Northeastern University Department of History
Global History Seminar Series
Akram Khater, Professor of History, North Carolina State University
“Becoming ‘Syrian’ in America: A Global Geography of Ethnicity and Nation”
Tuesday, February 7, 12:00 PM, 306 Egan
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/akhater/personal/
Paul Kramer, Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
“The Global Politics of Civilization”
Thursday, March 22, 4:30 PM, 306 Egan
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/historydept/kramer.html
Philippa Levine, Professor of History; Mary Helen Thomas Centennial Professor of Humanities, University of Texas
“Naked Truths: Bodies, Knowledge and the Erotics of Colonial Power”
Keynote Lecture for Graduate Student World History Conference
Saturday, March 24, 5:15 PM, West Village 102G
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/history/faculty/pl4348
Maya Jasanoff, Professor of History, Harvard University
“The Worlds of Joseph Conrad”
Monday, April 9, 4:00 PM 306 Egan Hall
http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/jasanoff.php
Sponsored by: The College of Social Sciences and Humanities Dean’s Office, Northeastern Humanities Center, the Vice Provost for Research, and the History Department
All events are free and open to all members of the Northeastern Community.