…the attention that it deserves. This symposium is organized around a significant new paper by Professor Philip Scranton (Rutgers-Camden Department of History, emeritus), entitled “Managing Communist Enterprise: Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1970,” that itself emerges from a major project being undertaken by Professor Scranton and Professor Patrick Fridenson to examine…
…of Pennsylvania Commentator: Eileen Ryan, Assistant Professor of History, Temple University April 6, 2018 (Friday), 4:00-6:00 p.m. “To Change the Economics of Your Life’: Black Women in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union” JANETTE GAYLE, Assistant Professor of History, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Commentator: Kathy Peiss, Roy F. and…
The Department of History’s faculty members are teacher-scholars who are equally committed to education and research. The courses we teach are designed to deepen our students’ understanding of complex historical processes and to sharpen their communication and analytical skills, which are in demand among employers and graduate programs. Jesse Bayker…
October 30, 2015 (Friday), 4:00-6:00 p.m. “Archipelago Capitalism: The Other International Political Economy, 1920s-1980s” VANESSA OGLE, Julie and Martin Franklin Assistant Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Commentator: Philip B. Scranton, Professor of History Emeritus, Rutgers University-Camden December 4, 2015 (Friday), 4:00-6:00 p.m. “English Sailors in the World: Cultural Contact,…
…the U.S.; labor struggles and populist leaders; the Cold War and leftist revolutions; violence and dictatorship; and the massive changes wrought by urbanization and migration in the late 20th century. By the end of the course, you will have gained an understanding not only of what happened in Latin America,…
…education, municipal services, and architecture and design. They have become even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in fundamental changes to the way everyone accesses the world. What is the history of accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities and others in public life? How does that history…
