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We'll see you this Thursday for “The Isolated Texas Grid: An Electrical Anomaly & Environmental Question” with Julie A. Cohn (Rice/UH). Organized by graduate students in Megan Raby’s Enviro History seminar!
- Thu. Nov. 20
- 2–3:30pm CST
- GAR 4.100 & Zoom
- Info/Register: bit.ly/CohnIHS

15.11.2025 22:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Concepts in Global History Seminar invites you to "Empire’s Afterlife: Rusçuk in the Early Bulgarian State, 1879–1885,” a talk by Dr. Mehmet Celik, UT History

Fri. Nov. 14, 3pm, GAR 1.102
Info & Register: bit.ly/CelikCGH

Co-sponsored by UT History Department & Institute for Historical Studies.

10.11.2025 03:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tomorrow! Join us for “The Frozen Continent: Why Australia Did Not Become a Republic in 1999 & the Politics of Constitutional Change" by Dr. Benjamin T. Jones.

- Mon. Nov. 10, 12-1:30pm CST, GAR 4.100 & Zoom.
- Free and open to the public! Info/Register: bit.ly/JonesIHS

10.11.2025 03:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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25.10.2025 03:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kicking off our November program, IHS Fellow Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra presents a talk entitled "Gender as Not a Useful Category of Analysis: How to Misunderstand Mexico’s Sor Juana, ca 1680s." 11/3, Noon, Hybrid - free & open to the public - info + register: bit.ly/CanizaresIHS. Come join us!

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25.10.2025 03:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Next week, Dr. Mark Steinberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, presents "Moral Storytelling in New York, Odessa, and Bombay in the Global 1920s," moderated by graduate students in Dr. Charters Wynn's "Revolutionary Russia" graduate seminar. Wed 10/29. Info & register: bit.ly/SteinbergIHS

25.10.2025 03:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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25.10.2025 03:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Monday! "Eyes of Texas: Blackface to Whitewash"
A Book Talk & Discussion w/ author Dr. Alberto Martinez, Prof. of History at UT Austin feat. respondent Dr. Hannah Lewis
Associate Prof. of Musicology, UT Austin. Free and open to the public - learn more + register: bit.ly/MartinezIHS

25.10.2025 03:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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16.10.2025 18:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Racialized Ravines" w/ urban environmental historian Dr. Katherine Leah Pace — on Austin’s Black “riverine” communities & the entwined histories of land, water, & racial capitalism. Organized by students in Prof. Megan Raby’s graduate seminar. Th. 10/23, 2pm, Hybrid. Info/Register: bit.ly/PaceIHS

16.10.2025 18:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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16.10.2025 18:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Making of Chicanx Utopias w/ Luis Alvarez (UC San Diego) — a deep dive into his acclaimed book and the journey of writing it. Organized by graduate students in Prof. Carlos Blanton’s “Chicana/o History” seminar! Info/Register: bit.ly/AlvarezIHS

16.10.2025 18:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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16.10.2025 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us this Mon. Oct. 20 (Noon CDT) for "The American Child: The Transformation of Childhood Since WWII" w/ Steven Mintz (UT Austin) & Peter N. Stearns (George Mason). Hybrid event — free & open to all! GAR 4.100 + Zoom | Info & RSVP: bit.ly/MintzIHS

16.10.2025 18:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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08.10.2025 21:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How does naming become an act of domination? Find out Monday at Noon as Dr. Ben Brower unpacks “The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France’s Occupation of Algeria.”

Mon. Oct. 13 | Noon–1:30pm | GAR 4.100
Info/RSVP: bit.ly/BrowerIHS

#ReadUP #HistoryMatters #PostcolonialStudies

08.10.2025 21:25 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

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08.10.2025 21:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join IHS this Monday for Benjamin Claude Brower’s “The Colonization of Names,” exploring symbolic violence and France’s occupation of Algeria.

Mon. Oct. 13 | Noon–1:30pm | GAR 4.100
Info/RSVP: bit.ly/BrowerIHS

#UTexas #IHS #ColonialHistory #MiddleEastStudies #BookTalk #Algeria #ReadUP

08.10.2025 21:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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08.10.2025 21:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Monday at Noon! Join IHS for “The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France’s Occupation of Algeria,” a book talk with Benjamin Claude Brower (UT History & CMES).

Mon. Oct. 13 | Noon–1:30pm | GAR 4.100
Info/RSVP: bit.ly/BrowerIHS

#UTexas #History #Algeria #BookTalk #ReadUP

08.10.2025 21:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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02.10.2025 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jacob Daniels’ new book, The Jews of Edirne (Stanford UP, 2025), examines how a Sephardi community navigated borders and nation-state pressures. Join us Monday for his book talk and discussion w/ Tatjana Lichtenstein UT History/CREEES: Oct. 6 @Noon Hybrid. Info/Register: bit.ly/DanielsIHS

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02.10.2025 17:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Monday at Noon, hear Jacob Daniels, UT Austin Assistant Professor & Schusterman Center Assistant Director, discuss Edirne’s Jewish community and modern borders. GAR 4.100 & Zoom. Info/Register: bit.ly/DanielsIHS

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02.10.2025 17:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Monday! Explore how Edirne's Sephardi Jews navigated empire, borders, and nation-states in Jacob Daniels’ The Jews of Edirne. Oct. 6, Noon, GAR 4.100 & Zoom. Info/Register: bit.ly/DanielsIHS

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View our latest calendar and read event details at: bit.ly/ihs-calendar. Feel free to register/RSVP now for programs that catch your interest! And sign-up for our mailing list to receive event invitations right to your inbox: bit.ly/ihs-elist.

02.10.2025 16:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thanks so much, Prof. McCall @gamingthepast.bsky.social! Means a lot coming from someone doing thoughtful design + architecture work like yours-- really admire what you’re doing in that space. Grateful for the shoutout to @uthistory.bsky.social + UT-CEAS's JapanLab! www.utjapanlab.com 🎮🇯🇵

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