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Monday, February 5 from 4:00-7:00. Newman Conference Center Room 750.

Dr. TJ Desch-Obi will discuss his collection of books from Colombian masters in the Afro-Colombian martial art of Grima, some of which date back to the time of slavery in that country. 

The Endangered Archive Program at the British Library is now home to these books, and the program will feature a video with a representative of the EA Program, as well as the Baruch Library’s Dr. Jessica Wagner-Webster, who will give some context about archives in general. This event is open to the entire Baruch community as well as the general public. Members of the American Trust for the British Library are especially welcome.

The History Department has just released its Fall 2023 course catalog. Want to travel across the globe or back in time? You can do it all in this department!

Ever wonder who writes the Museum of the City of New York’s “On This Day” history facts for the city’s network of LinkNYC kiosks? One of the people responsible is the History Department’s very own Prof. Katie Uva. Look for her contributions around town–and right around the college, as this picture shows!

In this video, Dr. Alex Manevitz talks about how he became interested in history, the fields in which he works, and his research on Seneca Village, the African American settlement that New York City removed to build Central Park. He also makes a very compelling argument for why students should study history. Dr. Manevitz joined the department in 2022.

On October 25, Professor Asaad Zaky (Sadat City University), a Fall 2022 visiting researcher at Baruch, gave a talk titled “The Diplomacy of Antiquities: Evidence from Tutankhamun Exhibition 1972 in London.”

Congratulations to Briana Jackson, an instructor in the History Department. She has just accepted a two-year fellowship with the American Research Center in Cairo.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has plunged Europe into interstate war for the first time since World War II and threatens massive economic, political, and military fallout. Are you confused about the historical origins and proximate causes of the conflict? Do you worry about the humanitarian and social ramifications of the conflict? Are you perplexed about the motives of the Russian and Ukrainian governments, the role played by the United States, NATO, and the European Union in the conflict, or the ramifications for the global political and economic order?

If so, then please join Professors Jed Abrahamian, Thomas Heinrich, and Andrew Sloin of the History Department for a teach-in on the Ukrainian Crisis. We will offer some analysis of the historical and contemporary origins of the war and guide an open conversation with all interested members of the Baruch Community.

What: Ukraine Crisis Teach-In
When: Thursday, March 3, 2022, 12:30-2:00 PM
Where: Baruch College, Vertical Campus, 3-150

On Thursday, March 4, History Department graduate Leonidas Georgiou spoke about his new book, Conversations with F.D.R. at His Ahepa Initiation. Based on original research at the Franklin Roosevelt Library and in Greek archives, the book offers an interesting look at how transnational Greek civic organizations influenced US policy.

Is fashion an art or a business? Are the aspirations of the artist different to those of the designer? On January 14 (7 AM EST; 7 PM in Vietnam), Professor Martina Thucnhi Nguyen will join anthropologist Ann Marie Leshkowich and Dolla S. Merrillees, curator of the Ho Chi Minh City Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, to address these questions through case studies of well known Vietnamese designers past and present, and in the context of the scale and rise in popularity of fashion exhibition in galleries and museums in recent years.

This discussion will explore how aesthetic and market considerations inform ideas of innovation and heritage; concepts of the designer as both artist and gatekeeper of cultural and gender identities; including the complexity of an ‘essential’ or an ‘original’ artistic vision within Vietnamese design.

Click here for more details, including how to register.

The History Department at Baruch College is pleased to host an online live presentation by Professor Thomas Heinrich entitled “Workshop of American Seapower: Naval Shipbuilding in World War II” on Thursday, November 19, from 12.45 to 2.00 PM. The talk is open to Baruch students, faculty, alumni, and the general public.

Heinrich investigates the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry, which produced a colossal fleet that was instrumental in defeating in the Axis powers during World War II. Comprised of an elite of warship builders who had supplied the U.S. Navy for decades, the industry employed highly experienced managers, workers, and engineers to construct battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and other naval combatants. Heinrich demonstrates that these complex weapons platforms were usually batch- and custom-built, in contrast to the famous Liberty cargo ships, which were constructed in large series based on mass-production technology, raising interpretive questions about the dynamics of American industrial mobilization.

The talk, which will include photographs, charts, and maps, is based on Heinrich’s new book Warship Builders: An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Shipbuilding, 1922-1945, published by the U.S. Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, MD. The presentation will be followed by online questions and answers.

For Zoom sign-in information, please contact [email protected] by November 18, 2020.