Webinars

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  3/1/2022
  

  AHA Webinar: History Behind the Headlines in Ukraine (March 4)

  David Engerman moderates a panel discussion of the histories of Russia and Ukraine, the impact of the end of the Cold War on relations between the nations, and how to understand the invasion in context. Of particular interest to students and teachers. 

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center and National History Center
  10/29/2020
  

  The Woman’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation: Washington History Seminar with Thavolia Glymph 11/4

  Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War--North and South, white and black, slave and free--showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas.

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• SOURCE: Library Company of Philadelphia
  10/26/2020
  

  Voter Suppression in the US, Feat. Jim Downs, Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse (10/27)

  Historians Jim Downs, Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse discuss voter suppression in a virtual event hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia, Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM. 

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center
  10/23/2020
  

  Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote (Virtual Event, 10/26)

  Speaker Ellen DuBois will be joined by panelists Kimberly A. Hamlin and Marcia Chatelain to discuss the history of Woman Suffrage for the Washington History Seminar, hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the National History Center. 

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• SOURCE: George Washington University Textile Museum
  10/23/2020
  

  Online Lecture: Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home (11/2)

  The George Washington DC Mondays series supports discussion with local authors and historians about the DC region. 

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/21/2020
  

  Webinar: Teaching Assistants in the Time of COVID

  Join an AHA sponsored webinar on the challenges facing graduate teaching assistants in remote, hybrid, and in-person classes during COVID. October 22, 2:00 PM Eastern

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• SOURCE: Dumbarton Oaks Library
  10/19/2020
  

  Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City (Virtual Lecture, 11/12/2020)

  Urban historian A. K. Sandoval-Strausz discusses the impact of Latino immigrants on revived urban centers in the late 20th century, sponsored by the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. 

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  10/14/2020
  

  Julia Rose Kraut: Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States

  Julia Rose Kraut's "Threat of Dissent" examines major court decisions and legislation affecting the deportation of political radicals in the face of the First Amendment and America's stated ideals, while showing the lives of the people involved. She addressed the National History Center's Washington History Seminar this October.

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• SOURCE: New York University
  10/5/2020
  

  Virtual Talk: “Confronting White Power in 2020” Feat. Ibram X. Kendi and Kathleen Belew, Monday 10/5

  Ibram X. Kendi and Kathleen Belew discuss the threat of white supremacy in a discussion moderated by Linda Gordon, Monday, October 5 at 7:00 PM Eastern.

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  10/1/2020
  

  Washington History Seminar 10/2: Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962

  The National History Center, The Woodrow Wilson Center and Politics & Prose Books prouldy host Martin Sherwin on Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962. Friday, October 2, 6:00 PM. 

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  9/30/2020
  

  Webinar: Make the Most of Your Postdoc (10/8/2020)

  Join a panel of historians on October 8 for a discussion of the increasingly common postdoctoral fellowship and how to make the best use of it for professional and career development in and out of academe. 

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  9/21/2020
  

  TODAY: Eric Weitz "A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States"

  The National History Center's Washington History Seminar features Eric Weitz's "A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States." Monday, September 21 at 4:30 Eastern.

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• SOURCE: Brennan Center for Justice
  9/17/2020
  

  Online Discussion: The Fight To Vote Feat. Carol Anderson (9/24/2020)

  The Brennan Center for Justice, the NYU Brademas Center, and NYU Votes sponsor an online discussion of voting rights featuring Emory University Professor Carol Anderson and Brennan Center Senior Fellow Theodore R. Johnson. 

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  9/14/2020
  

  JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (Video)

  Author Fredrik Logevall discusses his new political biography of JFK in a virtual seminar with the National History Center.

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• SOURCE: Haymarket Books
  9/2/2020
  

  Book Launch: Roberto Lovato's Unforgetting: Family, Migration, Gangs, Borders, and Revolution

  Roberto Lovato discusses his new book "Unforgetting" with Mike Davis.   

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• SOURCE: Miller Center (University of Virginia)
  9/2/2020
  

  Election 2020: The State of the Race and Crisis Elections (Online Program), September 3, 10:00 AM

  The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosts an online program on the 2020 elections featuring historians David M. Kennedy and Margaret O'Mara, Journalist Yamiche Alcindor, and political analyst Larry Sabato, beginning at 10:00 AM eastern on September 3.