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Public Zoom Lecture – March 25 – 4:45 PM – Sponsored by the History Department Class of 1960 Scholars Featuring Brenna Wynn Greer, Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College. Professor Greer is a historian of race, gender, and culture in the twentieth century United States, who explores historical… Continue reading »

Please join us for a Zoom Lecture on Wednesday, April 14, at 4:15 pm featuring Prashant Kidambi. ‘Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English,’ it has famously been said. Today, the Indian cricket team is a powerful national symbol, a unifying force in a country riven… Continue reading »

Please join us (via Zoom) for a Information Session for Junior History Majors interested in writing a thesis on TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 at 7:00 PM. Topic: Thesis Info Session Time: Jan 26, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting… Continue reading »

Spring 2020-2021 Course Offerings Faculty On Leave / Faculty Leave Projections Registering for the History Major: Choose An Advisor Registering for the History Major: Fill Out the Form History Department’s 2020-2021 Policies on Completing the Major Important… Continue reading »

We are thrilled that you are considering declaring a major in History!  Here is what you need to do: Choose An Advisor Please make an advising appointment with a History faculty member teaching in Spring 2021 sometime between January 5-8 or January 11-18.  Even if your first choice… Continue reading »

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A Virtual Conversation, October 29, 5:00 pm Please sign up here: http://bit.ly/homelands2020 The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is moving its historic preservation extension office to Williamstown. What has been the relationship between the Stockbridge-Munsee community and the town of Williamstown? How are members… Continue reading »

Kendra Taira Field Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy Tufts University A Virtual Talk Thursday, October 22 4:30 PM via Zoom Link… Continue reading »

A Department of History Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture by ALEXIS PERI Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of History Boston University THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 at 4:45 pm on ZOOM (Click on Link) Alexis Peri… Continue reading »

The Holocaust Museum filmed a segment of a lecture for their website by Professor Alexandra Garbarini. Alexandra Garbarini, Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Williams College, discusses the diary of Irene Hauser. The diary touches on themes of divorce, abuse, prostitution, Ghetto life, and family life. Professor… Continue reading »