The institute concludes its 2015-17 theme, "Senses and Longings," with fifteen events in winter 2017, including an April 13 finale event, "On Futures, Past and Present," featuring lectures from Robin Blackburn (University of Essex) and Nancy Fraser (New School for Social Research).
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 8 (4 pm), Farina Mir, University of Michigan
Lecture: Everyday Ethics in Colonial India: Akhlaq Literature, Urdu Print Culture, and the Diversity of Muslim Thought
September 9 (12 pm), Michigan Society of Fellows Forum
Panelists: Amanda Armstrong, Alice Goff, Allan Lumba, Howard Brick (chair)
September 12 (7 pm), Author Event at Literati: "Back Channel to Cuba"
Featuring Peter Kornbluh in conversation with Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
September 22 (4 pm), Charly Coleman, Columbia University
Lecture: The Spirit of Speculation: John Law and Economic Theology in the Age of Lights
September 23 (2 pm), Graduate Student Workshop
Panelists: Charly Coleman, Roxana Aras, Richard Reinhardt, Taylor Sims, Howard Brick (chair)
October 6 (4 pm), Haiyan Lee, Stanford University
Lecture: A Sino-Jewish Encounter, A Humanitarian Fantasy
October 7 (12 pm), Graduate Student Workshop
Panelists: Haiyan Lee, Jeremy Johnson, Allison Kemmerle, Kate Wroblewski, Howard Brick (chair)
October 11 (12 pm), Thomas Cauvin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lecture: From California to Italy: The Rise of an International Public History
October 27 (4 pm), Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of Chicago
Lecture: Reies López Tijerina, the Apocalypse, and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
October 28 (12 pm), Graduate Student Workshop
Panelists: Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Salem Elzway, ToniAnn Trevino, Andrew Walker, Anthony P. Mora (chair)
November 2 (5:30 pm), Undergraduate Career Workshop: Dot Com, Dot Net, or Dot Org: History Careers in a Digital World
Panelists forthcoming
November 18 (12 pm), Symposium: Panels, Balloons, and Citations: Making Graphic History
Panelists: Rafe Blaufarb, Liz Clarke, Charles Cavaliere, Paulina Alberto (chair)
December 1 (4 pm), Paul M. Cobb, University of Pennsylvania
Lecture: Love, Friendship, and Jihad in the Age of Crusades
December 2 (12 pm), Graduate Student Workshop
Panelists: Paul M. Cobb, Noah Blan, Lamin Manneh, Ana María Silva, Katherine French (chair)
December 15-16, Eisenberg Forum: Digital History in a Digital Age?
Presented with support from the Kemp Family Fund
