Spring 2024 Events
Check in at the beginning of each month to stay updated on the Department of History’s talks, socials, and more. Details below.
May 2024
Department of History May 2024 Events
John D.O’Bryant African-American Institute
40 Leon Street, Boston, MA 02115
11:00am – 1:30pm
Department of History 2024 Graduation Celebration Photo Gallery
April 2024
Department of History April 2024 Events
440 Egan
12:00pm – 1:30pm
This talk by Jamaican Taino chief, Kasike Kalaan Nibonrix Kaiman, will address “stories as medicine” in his home context, linking this to climate change, the disconnection with environmental cycles and possibilities for healing.
Department of History:
210 Shillman Hall
9:45am – 10:30am
Dr. Simon Rabinovitch, Faculty Representative, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of History
Rachel Grupp, Student Ambassador
Emma Issacs, Student Ambassador
40 Dockser Hall
10:00am – 3:00pm
Join the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), for a symposium with Dr. Kris Manjapra, CLEAR Faculty Fellow, and an international group of experts, in discussion about the cultural mobilizations, institutional shifts, legal battles, and reparative futures resulting from the “call” of ancestral entities held by museums.
More on CLEAR: https://law.northeastern.edu/academics/centers/clear/
Department of History:
210 Shillman Hall
9:45am – 10:30am
Dr. Gretchen Heefner, Faculty Representative, Professor and Chair of History
Emma Issacs, Student Ambassador
Tiffany Pottenburgh, Student Ambassador
Department of History Faculty Retreat
March 2024
Department of History March 2024 Events
The History Graduate Student Association Writing Workshop, led by Dr. Kris Manjapra
206 Meserve Hall
3PM-4PM
CSSH College Conversations: An event hosted by the Explore Program to allow students to learn about CSSH majors through informal roundtable discussion with faculty and current students.
Curry Ballroom
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Erina Megowan, Associate Professor of History
Revolution, Resistance, and Resilience in History Conference: Presented by the History Graduate Student Association Conference
Cabral Center
Friday, March 22nd through Sunday, March 24th
February 2024
Department of History February 2024 Events
Presented by the Northeastern University Africana Studies Program: Black Feminist Worldmaking
East Village, 17th Floor
291 Boltolph St., Boston, MA 02115
10:00am – 5:00pm
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-feminist-worldmaking-tickets-768988955667
909 Renaissance Park
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Presented by the M.A. Program in Public History at Northeastern University
909 Renaissance Park
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Second installment of the Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies speaker series
310 Renaissance Park
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Panelists
Moderator: Heather Streets-Salter Professor of History, Northeastern University
Presentation by World History PhD Candidate Jeffrey Lamson
909 Renaissance Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
January 2024
Department of History January 2024 Events
909 Renaissance Park
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rethinking-korea-lecture-series-dr-eleana-kim-tickets-704774037117
First Installment of the Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies speaker series
909 Renaissance Park
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Panelists
Moderator: Jelena Golubovic Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and International Affairs Northeastern University