Dear Colleagues, I hope you are all doing well. We are excited to announce the next workshop session, co-sponsored with the Sound and Society Workshop, will welcome Professor Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and German at the University of Michigan. The session will be held next Wednesday February 12 at 4:30 PM in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSD 224).  Professor Thurman will […]

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are doing well and had a lovely Thanksgiving. We will be having the final workshop of the autumn quarter next Wednesday December 4 at 4:30 PM in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSD 224). We are very excited to welcome Professor Vance Byrd, Associate Professor & Frank and Roberta Furbush Scholar in […]

Dear Colleagues, Please join the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop next coming Wednesday, November 20 at 4:30 PM as we welcome Tommaso Visone, Adjunct Professor, Sapienza University of Rome. Professor Visone will be presenting his paper, ”The Euro-Fascist Discourse: A (Contradictory) Transnational Approach to European Unity.” Tara Zahra, Homer J. Livingston Professor of East European History and the College, will […]

Dear Colleagues, We hope you are all doing well. We are pleased to announce the first session of the  Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop for the 2019-2020 Academic year. On Wednesday, October 16 will be having Gregory Valdespino, PhD Candidate in History present his paper “‘In a Milieu Where Everything is Foreign’: Foyers, West African Migrants and the Search […]

Dear Colleagues, We hope you are all doing well. The paper is now available for this year’s final session the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop. On Wednesday, May 23 we will welcome Sheryl Kroen, Associate Professor of History at the University of Florda, Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida who will present excerpts from her upcoming […]

Hello Colleagues, I hope you are doing well and enjoying this heavenly weather. It is with great excitement and humility that I invite you all to the next session of the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop where Gregory Valdespino, PhD Student in History, will be presenting a draft of his dissertation proposal, “At Home in Empire: Dwelling, […]

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are doing well and looking forward to the eventual arrival of Spring. I am happy to announce our next session on next Wednesday, April 25. Fabian Baumann, PhD Candidate at Univeristät Basel will present his paper, “The Ukrainophile Household: Private Life and Politics in Late Imperial Kieve.” Commentary will be provided by Bożena Shallcross, Professor and Director […]

Hello Colleagues, We hope you are doing well. We wanted to remind you about the special session of the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop tomorrow, April 4 at 5:00. We will be welcoming our invited guest and UChicago alumni, Maureen Healy, Associate Professor of History and Director of Exploration and Discovery at Lewis and Clark College.    She will […]

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are all doing well and ready for a new quarter. I am pleased to announce the first workshop of the spring quarter. This Wednesday, March 28, Charles Fawell, PhD Candidate in History, will present his paper,  “Moral Economies in Motion: Power and Panic on the Steamships of the French Empire, c. 1880-1920.” Commentary will be provided […]