Friday, February 10 1:00-3:00 pm at Peter Green House, 79 Brown Street, Pavilion Room

19th Century U.S. History Workshop

This seminar features new research on nineteenth-century American history and is intended to stimulate conversations about periodization, method, and interpretation. We are especially eager to welcome faculty and graduate students from nearby institutions and related disciplins. Each session will feature a pre-circulated paper, available a week in advance. To join the mailing list, please write to Seth_Rockman@brown.edu

Our speaker is Elizabeth Pryor, Smith College

"Not... a Color, But a Man": Black Men Abroad before the Civil War

Friday February 10th - Sunday February 12th

Studio 1, Granoff Center

South Asian Film Festival: Inequality And Change

Come watch twelve award winning films from the Kathmandu South Asian Film Festival! The films explore current issues in the sub-continent such as land rights, farmer suicides, the legal system, piracy and the arts, urban redevelopment and women's rights. We will travel through Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Some of the films will be followed by discussions with professors at Brown, and the hall could be a constant space of reflection! All films are free and open to the public. The film festival is organized as part of Prof. Vazira Zamindar's class, Inequality and Change in South Asia. For a full schedule, please visit our website: http://southasianfilmfestival.wordpress.com/

Tuesday, 28 February

Cogut Seminar, Brown University

Professor Harold Cook, Brown University

"Translation and Early Modern Knowledge Economies"

March 2012

Friday, March 2 1:00-3:00 pm at Peter Green House, 79 Brown Street, Pavilion Room

19th Century U.S. History Workshop

This seminar features new research on nineteenth-century American history and is intended to stimulate conversations about periodization, method, and interpretation. We are especially eager to welcome faculty and graduate students from nearby institutions and related disciplins. Each session will feature a pre-circulated paper, available a week in advance. To join the mailing list, please write to Seth_Rockman@brown.edu

Our speaker is Philip Misevich, St. Johns University

"The Origins of Enslaved People in Africa and the Diaspora: A Project and a Plea"

Thursday, March 15 at 4:00pm in Room 104 at Peter Green House, 79 Brown Street

Tuesday (and occasionally Thursday) Lecture Series

The History Department is pleased to invite you cordially to the exciting line up of talks in this Spring's TLS. This series of talks explores new research and new initiatives being undertaken by memebers of the Department.

Our speakers will be Naoko Shibusawa and Vazira Zamindar and the talk is entitled:

"Thinking Change Over Time, Making Change Over Time: Our Lives as Scholars and Activists"

Tuesday, April 24 at 4:00pm in Room 104 at Peter Green House, 79 Brown Street

Tuesday (and occasionally Thursday) Lecture Series

The History Department is pleased to invite you cordially to the exciting line up of talks in this Spring's TLS. This series of talks explores new research and new initiatives being undertaken by memebers of the Department.

Our second speaker will be James Green and his talk is entitled:

"Writing Biography Backwards or Exiles within Exiles: Hebert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary"

Friday, April 27 1:00-3:00 pm at Peter Green House, 79 Brown Street, Pavilion Room

19th Century U.S. History Workshop

This seminar features new research on nineteenth-century American history and is intended to stimulate conversations about periodization, method, and interpretation. We are especially eager to welcome faculty and graduate students from nearby institutions and related disciplins. Each session will feature a pre-circulated paper, available a week in advance. To join the mailing list, please write to Seth_Rockman@brown.edu

Our speaker is Carolyn Eastman, Virginia Commonwealth University

"Title to be Announced"

Co-Sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society