"Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History" on October 20th

Professor of History Theodore J. Karamanski, PhD and Loyola alumna Eileen M. McMahon, PhD, will discuss their new book on the Civil War’s transformative role in Chicago's development.

Richard Pryor Biographer to Speak at Loyola

Scott Saul, the author of Becoming Richard Pryor, will give a public lecture on the comedian entitled "Living with Richard Pryor: A Biographer's Tale" on Friday, April 24 at 3 PM.

Timothy Gilfoyle on "The Changing Forms of History"

Should history be a book discipline? What constitutes "acceptable scholarship" in history? Professor Timothy Gilfoyle considers the rich and diverse forms that historical scholarship take from books, digital media, and public history projects in his article "The Changing Forms of History" in April's edition of Perspectives on History, the AHA newsmagazine.

"The Rise of the Nation-Saint" on November 5th

Prof. Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame, discusses a pre-circulated paper on the efforts of U.S. Catholics to secure their first canonized saint for the third meeting of the 2015-2016 Ramonat Seminar Series.

Voices of Chicago Women Activists

Celebrate Women's History Month with the Women & Leadership Archives and the Chicago Area Women's History Council. Come hear multimedia excerpts of oral histories by Columbia College honors students featuring Chicago women activists and leaders. The event will be held on Sunday, March 16th from 2:00pm-5:00pm on the 1st floor of Piper Hall.

What was Chrysler Village and how did it get its name?

Public History graduate students know and shared their work on a historic nomination for the neighborhood with Ask Geoffrey on WTTW the other night. LEARN MORE

Closing the Gap

Sarah Doherty (PhD '12) reflects on the importance of the Preparing Future Faculty Program in equipping her, and other minority doctoral students, with the skills necessary for a career in academia. LEARN MORE

History Honors Gala Paper Presentation on Tuesday, November 24: Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Department of History

History Honors Gala Paper Presentation on Tuesday, November 24

Please come to the History Honors Gala Paper Presentation on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 in Crown Center 528 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM.

Presenters:

Taylor Haran: "What Makes a Criminal? : The American Psychological Profession and the Debate over the Nazi Personality”

Steven Tinetti: “Warped Recollection: How American History Textbooks Came to Distort the Soviet Contribution to WWII Victory in Europe”

Alexa Lindsley: “Going Old School: A Spatial Analysis of Ancient Roman Education and its Purposes”

Ari Wujkowski: “Sidewalk Benches in Herculaneum: For a Different Sort of Client?”

Aaron Kinskey: “Wycliffe and the Lollards: Radical Catholics?”

Sarah Deas: "Fighting the Informal: Court Resistance to the Simple Fashions in 18^th-century England

Daniel Snow: “The Moral Empire: British Anti-Slavery and Expansionism, 1850-1865”

Brian McDevitt: “Frederick Douglass: A Political Journey to Ireland”

Magdalena Jachymiak: “The Unofficial Diplomat: Congressman Dan Rostenkowski's Impact on Polish-American Relations from 1975-1990”

Hector Bahena: "Senator Simon and The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: The Illinois Response to The ‘Mexican Problem’”

Andrew Kelly: “Development and Dependency in Burkina Faso, 1983-2014”

Louis Ridgway: “Competing Perspectives on Chinese Agricultural Success in the Reform Period (1978-1986)”

Refreshments will be provided.

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