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We're chatting about the World Cup with @p-steege.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @soccerpolitics.bsky.social and @jtannenwald.bsky.social in just over a week!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4azPaKx
March 24 | "Watching the World Cup in a Global Crisis” ⚽️
As the U.S. gears up to host the FIFA World Cup, discussions of its geopolitical significance, human rights issues and environmental impacts persist. What can our favorite game tell us about today’s challenges?
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4azPaKx
It's almost time! Registration is still open for tonight's even. We hope to see you there!
Featuring Mary E. Mendoza, PhD, @migrantherstory.bsky.social, PhD and and Lori Nessel, JD!
Register below.
Feb. 18 | Is There A Border Crisis?
America’s story is defined by migration. Today, our country's system of accepting, rejecting and deporting newcomers is vastly different from the days of its first immigration laws. What’s changed—and what hasn’t?
🔗 Join us: bit.ly/4qmkseu
See you tomorrow?
Our conversation with @gamingthepast.bsky.social, @petreraleigh.bsky.social, Makeba Lavan and @chipam.bsky.social is in a week!
Jan. 27 | Webinar: "Media, Pop Culture & History” 🎥
Since the dawn of film and television, writers, directors and actors have sought to retell history. How have their depictions shaped our view of the real-life stories behind the screen?
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4s0cbOo
Today's the day! Join us tonight at 6 p.m. EST for our webinar with @cgershenson.bsky.social, @cityisthelimit.bsky.social, and Nancy Kwak, PhD.
Online! Will be chatting about the @fernpub.bsky.social book project that was released earlier this year, Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis!
This is next week! Register below!
Nov. 11 | Webinar: “The Crisis of Housing”
We’ve all seen the headlines: Housing costs continue to rise. How can history guide us toward solutions?
Register here: bit.ly/4q1VhOy
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We are getting excited for our event next week with @llassabe.bsky.social, @michael-berube.bsky.social, and @isaackamola.bsky.social!
Register at the link below to join us!
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Oct. 22 | Webinar: "Is There a Higher Education Crisis?”:
Amid government intervention, shifting finances and competing perspectives, America’s colleges campuses face a new era. How did we get here?
Learn with us: bit.ly/4gXHJzB
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Sept 12 | “Augustine the African": A Revisionist History
St. Augustine remains one of history’s most influential theologians. Yet a key aspect of his life – his African identity – has gone unexamined for centuries.
Join us for a discussion with Catherine Conybeare, PhD, and James O’Donnell, PhD!
Sept 17 | Film Screening: “The Camden 28”
How far would you go to stop a war?
Join us to explore an iconic Vietnam War story of faith, resistance and betrayal. Featuring historian @micnick.bsky.social and filmmaker @truecrimesny.bsky.social!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/camden28
We are live! Tune in!
Seats for our panel tomorrow on U.S. foreign policy, diplomacy and democracy are sold out, but you can still join us virtually!
Grab your lunch and explore some history with us.
🔗 Livestream: bit.ly/3IdovbJ
🇺🇸 July 8 | “Beyond Borders: U.S. Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Democracy”
How can three historians connect postwar east Asia, America’s first ladies and the Iran-Contra affair?
The Lepage Center explores the ties that bind American diplomacy and democracy.
🔗 Join us: bit.ly/447J2FW
We have begun accepting applications for this year's grant on the theme of Crisis Moments across history.
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Happy May Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Happening this evening at the Smith Lab at the Mullen Center (Ithan and Lancaster)
See you all at the Smith Lab at 7!
Undergraduate fellow on last week's Populism Around the World virtual panel event
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Queer Across Time: Nonbinary and Transgender Literary, Oral, and Scientific History Presenting: BEANS VELOCCI Asst. Professor, History & Sociology of Science, UPenn; NAT RIVKIN PhD candidate, English, UPenn; NAT DIFRANK Gender & Sexuality educator, Trans Oral History Project, UPenn Presented by: GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES, NONBINARY & TRANS STUDENTS, VU PRIDE, LEPAGE CENTER SMITH LAB, JOHN AND JOAN MULLEN CENTER 7:00-8:15 PM, APRIL 15TH, 2025
Join the conversation tomorrow evening at Villanova's John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts from 7 to 8:15pm featuring scholars of transgender identity across history. Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.
Starting now
"The History of Populism Around the World"
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Starting in forty minutes!
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