The Eisenberg Institute welcomes Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof on September 7 to kick off its 2017-18 programming with the lecture “Writing a Transnational History of Race in a Digital Age.” The institute's Friday Series resumes on September 8 with the symposium “The Future of the Past.” Other highlights include "Non/Human Materials Before Modernity," an Eisenberg Forum / Frankel Institute Symposium scheduled for October 2-3.

Events take place in 1014 Tisch Hall except where noted; programs are free and open to the public. The term poster is available as a PDF. These events are made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

September 7 (4 pm), Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, University of Michigan
Lecture: Writing a Transnational History of Race in a Digital Age

September 8 (12 pm), Symposium: The Future of the Past
Panelists: Kathryn Babayan, Matthew Countryman, Geoff Eley, Alexandra Minna Stern, Helmut Puff (chair)

September 28 (4 pm), Vincent Brown, Harvard University
Lecture: The Coromantee War: Charting the Course of an Atlantic Slave Revolt

September 29 (12 pm), Workshop: Ritual, Law, and Death in the Atlantic World
Panelists: Jamie Andreson, Christine Chalifoux, Ana Maria Silva, Andrew Walker, William Calvo-Quirós (chair), Vincent Brown (respondent)

October 2-3, Non/Human Materials Before Modernity
Eisenberg Forum / Frankel Institute Symposium

October 19 (4 pm), Erika M. Bsumek, University of Texas at Austin
Lecture: The Appropriation of Indigenous Knowledge from the Rainbow Bridge Monument Valley Expedition to the Glen Canyon Dam Debates

October 20 (12 pm), Workshop: Environmental Approaches to Colonial and Indigenous History
Panelists: Kristen Connor, Kathleen Whitely, Matthew Woodbury, Sophie Hunt (moderator), Erika M. Bsumek (respondent)

November 2 (4 pm), Ian Moyer, University of Michigan
Lecture: At the Gates of the Temple: Tracing the Boundaries of Political Culture in Ptolemaic Egypt

November 3 (12 pm), Symposium: Attica and Foucault: A Conversation on Heather Ann Thompson's Blood in the Water
Panelists: Bernard Harcourt, Heather Ann Thompson

November 16 (4 pm), Adam Tooze, Columbia University
Lecture: The Global Crisis of 2008: Approaches for a Future History

November 17 (12 pm), Workshop: Economies Between the Global and the Local: Politics, Culture, Materiality
Panelists: Maximillian Alvarez, Stacey Bishop, Leslie Hempson, Jisoo Lee, Minna Lee, Rachel Miller, Alexander Stephens, Adam Tooze (respondent)

November 30 (4 pm), Julia Adeney Thomas, University of Notre Dame
Lecture: The Historian's Task in the Anthropocene: Finding a Usable Past in Japan

December 1 (12 pm), Workshop: Crossing Boundaries in Environmental History
Panelists: Esther Ladkau, David Patterson, Matthew Villeneuve, Julia Adeney Thomas (respondent)

Winter events will be announced in December.