About
The Social History Workshop provides a forum to discuss and develop work that takes seriously social history methodology – the history of everyday life and people who have been excluded from dominant historical narratives. The workshop focuses primarily on the United States, but also examines issues that transcend U.S. boundaries, such as race, class, gender, and sexuality. Presentations by visitors are interspersed with those of regular participants, and frequently include dissertation proposals, chapters in progress, and overviews of dissertations in progress. Occasional sessions are devoted to discussion on methodological and theoretical issues in historical research. Participants include graduate students and faculty in social, cultural, and intellectual history and related disciplines.
Current Schedule | Past Workshops
The Social History Workshop meets on Thursdays of even-numbered weeks at 4:30pm in the John Hope Franklin Room (SS 224) unless otherwise noted. Each paper will be available to download on this website (see below).
Autumn 2009
October 22
Rachel Ponce, Graduate Student in the Department of History, presents a dissertation chapter in draft, "'Unnatural Murder' in the Early Republic: Madness, Morality,
and Family"
November 5 **This meeting will be held in Cobb 107 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Please note the room change**
Emily Romeo, Graduate Student in the Department of History, presents "'Like the House Built Upon the Sands': The Dissenting Women of Puritan New Haven"
December 1 (12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., John Hope Franklin Room)
Mai Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia University
(Co-sponsored with the Immigration Workshop)