History Workshops

History Workshops

 

The 2025-2026 academic year represents the 49th year in which the Workshop serves as a regular part of the History Department life.

All presentations will be held in-person in 203 Munroe Hall from 12:45 p.m. to 2​​ p.m. unless otherwise noted. Please come 15 minutes early for snacks and conversation.

All are welcome​!

February 10

“Historians at the 250th: Action, Advocacy and the Future of History”

Dr. Sarah Weicksel, Executive Director of the American Historical Association

February 17

“Venus' Choice: Tidewater Women on the Run”

Dr. Kathryn Benjamin Golden, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

March 17

“Bhajans of Liberalism: Writing Social History using Songs of Dalit Activism in the High Noon of Nationalism and Empire”

Dr. Ramnarayan Rawat, Associate Professor of History

Commentary by Dr. David Suisman 

March 31

“Aristocrat, Adventurer, and Would-Be Assassin: The Curious Case of Armand Guerry de Maubreuil”

Dr. Brendan Haidinger, Department of History

April 14

"Patterns of Tyranny in Ancient Greece”

Dr. Marcaline Boyd, Assistant Professor of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

April 21

"An Education of White Supremacy: Race and Power at Delaware College, 1870–1921”

Margaret Hughes, History Ph.D. candidate