ANNUAL EVENT SERIES: LABOR IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The Lepage Center will spend the 2024 鈥� 2025 academic year exploring diverse and interconnected historical perspectives on labor, and on democracy.
The series of panels and talks will examine several historical topics including questions of race, class, and gender in labor history, as well as historical perspectives on gig labor, labor and incarceration, child labor, and migrant labor. The Lepage Center will alternate with a series on Democracy and its Discontents, focusing a historical lens on elections, citizenship rights, and other aspects of historical struggles for democracy.
Fall 2024 Labor, Democracy, and Special Events
Titles link to registration for upcoming events
Wednesday, September 11, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: (Topper Theatre, Mullen Center for Performing Arts, 草榴社区)
Featuring
- Tom Nichols, PhD., staff writer at The Atlantic; professor emeritus at the Naval War College
- Co-sponsored by the History Department, Political Science Department, Russian Area Studies, and Office of the Moulden Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tuesday, September 24, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: American Democracy on the Eve of November's Election
Featuring
- , Professor of Political Science and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University
- , Professor of History at Georgetown University
- , Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University
- Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at 草榴社区
Tuesday, October 1, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: Labor and the Carceral State in Historical Perspective
Featuring
- , Mandell Endowed Professor in Literature and Human Rights at Babson College
- , Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma
- , Associate Professor of History at Stony Brook University
- Moderated by Anna Duensing, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at 草榴社区
Tuesday, October 22, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: Music and Protest in Historical Perspective
Featuring
- , Associate Dean for the Social Sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia
- , Associate Professor of History, Intern Coordinator for History/Public History/American Studies, and Director for the Social Justice Minor at Marist University
- , Associate Profess of History and Director of Museum Studies and the Public History Minor at SUNY Brockport
- Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at 草榴社区
Wednesday, November 13, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: Labor and Immigration History
Featuring
- , B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia Athens; President of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and Co-organizer of the Athens Film Project
- , Professor of Labor History at Cornell University
- , Associate Professor in the Department of History and the American Studies Program at Georgetown University
- Moderated by Daniel Cortes, JD, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Clinic for Aslyum, Refugee, and Emigrant Services (CARES) at Charles Widger School of Law, 草榴社区
Wednesday, November 20, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: The 100th Anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act in Historical Perspective
Featuring
- , Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico
- , Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
- , Assistant Professor of American Studies, Dean of New Students, and Chair of Education, Amherst College
- Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at 草榴社区
Spring 2025 Labor, Democracy, and Standalone Events
Thursday, January 23rd, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: Healthcare in Historical Perspective
Featuring
- , Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University
- , Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University
- , Senior Contributing Editor, Health News Analysis, KFF Health News
- Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest
Wednesday, January 29th, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: Technology and Labor in Historical Perspective
Featuring
- , Postdoctoral Fellow in History, University of Southern California
- , Associate Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
- , PhD Candidate at University of Oregon
- Moderated by Andy Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of History at 草榴社区
Tuesday, February 26th, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: American Sports and Labor in Historical Perspective
Featuring
- , Professor of History at Grand Valley State University
- , Clinical Associate Professor of History, Global Sports Institute Faculty, and Director of Sports@IHR Initiative, Arizona State University
- , Associate Professor and Interim DEO of American Studies, Iowa
- Moderated by Rick Eckstein, PhD, Professor and Sociology Director, Sociology and Crimonology, 草榴社区
Wednesday, March 26th, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.:
Featuring
- , Assistant Professor of History and Evelyn and Herbert Howe-Bascom Professor of Integrated Liberal Studies University of Wisconsin
- , Assistant Professor in the School of Communications, Simon Fraser University
- , PhD, Assistant Professor in History and Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts, Purdue University
- , Professor in Science and Technology Studies, UC Davis
- Moderated by Whitney Martinko, PhD, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program, 草榴社区
Tuesday, April 8th, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.:
Featuring
- , Professor in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida
- , DAAD Visiting Professor at Georgetown University
- , Doctoral Student in the School of Public & International Affairs at the University of Georgia
- Moderated by Marcus Kreuzer, PhD, Professor of Political Science, 草榴社区
Tuesday, April 15th, 7:00 p.m. 鈥� 8:15 p.m.: Nonbinary and Transgender History
Featuring
- , Assistant Professor in History & Sociology of Science at University of Pennsylvania
- , Project Manager for the Trans Oral History Project at the University of Pennsylvania
- PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania
- Moderated by Cait Graulau, Graduate Fellow for the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at 草榴社区
Monday, April 21st, 6:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:15 p.m.: Climate Change, Nature Disaster, and Oral History
Featuring
- , The Franklin W. and Gladys I. Clark Professor of History at University of Rochester
- , Professor of English at Universidad de Puerto Rico
- , Associate Professor of History, Director of Public History, and J.J. Burdin and Helen Burdin/BORSF Endowed Professor in Louisiana Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at 草榴社区
More events on democracy, labor, and culture to come!