The European History Workshop (EHW) is proud to announce the workshop’s first book-talk of the semester, featuring the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, Prof. George Steinmetz. He has graciously agreed to speak about his recent book, The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire (Princeton University […]
Tue., Oct. 24, 2023: Prof. George Steinmetz Read More »
You are invited! The European History Workshop (EHW) is hosting a happy hour for graduate students interested in European history and related fields on Monday, October 9th @ 5:30pm at HopCat. EHW will provide appetizers. All are welcome (and encouraged!!) to attend.
Mon., Oct. 9, 2023: EHW Happy Hour Read More »
We hope this email finds you well and that you all are having a fantastic start to the semester! Your coordinators for this year’s European History Workshop (EHW) are Paige Newhouse and myself, Keanu Heydari, both 6th-year Ph.D. Candidates in the History department. We are happy to announce an exciting semester of activities, beginning with our
Wed., Sept. 13, 2023: “Welcome Back” Meeting Read More »
After a sleepy start to the year in the Fall semester, the European History Workshop (EHW) will be hosting an event-packed Winter term! From graduate student workshops to book talks by internationally recognized scholars, we hope to provide a rich slate of programming for our graduate students and faculty. Keep an eye out for further
Winter 2023 Calendar of Events Read More »
We are excited to announce that the European History Workshop (EHW) has been renewed for the 2022-23 academic year! Keanu Heydari and Markus Merin will serve as its co-coordinators, taking over from Albert Cavallaro and Cheyenne Pettit, who steered the EHW during the height of the pandemic. We thank them for their work in continuing
Wednesday, September 21: “Welcome Back” Meeting Read More »
The time has come to announce the final EHW event for the 21-22 school year virtually on Zoom Wednesday, April 27th at 5pm. The EHW and the Science & Technology Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop are pleased to announce a final book event with esteemed historian Chris Otter, Ohio State University, on his book Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems,
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The European History Workshop is pleased to announce that we will be holding an online event with Dr. Krista Goff to discuss her new book Nested Nationalism: Making and Unmaking Nations in the Soviet Caucasus (Cornell University Press, 2021). This event will take place on March 30th at 5pm and the link to register for it is below. Nested Nationalism is a study
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“Enduring Valedictions: Suicide Notes, Farewell Letters, and the Emotional Weight of ‘Taking One’s Leave’ 1914-1915” Matt specializes in the history of the First World War and twentieth-century German history. His dissertation, Inclination toward Death: Suicide and Sacrifice in First World War Germany, reconstructs the historically-situated meanings of wartime suicide as part of a broader spectrum of self-destructive
Wednesday, February 2nd: Workshop with Matthew Hershey Read More »
We are excited to announce our first book event for the European History workshop will be in person with Michigan professor Dr. Jeffrey Veidlinger. This event is co-sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and the Eurasia Collective Workshop. We will be discussing Dr. Veidligner’s newest bookIn the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and
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“Tragic Presentiments: Maxim Gorky and the ‘Invention’ of Soviet Humanism” This chapter traces the “invention” of a Soviet concept of humanism (gumanizm) over the course of the 1920s to mid-1930s and the consequences of this conceptual shift for Stalinist ideology and culture. Specifically, it examines the writer Maxim Gorky’s central role in embracing humanism as
Wednesday, October 20th: Workshop with Alex McConnell Read More »
