Seminar Series
Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society Research Seminar series
September 20, 2012
Cristina Turdean, University of Mary Washington
“’A Casino’s Nerve Center’: The Development of Computer Systems in Casinos”
Comment: David Sicilia, University of Maryland
October 11, 2012
Francesca Ammon, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
“’A Dirt Moving War’: How World War II Advanced the Business of Construction Equipment Manufacturers”
Comment: Adam Rome, University of Delaware
December 6, 2012
Jason Jackson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment: Constructing Economic Interests and Policy Preferences in Post-War India and Brazil”
Comment: Gail Triner, Rutgers University
February 14, 2013
David Lucsko, Auburn University
"Not in My Neighbor’s Backyard, Either: Junkyards, Automobile Enthusiasts, and Property Owners, 1965-2010"
Comment: Alison Isenberg, Princeton University
March 14, 2013
Susan Strasser, University of Delaware
"Snake Oil Revisited"
Comment: Nancy Tomes, SUNY-Stony Brook
April 11, 2013
Shennette Garrett-Scott, Case Western Reserve University
"'All the Other Devils This Side of Hades': Jim Crow and State Regulation of Negro Banks in Mississippi during the Progressive Era"
Comment: TBA
Seminars are free and open to the public and are based on a paper that is circulated in advance. Those planning to attend are encouraged to read the paper before coming to the seminar. Copies may be obtained by contacting Carol Lockman at clockman@hagley.org. The seminars begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. in the Copeland Room of Hagley’s library building.
