Social History Workshop

**PLEASE NOTE THE TIME AND DATE CHANGE**

Please join us on Friday, November 11 at 2:00 p.m. in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224).

Kathryn Schumaker, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, will present a chapter of her dissertation, “The Politics of Youth: School Desegregation in Waterloo, Iowa.”

Please contact the coordinators (sweicksel@uchicago.edu and schumaker@uchicago.edu) for a copy of the paper.

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Please join us for a meeting of the Social History Workshop this Thursday, October 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224).

Sarah Miller-Davenport, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, will present a chapter of her dissertation, “From Burden to Virtue: American Foreign Policy and the Remaking of Difference in the Campaign for Hawai’i Statehood.”  For a copy of the paper, please contact the coordinators at schumaker@uchicago.edu and sweicksel@uchicago.edu.

John McCallum, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, will provide comments on the paper to open the discussion.

We look forward to your participation!

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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**

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Please join the Social History Workshop for its final meeting of the quarter on Thursday, May 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224).

Susan Stearns, PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago, will present a chapter of her dissertation, “The Sovereignty of Cotton: The Transfer of Natchez, 1796-1798.”

Please contact the coordinator for a copy of the paper (schumaker@uchicago.edu).

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The Social History Workshop is pleased to announce its schedule for the remainder of Spring Quarter.  All sessions meet in the John Hope Franklin Room at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.

Thursday, April 28:  Elizabeth Dale, Associate Professor of US Legal History at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, will present her paper, “Pushing the Boundaries of the Public Sphere: The Su Bao Case and Everyday Citizenship in China, 1894-1904.”  Professor James Hevia will comment.  This session is co-sponsored with the Human Rights Workshop.

Thursday, May 5:  Danielle McGuire, Assistant Professor of United States History at Wayne State University, will present a lunchtime talk and Q&A session on her recently-published book, “At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance – A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power.”  Copies of the book will be available at a reduced price for graduate students through the Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture.  This session is co-sponsored with the Scherer Center and the Political History Workshop and will meet at noon.

Thursday, May 26:  Susan Stearns, PhD Candidate in History, will present the introduction to her dissertation, “Men  of the Western  Waters”: Mississippi Navigation and the Political Economy of the Early Republic, 1783-1803.”

Please direct questions and comments to the workshop coordinator, Katy Schumaker, at schumaker@uchicago.edu.

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Please join the Material Cultures and Social History workshops on Wednesday, April 13.  Sarah Weicksel, PhD Student, will present a paper.  The time, location and paper title will be announced soon.

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Please join the Social History Workshop on Monday, March 7 from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224).

Please note the special day and time.  We will meet Monday morning to accommodate visiting prospective students.

Sarah Levine-Gronningsater will present a draft of her paper, “The Law as a Fickle Friend: Race, Age, and Freedom in New York, 1785-1848.”

Please contact the coordinator (schumaker@uchicago.edu) for a copy of the paper.

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Please join the Social History Workshop and the Modern France Workshop on Thursday, March 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224).

Stephen Miller, Associate Professor of European and French History at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, will present his paper, “Peasants, Markets and Capitalism in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century France, New England and the Midwest.”

Please contact the coordinator at schumaker@uchicago.edu to request a copy of the paper.

We look forward to your participation!

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Please join the Social History Workshop for its next meeting on Wednesday, February 16 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Kelly 114.  (Please note the day and location change.)

Kathryn Schumaker, PhD Candidate, will present her dissertation proposal, “Civil Rights and Uncivil Society: School Desegregation in the Midwest, 1967-1985.”

To request a copy of the paper, please write the coordinator at schumaker@uchicago.edu.

We look forward to your participation!

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Due to inclement weather, the February 3rd workshop session has been rescheduled and the remaining sessions have been adjusted to fit the new schedule.  Please find the revised winter schedule below and note the changed days and locations.

Wednesday, February 16:   Kathryn Schumaker, PhD candidate, will present her dissertation proposal entitled, “Civil Rights and Uncivil Society: School Desegregation in the Midwest, 1967-1985.”  This session will meet in Kelly 114 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 3:    Stephen Miller, Associate Professor of European and French History at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, will present “Peasants, Markets and Capitalism in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century France, New England and the Midwest.”  This session is co-sponsored with the Modern France Workshop and will meet in the John Hope Franklin Room from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Monday, March 7:    Sarah Levine-Gronningsater, PhD candidate, will present her paper, “The Law as a Fickle Friend: Race, Age, and Freedom in New York, 1799-1841.”  This session will meet from 10:30 to noon in the John Hope Franklin Room to accommodate prospective students attending History Day.

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