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Francis Bacon Conference Lecture
Babylonian Horoscopy and Genethlialogy
Francesca Rochberg,
Francis Bacon Visiting Professor of History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
On Meerkats and Marmots: Long-term Research and the Birth of Behavioral Ecology
Erika L. Milam,
Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie Professor in the History of Science; Professor of History,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
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Francis Bacon Conference
Thematic Continuities in Astronomy and Astrology from Antiquity to the Renaissance: A Conference in Memory of Noel M. Swerdlow
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Amerasia
Elizabeth Horodowich,
Department Head,
Department of History,
New Mexico State University,
Alexander Nagel,
Professor of Art History,
New York University,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
From Fukushima to Hiroshima: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Eight Decades of Living with Nuclear Technology
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History Seminar Series
The Edge of Understanding: Science in a Bordered World
Yangyang Cheng,
Research Scholar in Law and Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center,
Yale Law School,
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History Seminar
The Great Depression as a global crisis, 1927-37: What do we know?
Stefan Link,
Associate Professor of History,
Dartmouth College,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The University in Space
Lisa Messeri,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University,
Eun-Joo Ahn,
Graduate Student, Department of History, UC Santa Barbara,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Engineering Fidelity: Early Radio and the Trautonium in Berlin in the 1920s and '30s
Myles W. Jackson,
Ph.D., Ernst & Elisabeth Albers-Schönberg Professor in the History of Science, Institute for Advanced Study,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Organisms in the University
Bradley Bolman,
Historian of Science,
University of Chicago,
Victoria Lee,
History Assistant Professor,
Ohio University,
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History Seminar
The Origins of Legal Literature in Europe: From the Big Bang to the Formation of Multiple Galaxies
Emanuele Conte,
Professor of Legal History and Department Director of Legal History and Theory,
at Università degli Studi di Roma Tre,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Sciences and Humanities in Crisis
Elizabeth Popp Berman,
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology,
University of Michigan,
Chad Wellmon,
Professor of German Studies, History, and Media Studies,
University of Virginia,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Situating the University in Time and Space
Sharon Stein,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Educational Studies,
University of British Columbia,
Stephanie Kim,
Assistant Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of Higher Education Administration,
Georgetown University,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Genealogies of the University
Mordechai Feingold,
Kate Van Nuys Page Professor of the History of Science and the Humanities,
Caltech,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
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Fighting the First Wave
Peter Baldwin,
Global Distinguished Professor, NYU; Professor of History, UCLA,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Speculative Worlds: Imagining Past and Future Science
Aimee Bahng,
Pomona College,
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata,
University of San Francisco,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
Novelist,
Enid Baxter Ryce,
Cal State Monterey Bay,
Banu Subramaniam,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Lisa Weasel,
Portland State University,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
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Rich Rocks, the Climate Crisis, and the Tech Imperium
Sophia Kalantzakos,
Visiting Fellow in the Research Institute for the History of Science and Technology (2020-2021), Caltech; Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy, New York University,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
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Decolonizing Deep History
Pratik Chakrabarti,
Chair in History of Science and Medicine, University of Manchester; Director, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM),
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 4
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 3
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 2
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 1
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Biopolitical Battle Lines: Between Eugenics and Black Lives Matter
Edgar Arcenaux,
USC, Artist, Writer/Director,
Ugo Edu,
UCLA,
Kurt Forman,
Independent Artist/Filmmaker,
Ahmad Greene-Hayes,
Princeton University,
Terence Keel,
UCLA,
Hentyle Yapp,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Human, Scientist
Jennifer Jahner,
Professor of English (HSS),
Kriti Sharma,
Postdoctoral Scholar (GPS),
Charles Xu,
Graduate Student in Physics (PMA),
Maura Dykstra,
Assistant Professor of History (HSS),
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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From Farm to Family: Agriculture, Race, and the Origins of Eugenics in Southern California
Narsiso Martinez,
Independent Artist,
Gabriel Rosenberg,
Duke University,
Yvette Saavedra,
University of Oregon,
Tiago Saraiva,
Drexel University,
Sarah Seekatz,
San Joaquin Delta College,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
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Ideal and Illusion: The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla
W. Bernard Carlson,
Joseph L. Vaughan Professor of Humanities; Chair, Engineering and Society Department; Professor of History, University of Virginia,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Histories of Eugenics: The Human Betterment Foundation and Beyond
Natalie Lira,
University of Illinois,
Ayah Nuriddin,
Johns Hopkins University,
Alexandra Minna Stern,
University of Michigan,
Sandy Rodriguez,
Independent Artist,
Virginia Espino,
UCLA,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Uncomfortable (Bodies in the Archive)
Dorit Cypis,
PeoplesLab,
Monique Thomas,
Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Sitting Down with Uncomfortable Things in the Caltech Archives
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Felicity Meakins,
Associate Professor of Linguistics,
The University of Queensland, Australia,
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Alan Stern,
Planetary Scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
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● POSTPONED: William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
This event has been postponed. Rescheduled date TBA.
W. Bernard Carlson,
Joseph L. Vaughan Professor of Humanities; Chair, Engineering and Society Department; Professor of History, University of Virginia,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Extinction: a (pre-)history
Jeremy Schneider,
Graduate Student,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Lies & Truth in the History of Science
Alberto A. Martínez,
Associate Professor,
Department of History,
The University of Texas at Austin,
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Francis Bacon Lecture
Scholars or Spies? The Escalating Tension Between the U.S. and China in Academia
John Krige,
Kranzberg Professor, School of History, Technology, and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology; recipient of the Francis Bacon Award in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (2020),
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2/21
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Francis Bacon Conference
Transnational Transactions: Negotiating the Movement of Knowledge Across Borders
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Islamic Maps: From the Earth to the Moon and the Cosmos
Karen Pinto,
Associate Research Professor,
College of Innovation and Design,
Boise State University,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
An Ordinary Arab Ship, and Its Stories of Early Globalism
Geraldine Heng,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Perceval Professor in Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture,
Department of English,
University of Texas at Austin,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Transforming the Italian Landscape in the Middle Ages: Humans, Climate, and the Environment
Ned Schoolman,
Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
University of Nevada, Reno,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Jupiter
Candice Hansen-Koharcheck,
Senior Scientist,
Planetary Science Institute,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Contestation and Representation: Community, Conflict, and History in Los Angeles
Lizeth Ramirez,
Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures,
UCLA,
Dalena Sanderson-Hunter,
Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures,
UCLA,
Devin Fitzgerald,
Curator of Rare Books and History of Printing,
UCLA,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
The Airing of Grievances: Are the Humanities Bullshit?
Gabriel Rosenberg,
Assistant Professor in Women's Studies,
Duke University,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
How Green Was My Night Soil
David Howell,
Professor of Japanese History and Chair,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations,
Harvard University,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Does Privacy Still Matter? The Complexity of Data Privacy Regulations
Rona Yu,
Undergraduate Student (junior),
Computer Science,
Caltech,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Leonardo da Vinci: History of the Earth and the Fate of Man
Paolo Galluzzi,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Historian of Science, Director of the Galileo Museum, Florence, Italy,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Maps, Monsters, and Natural History in the Age of Exploration
Surekha Davies,
Cultural Historian and InterAmericas Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar Series
A Broken Promise? The Origin of Post-Cold War NATO Expansion
Mary Sarotte,
Research Associate in Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Associate in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
The Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence
Kate Crawford,
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Distinguished Research Professor at New York University, and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Towards a Global History of Biodiversity
Daniel Lewis,
Lecturer in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science & Technology, The Huntington Library,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Making the World Go 'Round: How Urbano Monte Created his Map of 1587
Chet Van Duzer,
Geography and Map Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
The Space Barons and the New Space Age
Christian Davenport,
Author, Staff Writer,
The Washington Post,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Science vs. Intuition: Why Scientific Ideas Elude the Human Mind
Andrew Shtulman,
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Psychology,
Occidental College,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Was the First Crusade Really That Violent?
Jay Rubenstein,
Professor of History,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Collective Violence in Rural Medieval Japan
Morten Oxenboell,
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures,
Indiana University Bloomington,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
"By far the most important event in my life": Charles Darwin's recollections of his voyage on HMS Beagle
Janet Browne,
Aramont Professor of the History of Science,
Harvard University,
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Francis Bacon Conference Lecture
Un Altro Presente: on the Historical Interpretation of Mathematical Texts
Niccolò Guicciardini,
Professor of History of Science and Mathematics, University of Bergamo; Francis Bacon Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Catherine Nall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Violence and Compassion in Late Medieval Writing
Catherine Nall,
Lecturer in Medieval Literature,
Royal Holloway, University of London,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
'Famous Farriers I have known:' Farriery Manuals and Vernacular Expertise in Renaissance Italy
Karl Appuhn,
Associate Professor of History and Italian,
New York University,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring the solar system: Who has done it, how, and why?
Peter Westwick,
Lecturer in History, Caltech; Research Professor of History, USC; Director, Aerospace History Project, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Hillary Mushkin & Cavan Concannon
Tracing Lines Across the Sea: Mapping the Mediterranean
Hillary Mushkin,
Research Professor of Art and Design in Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
Cavan Concannon,
Assistant Professor of Religion,
Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
USC,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Science, Technology, and Utopias: Women Artists and Cold War America
Christine Filippone,
Associate Professor,
Millersville University ,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Paul Hyams, Cornell University
House, Hand, and the Wolf's Head: Anglo-Saxon England and the Western Legal Tradition
Paul Hyams,
Professor Emeritus of History,
Cornell University,
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CANCELLED | William Bennet Munro History Seminar Series
This talk has been cancelled.
Wim Decock,
Research Professor of Legal History, Universities of Leuven and Liège; Associate Researcher, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History; Visiting Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Keith Pluymers, Caltech
Cow Trials and Murdered Rivers: Violent Landscapes and Resistance in the Early Modern World
Keith Pluymers,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities,
Caltech,
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Reputation Management in late Eighteenth-century England: Angelica Kauffman, the Women and the Men
Amanda Vickery,
Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History,
Caltech,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Brown Bag Seminar: Leah Klement, Caltech
England In and Out of Europe in Lydgate's "Troy Book" and "The Serpent of Division"
Leah Klement,
Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructor,
Caltech,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Rory Cox, Caltech
Towards a Global History of the Ethics of War
Rory Cox,
Visiting Associate in the Humanities, Caltech; Lecturer in Late Medieval History, University of St Andrews,
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CANCELLED | Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Brown Bag Seminar: Leah Klement, Caltech
This talk has been cancelled.
Leah Klement,
Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructor,
Caltech,
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Film Screening: "Containment," Intro and Q&A with the film's creators
Peter Galison,
Joseph Pellegrino University Professor,
Harvard University,
Robb Moss,
Chair, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies,
Harvard University,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Patricia Palmer, University College London
Off Campus
The Arts of War and the ‘Embedded' Poet: Incitement, Exultation and Elegy in Literary Responses to the Conquest of Ireland
Patricia Palmer,
Professor,
Department of English,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Susanna Throop, Ursinus College
"Not Cruelty but Piety?" The Difficulties of Assessing "Crusading Violence" and Why It Matters
Susanna Throop,
Associate Professor of History,
Ursinus College,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
What are the ‘Global Middle Ages,' and Why Do They Matter?
Geraldine Heng,
Perceval Fellow and Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and Women’s studies,
University of Texas, Austin,
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William Bennett Munro History Seminar
Did Edward Gibbon Meet Yelü Chucai?: Detecting Chinese Influence on European Historiography about the Mongol Empire
Matthew Mosca,
Assistant Professor of History,
University of Washington,
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