The Vernons of Newport in the River of Silver: Slave Trading and Circuits of Silver in the Atlantic-Oriented Global Markets of the Eighteenth Century
255 Old Horticulture Building 506 E Circle Dr Room 255, East Lansing, MI, United StatesMar. 22, 2018—History Department Conference Room—255 Old Horticulture at 4:00 PM—Professor Alex Borucki, UC Irvine Department of History, “The Vernons of Newport in the River of Silver: Slave Trading and Circuits of Silver in the Atlantic-Oriented Global Markets of the Eighteenth Century" This presentation examines… Continue Reading The Vernons of Newport in the River of Silver: Slave Trading and Circuits of Silver in the Atlantic-Oriented Global Markets of the Eighteenth Century
SOVIET SOCIALISM IN LABOR, MATERIAL CULTURE, AND MIGRATION: A CONFERENCE HONORING LEWIS SIEGELBAUM
MSU UnionOn the weekend of March 23-24, we will honor Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum's career as an historian of the Soviet Union with a conference on Russian and Soviet history. On Friday, March 23, Dr. Diane Koenker, professor emerita of history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, current director of… Continue Reading SOVIET SOCIALISM IN LABOR, MATERIAL CULTURE, AND MIGRATION: A CONFERENCE HONORING LEWIS SIEGELBAUM
Lunch with Professor Bain
133F Erickson HallAn Addition Event with Professor Bain, cosponsored by the History Department, Department of Teacher Education, and H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, will be a lunch with grad students in History and Social Studies Education, hosted by Department of Teacher Education. There is no formal… Continue Reading Lunch with Professor Bain
Taking Up the Levels or Scales Problem: History Teaching’s Hidden Thinking Practice
255 Old Horticulture Building 506 E Circle Dr Room 255, East Lansing, MI, United StatesMarch 30, 2018 at 2:00 PM in History Conference Room, 255 Old Horticulture, Professor Robert Bain will present "Taking Up the Levels or Scales Problem: History Teaching’s Hidden Thinking Practice." Bain will speak on his most recent research on historical thinking and history education. He… Continue Reading Taking Up the Levels or Scales Problem: History Teaching’s Hidden Thinking Practice
Imperial Japan and World Culture
255 Old Horticulture Building 506 E Circle Dr Room 255, East Lansing, MI, United StatesTuesday April 3, 2018 at 12:00 in the History Department Conference Room—255 Old Horticulture— Professor Jordan Sand, Georgetown University, “Imperial Japan and World Culture” The idea of a single world culture is not discussed much today, but it had a robust life in the… Continue Reading Imperial Japan and World Culture