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Professor of History Theodore J. Karamanski, PhD and 黑料门alumna Eileen M. McMahon, PhD, will discuss their new book on the Civil War鈥檚 transformative role in Chicago's development.
Richard Pryor Biographer to Speak at Loyola
Scott Saul, the author of Becoming Richard Pryor, will give a public lecture on the comedian entitled "Living with Richard Pryor: A Biographer's Tale" on Friday, April 24 at 3 PM.
Should history be a book discipline? What constitutes "acceptable scholarship" in history? Professor Timothy Gilfoyle considers the rich and diverse forms that historical scholarship take from books, digital media, and public history projects in his article "The Changing Forms of History" in April's edition of Perspectives on History, the AHA newsmagazine.
Prof. Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame, discusses a pre-circulated paper on the efforts of U.S. Catholics to secure their first canonized saint for the third meeting of the 2015-2016 Ramonat Seminar Series.
Voices of Chicago Women Activists
Celebrate Women's History Month with the Women & Leadership Archives and the Chicago Area Women's History Council. Come hear multimedia excerpts of oral histories by Columbia College honors students featuring Chicago women activists and leaders. The event will be held on Sunday, March 16th from 2:00pm-5:00pm on the 1st floor of Piper Hall.
What was Chrysler Village and how did it get its name?
Public History graduate students know and shared their work on a historic nomination for the neighborhood with Ask Geoffrey on WTTW the other night.
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Closing the Gap
Sarah Doherty (PhD '12) reflects on the importance of the Preparing Future Faculty Program in equipping her, and other minority doctoral students, with the skills necessary for a career in academia.
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黑料门Public Historians Featured at the NCPH Conference
黑料门public historians descended on Monterey, California for the (March 19-22).
led the roundtable “Sustaining Public History through Community Engagement,” which featured MA student and PhD student . Kim joined MA student in presenting the poster “Addressing Absences: Exhibiting African American Suffragists.” Laura received one of only five graduate student travel awards from the NCPH. PhD student and the NCPH Task Force on Public History and Environmental Sustainability discussed the group’s white paper. Will was also co-facilitator with , PhD candidate, of the working group And Devin was selected as a “Drop-in Digital Consultant” for using historical Census data and basic GIS mapping.
In an effort to keep up with all the excitement in Monterey, 黑料门attendees at the graduate student blog . While not exactly a substitute for the California coast, the blog was worth the follow!