Past Events

Feb

17

Seminar

Hydro-Logics of Empire: Effective Sovereignty and the Mandate Borders

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

February 17, 2026, 3 - 4:15pm

History Department Seminar Series Announces the first seminar of the spring 2026 semester:

Dec

2

Seminar

POSTPONED: Traces of Repatriation with Professor Kwame Essien

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

December 2, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

This event has been postponed due to the inclement weather forecasted.The Lehigh University History Department would like to cordially invite you to our fourth and final Seminar of the Fall semester. Title: TRACES OF REPATRIATION: SAFEGUARDING THE SOUL OF THE …

Nov

18

Seminar

Commerce, Governance, and Empire at the Spa, c. 1740-1840 with Amanda Herbert

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

November 18, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

The Lehigh University History Department would like to cordially invite you to our third Seminar of the semester. Title: "Commerce, Governance, and Empire at the Spa, c. 1740-1840"Date: Tues, November 18, 3:00-4:15pmLocation: Maginnes Hall, rm 342&nbsp…

Oct

28

Seminar

Seminar: Tiraana Bains (Brown); Discussant: Sourav Ghosh

Location:

Maginnes room 342

October 28, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

Title: Rage of Empire: The Origins of British IndiaDate: Tues, October 28, 3:00-4:15pm

Sep

16

Lecture

The Black Panther and the Teaching of African Religion: Coates, Coogler and African Centered Pedagogy

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

September 16, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter: Dr. Brian J. Yates, St. Joseph's UniversityDiscussant: Dr. Kwame Essien, Lehigh University

Apr

29

Seminar

Minor Characters: Minority Rights, Global Media and the Algorithms of International Law, 1919-1994

Location:

Maginnes 342

April 29, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter: Carolyn Biltoft, Geneva Graduate InstituteDiscussant: Nitzan Lebovic, Lehigh University

Apr

15

Seminar

The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism with Yanni Kotsonis

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

April 15, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter: Yanni Kotsonis, New York UniversityDiscussant: Shellen Wu, Lehigh University

Apr

8

Seminar

Preventing Marriages Across Racial and Colonial Lines with Caroline Séquin

Location:

Maginnes 342

April 8, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter: Caroline Séquin, Lafayette CollegeDiscussant: John Savage, Lehigh UniversityTitle: Preventing Marriages Across Racial and Colonial Lines: The Case of French Women and Indochinese Men, 1917-1920

Mar

4

Seminar

History Seminar: Uponita Mukherjee

Location:

Maginnes Hall, room 342

March 4, 2025, 3 - 4:15pm

Uponita Mukherjee Fordham University will present her work "Two Histories of Detective Policing: Crime, Prosecution and Investigation in the nineteenth-century English-speaking world". She is a historian of modern South Asia.

Dec

3

Seminar

Where the People Dare Be True: Nineteenth Century Black Women’s Intellectual Activism and the Case of John W. Jacks

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

December 3, 2024, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter:  Joseph Williams, Lehigh University Discussant: Emily Pope- Obeda, Lehigh UniversityTitle: "Where the People Dare Be True": Nineteenth Century Black Women’s Intellectual Activismand the Case of John W. Jacks

Nov

19

Seminar

Politics of Remembrance: Araguaia and the Martyrdom of Osvaldo Orlando da Costa

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

November 19, 2024, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter: Thamyris Almeida, Swarthmore College Discussant: Ida Yalzadeh, Lehigh University

Nov

12

Seminar

Beyond Conflict: Global Trade and Everyday Relations between China and the West, 1780-1860

Location:

Maginnes 342

November 12, 2024, 3 - 4:15pm

Presenter: Carl Kubler, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDiscussant: John Savage, Lehigh University