Lectures and Seminars
Guest lecturers and department faculty regularly present lectures and seminars on topics of interest to history students.
2014-2015
Dr. Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of Humanities and head of the History Department at the University of Tennessee, “America’s First Energy Crisis—The Great Horse Flu of 1872.”
Dr. Yanni Kotsonis, Professor of History and Director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University, “The Mess We’re In: The Long View of Russia, the US, and the Ukrainian Debacle.”
2013-2014
Dr. Jeffrey Merrick, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, “Same-Sex Relations in 18th Century Paris.”
Dr. Glenn Scharfman, Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of History, Manchester University, “Are You My Brother’s Keeper? Why Ordinary People Acted Extraordinary During the Holocaust.”
Allegheny College Professors Ian Binnington and Franklin Forts led an open conversation on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s impact on their, and our, lives. Topics discussed included lessons drawn from Dr. King about race, class, and the justice system. The death of Trayvon Martin and subsequent trial of George Zimmerman were also related to larger Civil Rights debates.
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