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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, seminar papers, and forthcoming work by faculty. 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. We always welcome new participants with an interest in the workshop’s subject matter.

The Social History Workshop meets approximately every other Thursday at 4:30pm in the John Hope Franklin Room (SS 224). The paper is made available to participants the Monday preceding the workshop, but can also be obtained by contacting co-coordinators Daina Coffey (dkcoffey@uchicago.edu) and Mariana Brandman (mbrandman@uchicago.edu).

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