virtual history 
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SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center and National History Center
12/16/2020
Virtual Event: Political Fallout: Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Making of a Global Environmental Crisis 12/21
The Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 is typically viewed as marking a first step toward nuclear arms control. But Toshihiro Higuchi argues that it was also one of the first international agreements that addressed a truly global, human-induced environmental problem. He discusses his new book for the Washington History Seminar on Thursday, 12/21 at 4:00 PM EDT.
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SOURCE: National History Center and Woodrow Wilson Center
12/3/2020
Washington History Seminar: Mira Siegelberg on "Statelessness: A Modern History" (Monday, Dec. 7)
The Washington History Seminar and the Woodrow Wilson Center host Mira Siegelberg for a discussion of her book "Statelessness: A Modern History" on Monday, Dec. 7 at 4:00 PM.
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SOURCE: Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship (Brown University)
11/10/2020
A Historical Perspective on Black & African American Capitalism (November 17)
Historian Marcia Chatelain will discuss the influence of franchised businesses on Black and African American business at noon on November 17.
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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: Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
10/26/2020
Cuban Slavery and The Atlantic World: 2020 Gilder Lehrman Center Conference (11/6-11/7)
This annual conference works to integrate both scholars and archives in Cuba to research on the Atlantic slave trade.
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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: Zocálo Public Square
10/6/2020
Does a New Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Require a New Way of Fighting Back? 10/7
Historian Lon Kurashige joins US Senator Mazie Hirono and other guests to discuss rising racism against Asian Americans and Asians in America.
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SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center
10/5/2020
TODAY: Washington History Seminar: "A World Safe For Democracy" with G. John Ikenberry
G. John Ikenberry joins the Washington History Seminar today at 4:00 PM Eastern to discuss "A World Safe For Democracy" and the crisis of the liberal international order.
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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: Catholic University of America
10/1/2020
Catholic University of America Presents Geraldo Cadava on "The Hispanic Republican"
Geraldo Cadava will discuss his new book on Hispanic Republicans on October 14 in a virtual seminar hosted by the Catholic University of America.
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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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