"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

Robert Self spoke on March 13th: Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Department of History

Robert Self spoke on March 13th

‌Professor Robert Self spoke on "Cultural Politics in an Age of Economic Decline" on Wednesday, March 13th, at 4 pm in Cudahy Hall 202.

From the Great Society in 1965 to the Contract with America in 1994, families have been at the center of American political rhetoric. Notions of family, gender roles, and sexuality structure not just private life but public life and the state as well. This talk examines the liberal claim that families require economic assistance, the conservative claim that they require moral protection, and how family has been an organizing principle of political commitment.

Robert O. Self is Professor of History at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. His most recent book is All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s (Hill and Wang, 2012). He is also the author of the award winning American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Princeton University Press, 2003).

Loyola PhD candidate Christopher Ramsey recently ignited an extended dialogue on the book with his review of All in the Family on the U.S. Intellectual History Blog.

The talk was sponsored by the History Department and the J.A. Galiagno Chair in American Urban History.

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