southard