History Department Lecture Series
History Department Lecture Series, Fall 2009 Speakers
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday, September 23, 2009; 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Department Colloquium – LN 2401
“Strike the Hammer While the Iron is Hot: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 1945-1975”
Laura Hill, History Department ABD
OCTOBER
Wednesday, October 7, 2009; 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Department Colloquium – LN 2401
“Politics as Fiction: Politicians in Popular Films and TV Series in Germany and the US Since 1950”
Christopher Classen, Sentrum fur Zeitgeschichtiliche Forschung
Wednesday, October 14, 2009; 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Department Colloquium – UUW 324
“Traumatized Bodies, Resilient Voices: The Unforgettable War of Bangladesh (1971) in Women’s Memories”
Yasmin Saikia, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina
This talk will be the inaugural lecture to welcome the Journal of Women’ History to our department
Wednesday, October 28, 2009; 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Department Colloquium – LN 2401
“Judging the Founders: Slavery & the Revolutionary Generation”
Douglas Egerton, Professor, Le Moyne College
NOVEMBER
Friday - November 13, 2009
2009 Annual Freedeman Memorial Lecture and Dinner
Lecture: 4:30 p.m. Casadesus Recital Hall
“The Ottoman Empire and Diversity in the Early Modern World”
Dr. Molly Greene, Professor of History & Hellenic Studies,
Princeton University
DECEMBER
Wednesday – December 2, 2009; 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Department Colloquium – LN 2401
“Rethinking the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations: An Historiographical Overview”
Dr. Onur Yildirim, Visiting Levin/Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey
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