The Social History Workshop is pleased to announce its fall schedule for the 2011-2012 academic year. All workshops take place in the John Hope Franklin Room (Social Sciences 224) at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. If you would like to be added to the Social History Workshop listserv, please contact the coordinators at schumaker@uchicago.edu and sweicksel@uchicago.edu.
We look forward to your participation!
Thursday, October 13:
Professor Thomas Holt will give a talk on his recently published book, “Children of Fire: A History of African-Americans” (2010), following a commentary offered by Professor Adam Green.
Thursday, October 27:
Sarah Miller-Davenport, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of History, “From Burden to Virtue: American Foreign Policy and the Remaking of Race in the Campaign for Hawai‘i Statehood”
Friday, November 11: **PLEASE NOTE THE DATE AND TIME CHANGE**
Katy Schumaker, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of History, “The Politics of Youth: School Desegregation in Waterloo, Iowa.” This session will meet from 2-3:30 p.m. in the John Hope Franklin Room.
Thursday, December 1:
Chris Dingwall, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of History, “Staging Slavery: Race, Memory, and Mass Amusement, 1893-1913″
**Co-sponsored by the American Cultures Workshop**