"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

Two Undergraduates Present Conference Papers: Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Department of History

Two Undergraduates Present Conference Papers

This semester, two undergraduate history majors, Megan Meagher and Evan Thompson presented papers at conferences at Freie Universitat Berlin and Bucknell University.

In October, Megan Meagher attended the "Prophets, Viziers, and Philosophers: Figures of Wisdom in Arabic Literature, 8th to 11th C." international conference at Freie Universitat Berlin. Megan participated in the "Mirror of Princes Literature in Arabic" panel. She gave a half-hour presentation on "Hadith and its Making of the Prophet: Unraveling the Logic of Legitimacy through Hermeneutics", which was well-received by professors from Georgetown, London, Budapest, and Germany.

Evan Thompson is currently working with Dr. Kyle Roberts on the Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project. This project aims to rebuild the original Saint Ignatius College library from 1878. Over the course of their research, they have discovered several books with histories that spread far and wide through time and space. While continuing to catalog and photograph those books that still survive in our libraries, Evan had attempted to piece together the histories of these books. In November, Evan presented the paper "Analog Library Books and Digital Scholarly Collaboration" at the Bucknell Digital Scholarship Conference. Evan's research was also well received by conference participants.

Congratulations to Megan and Evan for their scholarly achievements!

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