The Lees History Seminars - Fourth Series

Six Fridays at Rutgers-Camden

September 2009- April 2010

The Graduate History Program at Rutgers-Camden announces its research seminars for 2008-09, where scholars present work-in-progress through pre-circulated papers. At 4:30 pm in our Armitage Hall Faculty Lounge (3^rd floor), seminars open with an author’s introduction and a formal comment, followed by discussion and light refreshments. We gratefully acknowledge an endowment gift from Professor Andrew Lees, which helps support this series.

• September 11 – Adele Lindenmyer, Ph.D. Villanova University, "Philanthropy, Feminism, and Friendship: Countess Sofia V. Panina and Social Reform in Russia, 1891-1914." Commentator: Laurie Bernstein.
• October 23 – Phil Scranton, Ph.D., Rutgers-Camden, "The Shows and the Flows: Materials, Markets, and Innovation in the US Machine Tools Industry, 1945-1965." Commentator: Nathan Ensmenger, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
• November 20 – Elizabeth Vanderven, Ph.D. Rutgers-Camden, "Village Schools in Northeast China, 1905-1931." Commentator: Collette Plum, Ph.D. Independent Scholar.
• February 19 – Janet Lindman, Ph.D., Rowan University, "Women's Friendships in Early America." Commentator: Andy Shankman, Ph.D. Rutgers Camden.
• March 26 – Heather Munro Prescott, Ph.D., Central Connecticut State University, "Courageous Volunteers:  The Origins of Emergency Contraception in the United States during the 1960s." Commentator:  Cindy Connolly, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania.
• April 23 – Lorrin Thomas, Ph.D. Rutgers-Camden, "The Seventies, Donde Estan? Tracing an Era across the Americas." Commentator: Tom Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania

Papers are precirculated. To join the mailing list and receive a copy of the paper please contact Professor Janet Golden at jgolden@crab.rutgers.edu. Members will receive e-mailed copies of each paper two weeks in advance of sessions, along with a reply form. Please let us know if you plan to come so we can have adequate refreshments and, as well, if you wish to join the author and commentator for dinner (at your expense). Maps and directions are available at the RUCamden website: How to Get to Rutgers-Camden. On-street metered parking is plentiful on Fridays (bring quarters).