The History Department collaborates closely with the Chabraja Center for Historical Study also located in Harris Hall. CCHS sponsors vibrant collective discussions about historical scholarship, practice, and pedagogy. These include a lunch-time lecture series by eminent visiting historians; research workshops where faculty and graduate students discuss one another's work; fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral students; and a Leopold research fellowship for undergraduates. For more information turn to the Chabraja Center's site.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Jared FARMER (University of Pennsylvania), author of Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees (2022)—Thursday, October 9—LUNCH LECTURE on "Historians,...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Chabraja Center for Historical Studies (CCHS) in collaboration with the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University (HEFNU) Erin McGLOTHLIN (Washington U...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"Representing the Operation Reinhard Killing Centers in Contemporary Holocaust Fiction" Annual HEFNU/CCHS Lecture in Holocaust Studies featuring Erin McGlothlin (Washington...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Cakes and Classes is a delicious opportunity to network with History professors, learn about the incoming quarter courses, get your...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Undergrads! Have lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty at 12:30PM - 1:30PM on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
History Grads! Join your fellow grads and faculty for lunch on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 in Harris Hall, Room 108.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Madeline HSU (U of Maryland), author of The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority (2015)—Thursday, November...
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Joint CCHS/CAAH Distinguished Lecture on Black History Ula Yvette TAYLOR (Berkeley), author of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sunil AMRITH (Yale), author of The Burning Earth: A History (2024)—Thursday, April 9—LUNCH LECTURE This lecture is part of the annual...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Erika PANI (College of Mexico), author of Torn Asunder: Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico,...
All day
First day of faculty CONFERENCE convened by Professors Scott SOWERBY, Jonathan BRACK, and Rajeev KINRA on “Religious Pluralism and Rulership...
All day
Second day of faculty CONFERENCE convened by Professors Scott SOWERBY, Jonathan BRACK, and Rajeev KINRA on “Religious Pluralism and Rulership...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Gray Boyce Memorial Lecture in Medieval History (CCHS/History) Hannah BARKER (Arizona State University), author of the 2019 book That Most Precious...
