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Department of History Calendar—Spring 2025

For more events around the community check out the MOCH events calendar.


January 2025

Friday, January 24

Undergraduate Scholarship Workshop!

Virtual workshop:Microsoft Teams Workshop Link at 11:00 am
In person workshop: The HERC: Mitchell Hall 147 at 12:30 pm 

Please review Dept of History Undergraduate Scholarships before attending.

 
Thursday, January 30

The Rachel Shankman Symposium: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
UC Ballroom ABC; UC Fountain View room; UC Memphis room

 

February 2025

Wednesdary, February 5
Hooks National Book Award and Lecture
"Our Secreat Society" by Tanisha C. Ford

6:00 pm, Michael D. Rose Theater
 
Friday, February 7
History Department  Faculty Meeting: 2:00 pm, MI 309
 
Thursday-Friday, February 6-7

24th Annual Graduate Conference in African American History

Beyond the Headlines: Rethinking Memory and Legacy in African American History
Maxine A. Smith University Center

 
Thursday, February 20

GHE presents:
"Preparing for comprehensive exams, MA & PhD" by Dr. Andrew Daily
4:00 pm, MI 209

Meeting ID: 263 919 934 972
Passcode: Ta3My2Ni

 
Saturday, February 22
Tennessee History Day: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Maxine A. Smith University Center
 
Thursday, February 27

History Matters Lecture Series:

"Emboldened Indians: Indigenous Leadership in the Tumultuous 1670s South"
presented by Dr. Bradley Dixon

3:00 pm, MI 200 (Audirotium)

 
Friday, February 28
History Department  Faculty Meeting: 1:30 pm, MI 309
 

 

March 2025

Friday, March 21

GHA presents:
"Conferences: Do’s and Don’ts"
hosted by Dr. Sarah Potter, Dr. Selina Makana and Dr. Suzanne Onstine
1:30 pm, MI 209

 
Friday, March 21

The Comunity of Research Scholars (CoRS) project presents:

Jodi Skipper (University of Mississippi, Sociology and Anthropology) [talk topic: African diaspora archaeology]

3:00 pm, McCord Hall 324

Cosponsored by the Department of History; the Department of Art & Design, the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, and the Department of Anthropology

 
Thursday, March 27

Virtual Women's History Month talk:  3:30 pm

"Black Femme Fugitivity: Rebellion and Resistance in these Critical Times,"
by Dr. Kaila Adia Story (University of Louisville)

Attend via Teams - click here to register

Or join the watch party in the Memphis Room of the UC.

 
Friday, March 28

Teaching Tactics - Hosted by Dr. Cookie Woolner: 12:30 -1:30 pm, MI 309
"Teaching Tips: Library Resources"

 
Friday, March 28
History Department  Faculty Meeting: 1:30 pm, MI 309
 
Friday, March 28

The Comunity of Research Scholars (CoRS) project presents:

Jenn Lupu (Rhodes College, Anthropology) [talk topic: historical archaeology, medicine, and queer history]

3:00 pm, McCord Hall 324

Cosponsored by the Department of History; the Department of Art & Design, the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, and the Department of Anthropology

 

 

April 2025

Tuesday, April 1
History Matters Talk
3:00 pm; Location: TBD
 
Thursday, April 3

Memphis Sesquicentennial Lecture Series:

Dr. Emily Greble,
Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Chair in History, Department of History, Vanderbilt University
Muslims, Jews, and the Complexities of Rescue in World War II

Time: 5:30 pm Rcepetion, 6:00 pm Lecture
Location: Maxine Smith University Center Shelby Room (UC 342)

Jointly sponsored by the Department of History and the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities

 
Friday, April 4

The Comunity of Research Scholars (CoRS) project presents:

Reecie Levin (University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Anthropology) [talk topic: food production systems and historical ecology + masterclass: paleobotany]

3:00 pm, McCord Hall 324

Cosponsored by the Department of History; the Department of Art & Design, the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, and the Department of Anthropology

 
Thursday, April 10
PAT Banquet: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, UC Fountain View room (UC 352)
 
Friday, April 11

Prospectus Session, 1:00-3:00 pm, MI 309

 

May, 2025

Thursday, May 1
History Department Faculty Meeting: 1:30 pm, MI 309
 

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