Witch Hunting and Skepticism

Iowa State History Professor Michael Bailey will speak tomorrow in GRMN:2600, “Witch Hunts in Fact and Fiction” course. The presentation is open to the public.

“Witch Hunts and Skepticism in the New World: Salem and Beyond”

Tuesday, April 30, 2:15-3:15 p.m., PH 213

Tracing Chains event May 3

Tracing Chains: Exploring the Global History of Human Trafficking

Join us to delve into the dark realities of human exploitation across the globe. From the underworld of sex trafficking to the forgotten use of indentured servitude in Guyana, and the relentless pursuit of profit through forced labor in cobalt mining, we aim to shed light on the historical injustices that continue to haunt our world today. Together, let us confront the past to forge a better future for all.

Friday, May 3, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. 177SH Or on Zoom Meeting ID:  365 784 4334

Gurus, Prophets, and the Problem of Charisma

Molly Worthen, Associate Professor of History at UNC Chapel Hill. author of Apostles of Reason and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times will speak on "Gurus, Prophets, and the Problem of Charisma in American Politics," Friday evening. For more information, visit the Geneva Lecture Series.

Paid Digital Oral History Archivist Internship

The six-month, part-time, remote, Digital Oral History Archivist (DOHA) internship will introduce aspiring undergrad college students to contemporary techniques in digital archiving and collections care via hands-on experiences and lectures from subject-matter experts. Interns will have the opportunity to organize, describe and preserve born-digital oral history interviews as they arrive in the digital archive.

The internship is designed for students exploring a future career in digital archiving, digital heritage preservation, or the library and information sciences fields in general. Students interested in gaining a deeper insight into South Asian histories will find additional benefits in this internship.

Students will attend a series of lectures delivered by experts in the field and gain hands-on experience in cloud-based cataloging, handling, and preservation of born-digital oral history collections. Students emerging from the program will have a solid practical basis from which to explore more advanced topics within the library and information science fields.

This part-time internship can be accomplished both in-person at our Berkeley office or remotely. It will unfold alongside the students’ regular schoolwork.

Find more information here.

Graduation gift from us! ��

The Department of History has gifts for all graduates!

If you are graduating this spring or summer and have not picked up your present, please stop by SH280 during normal office hours (M-F, 8-5) and pick one up! We would love to see you and congratulate you in person. One of these is waiting for you! ⇓ You can fill it with coffee or use it to keep your bottle of root beer cold. 😊