Past Events

Apr

28

Seminar

Traces of Repatriation: Safeguarding the Soul of the "Back-to-Hold Coast Movement" in the Face of Defiance

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

April 28, 2026, 3 - 4:15pm

The Lehigh University History Department would like to cordially invite you to our final Seminar Session of the Spring 2026 semester.Title: TRACES OF REPATRIATION: SAFEGUARDING THE SOUL OF THE “BACK-TO-GOLD COAST MOVEMENT” IN THE FACE OF DEFIANCEDate: April 28, 3…

Apr

7

Seminar

Empire Fortified: Engineers, Military Architecture, and the Making of the British World 1650-1720

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

April 7, 2026, 3 - 4:15pm

Title: "Empire Fortified: Engineers, Military Architecture, and the Making of the British World 1650-1720"Date: Tuesday, April 7,  3:00-4:15Location: Maginnes Hall, rm 342 Presenter: Hannah Kaemmer (McNeil Center, Penn);Discussant: Bill Bulman (Lehigh) …

Mar

26

Seminar

"What Blueberries Taught Me", (with excerpt from "Tiny Gardens Everywhere")

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

March 26, 2026, 12:10 - 1:25pm

The Lehigh University History Department would like to cordially invite you to our fourth Seminar Session of the Spring 2026 semester.Title: "What Blueberries Taught Me" (excerpt from Tiny Gardens Everywhere)

Mar

17

Seminar

Moravian Missionaries and their Engagement with Saamaka Environment and Cultural Traditions

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

March 17, 2026, 3 - 4:15pm

The Lehigh University History Department would like to cordially invite you to our third Seminar Session of the Spring 2026 semester.Title:"Moravian Missionaries and their Engagement with Saamaka Environment and Cultural Traditions"Date: Tuesday, March 17,…

Mar

3

Seminar

NEW DATE: Complicity & (bad) solidarity"

Location:

Maginnes Hall, Room 342

March 3, 2026, 3 - 4:15pm

History Department Seminar Series announces the second seminar of the spring 2026 semster:

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