College of Social Science
MSU historians presented papers at the 10th North Eastern Workshops on Southern Africa (NEWSA) conference in Burlington, Vermont. NEWSA meetings are intimate, interdisciplinary gatherings of scholars who work on Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Papers are pre-circulated,… Continue Reading MSU historians at the 10th North Eastern Workshop
Professor Stewart has published “1774: the Scottish Enlightenment meets the Tibetan Enlightenment,” Journal of World History vol.22, no.3 ( September 2011), pp. 455-492. The 1774 meeting between Lobsang Palden Yeshes (1738-1780), the Third Panchen Lama, and George Bogle (1746-1781), an agent of the East India… Continue Reading Professor Gordon T. Stewart’s article in Journal of World History
Ties That Bind: Toxic Pollution, Urban Brownfields, and the Embodiment of Class and Gender in Post-Industrial Southeast Chicago. Dr. Christine Walley Chris Walley is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at MIT. She is currently completing a book Exit Zero: An Anthropologist’s Account of Family and… Continue Reading Monday, September 26th 3:30 pm, 303 International Center
CITIZENS AND SPORTSMEN: POLITICS AND SOCCER IN 20TH – CENTURY CHILE Dr. Brenda Elsey Fútbol, or soccer as it is called in the U.S., is the most popular sport in the world. Brenda Elsey takes a fresh look at life in twentieth-century Chile by exploring… Continue Reading Thursday, September 22 4:00 pm, 303 International Center
Professor Ronen Steinberg has been awarded a residency research fellowship at the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Michigan for the academic year 2011-12.