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Provincializing Earth: The Making of a Planet since 1946
Thursday December 4, 5-6:15 PM, AB1079 Speaker: Alexander C.T. Geppert, New York University and NYU Shanghai Global history is currently attempting to reinvent itself under the supposedly new label ‘planetary history’ yet without paying much attention to the planet’s outerspatial environment. Divided into four segments – planetization, picturization, satellization, extraterrestrialization – this talk argues that […]
The Sublime Body in Pain: Ballet, the Nation and the Female Ideal in Contemporary China
Thursday November 27, 5:00-6:15pm, Lib 2115 Speaker: Professor Ziying Cui, Visiting Lecturer of Dance at DKU In 2015, Huawei shocked the world with a striking advertisement: a ballerina’s foot, one perfectly poised in a satin shoe, the other bruised and bleeding beneath its bandages. For Huawei’s founder, this tortured foot symbolized both “pain and happiness” […]
Student Report on Frederick Douglass and The Beginnings of Pan-Africanism
Reported by Renyuan (Carl) Zhang and Disty Mahmud, Archives and History Initiative On September 11th, 2025, 44 participants gathered for a faculty-led discussion where Professor Olsavsky presented a draft chapter from his forthcoming book. His manuscript explores themes of Pan-Africanism, African decolonization, and the reimagined legacy of Frederick Douglass. While Douglass is not traditionally placed […]
Event Report: Unnatural Rain: Legitimizing Weather Modification in the Cold War U.S.
Archives and History Initiative, by Disty Mahmud ‘26 and Yuruo Zhang ‘27 On April 30th, the Archives and History Initiative hosted Professor Joseph Giacomelli, who presented on his research paper, Unnatural Rain: Legitimizing Weather Modification in the Cold War U.S. The talk explored how weather modification, especially cloud seeding, was framed and justified during the […]
Event Recap: Navigating China’s Archives: A Hands-On Guide for Emerging Researchers
Reported by Disty Mahmud, the Class of 2026 & Yuruo Zhang, the Class of 2027. On March 19th, the Archives and History Initiative hosted a presentation featuring Professors Lei Lin, Qian Zhu, and Andrew Field. The event explored strategies for accessing and utilizing China’s archival materials, both physically and digitally, drawing from the professors’ research […]
History Through a Student’s Eyes: Research Assistant & Signature Work
Date and Location: Dec. 4, AB 1079 , 5 to 6pm. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 5-6pm, Haiyi Guo will share insights from his experience working as student researcher for Prof. Zach Fredman for his recently published book The Tormented Alliance and for Prof. Fredman’s new project on the “Rest and Recreation” program in Vietnam. […]
Book Proposal Workshop: Incendiary Cities: Fire, Technology, and the Origins of Modern Emergency Response in Germany and the U.s.,1800-1900
Date: November 7 (Thursday) Time: 12-1pm Location: IB 2025 On November 7, Professor Jan Hua-Henning invites faculty and students to join his book proposal workshop. We’ll discuss his book proposal for Incendiary Cities: Fire, Technology, and the Origins of Modern Emergency Response in Germany and the U.S., 1800-1900. Incendiary Cities explores how and why emergency […]
