Greetings all,
Join the Harvard Early & Native American History Workshop next week to
workshop Dr. Joyce Chaplin's forthcoming introduction and chapter entitled
"The Franklin Stove: Grow or Die."
Please RSVP here <https://forms.gle/aqgMmu6KQw56yy8z7> to receive a copy of
Dr. Chaplin's work in advance.
*This is a hybrid event; *please specify on the RSVP form whether or not you
will be attending in person to receive a Zoom link.
The workshop will be held at CGIS South in S040 (the Uziel Family Seminar
Room in the basement/lower level) on Thursday, March 7th beginning at 5:00
pm.
Sincerely,
Kabl Wilkerson
*Co-convener, Harvard Early & Native American History Workshop*
Greetings all,
Join the Harvard Early & Native American History Workshop for our Spring
Semester Guest Lecture from Dr. Benjamin Madley of the University of
California, Los Angeles, who will present his recent chapter, "'Too
Furious': The Genocide of Connecticut's Pequot Indians, 1636-1640," from
The Cambridge World History of Genocide (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
The 1636-1637 Pequot War and its aftermath were formative events in the
making of New England and North America. Dr. Madley's chapter summarizes
the ongoing modern Pequot genocide debate, narrates the cataclysm, provides
new death toll estimates, discusses dispersal and enslavement as genocidal
strategies, reevaluates colonists' culpability, and explains how this
catastrophe constituted genocide under the 1948 United Nations Genocide
Convention.
*This is a hybrid event, and we encourage those joining virtually (and in
person) to RSVP here <https://forms.gle/AsBWVsz22P2nLBix8>in order to
receive a Zoom link. *
The lecture will be held at the Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs (61 Kirkland Street
<https://www.google.com/maps?q=61+Kirkland+Street,+Cambridge,+MA+02138&hl=en…>),
Room 202, and will begin at 3:30 pm.
Please see the ad below for more information.
Sincerely,
--
*Kabl Wilkerson *
(Citizen Band Potawatomi)
Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University Department of History
Presidential Scholar & Newberry Fellow
President, History Graduate Student Association
*Harvard University is located on the traditional and ancestral land of the
Massachusett, the original inhabitants of what is now known as Boston and
Cambridge.*
Hi everyone,
My name is Catey Boyle (she/they), I'm a G6 in History, and one of your
social sciences stewards for the Harvard Graduate Student Union (HGSU). I'm
reaching out to let folks know that HGSU will be hosting a happy hour this
Thursday 22 February at 5pm in Robinson Hall’s Great Space (the main lobby
of the History Department building).
We'll have pizza, drinks, and games -- bring a friend and come hang out
with your fellow social scientists!
Please help us decide how many pizzas to order by filling out this quick
form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/1AXox3eaPASSYrDK1eVhPX-sx3xKSyUMHz4DxS6…>.
And feel free to reach out about any union questions.
Thanks, and hope to see you this Thursdsay!
All best,
Catey
catey.boyle(a)gmail.com
HGSU Steward, Social Sciences
--
Catherine Boyle, she | they
Ph.D. Candidate, History
Certificate, Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Graduate Student Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Studies
https://scholar.harvard.edu/cateyboyle
Hello all,
As recruitment approaches, I write with a couple of questions (& hope you will read and consider them both!)
As you may recall from last year's recruitment days, HGSA organizes some socials during the recruitment days for admitted students with specific interests and identities. Last year, these were the Queer Student Social, the Students of Color Social, and the CODES (Digital Humanities) Social. We're looking for current students who would be willing to chair these socials again this year. The job is a relatively light lift – it would only require you to pick up some snacks for the social and serve as a point-person for admitted students who have any related questions.
In addition, we are looking for late-stage graduate students, on or nearing DCF, who would be willing to present some of their work at the Department Seminar during recruitment days. This should also be a low-stress opportunity and would only require a 10-15 minute presentation in a laid-back environment.
If you have any questions about either of these roles, please feel free to reach of to me (laurenbohm(a)fas.harvard.edu) or Annie (anneboniface(a)g.harvard.edu).
If you would be willing to fill one of these very important roles, please let Annie and I know by the end of the day on Monday, February 19.
Thank you in advance for your help and participation!
All best wishes,
Lauren
Were you feeling brave this morning? Did you trudge through the aftermath of this terrible winter storm?? Go reward yourself with a snack from flour!
In the lounge!
Dear everyone,
The History Department and History Graduate Students Association are
excited to announce the next Faculty Coffee Chat for the spring semester.
It will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 between 2 PM and 3:30 PM in
the Graduate Student Lounge in Robinsonal Hall. All graduate students are
welcome to attend. There will be coffee and pastries from Flour Bakery.
Our guest will be Dr. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong. Dr. Akyeampong is the Ellen
Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American
Studies. He is a historian of modern West Africa. He is a fellow of both
the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Historical Society. In
the past he has written about the social history of alcohol, economic
development, the spread of Christianity, and the environmental history of
Ghana.
If you are interested in West African history, any of Professor
Akyeampong's research interests, or would just like to meet Professor
Akyeampong, please attend the Coffee Chat on February 13.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Sanjay
