"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 and the Movies: Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln": Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Department of History

History and the Movies: Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln"

On November 13, Professor Michael Vorenberg of Brown University led a discussion for graduate students and faculty on History and the Movies, focusing on the recent Steven Spielberg film, "Lincoln." Professor Vorenberg is author of the book Final Freedom: The Civil War, The Abolition of Slavery, and the 13th Amendment, and is on leave at the Newberry Library this semester, finishing a book on the end of the Civil War.

If you've not seen the film, this seminar gives you a good excuse to do so. It is available on DVD and online. Hopefully our discussion will cover not only Lincoln and the 13th Amendment, but public history and the movies, as well as the relationship of film to history teaching and scholarship.

The discussion will take place beginning at 4:15 in Crown Center 528.

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