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Events
This is the place to learn all about what's going on in the History Department at Fordham University. Check this page regularly for a listing of upcoming conferences, meetings, lectures and other social events, plus information about recent awards and new publications.
2011
April 14, 2011
The New York 18th-Century Seminar at Fordham University presents: "Britain and the Writing of Constitutions, 1776-1820" by Linda Colley, Shelby M.C. David 1958 Professor of History, Princeton University. President's Dining Room (12th floor,) Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus. Drinks at 6 pm; talk at 7; dinner at 8. There is a $30 charge for dinner. Seating limited to 22 people. RSVP to anclark@fordham.edu.
The NY 18th-Century Seminar presents: The Disorder of Things: Description, Enlightenment, and the Problem of FormJoanna Stalnaker (Columbia University) Thursday, December 9, 6 pm. Plaza View Room, (12th Floor) Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus. Limited space, please RSVP to anclark@fordham.edu.
October 8
The New York 18th-Century Seminar at Fordham University and the Columbia University Seminar on Early Modern France invite you to participate in a round table discussion: “The Author Question in Eighteenth-Century Studies: Literature and History in Dialogue.” Participants include Antoine Lilti, History, École normale supérieure; Dinah Ribard, Literature, École des hautes études en sciences sociales; Carol Rovane, Philosophy, Columbia University; Richard B. Sher, History, New Jersey Institute of Technology & Rutgers University, Newark; Dorothea Von Mücke, German Studies, Columbia University. Talks and discussion will be in English. The discussion will be accompanied by a buffet dinner. Maison française, Columbia University (Buell Hall, 2nd Floor), 5:30pm-8pm. RSVP to Carly DeFilippo: cad2158@columbia.edu.
October 7
The New York 18th-Century Seminar at Fordham University presents "Richardson's Counterfactuals," by Jenny Davidson, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. President's Dining Room (12th floor) Fordham University , Lincoln Center Campus. Drinks at 6 pm; talk at 7; dinner at 8. RSVP to anclark@fordham.edu. There is a $30 charge for dinner. Seating limited to 22 people.
October 6
Fordham University is pleased to announce the appointment of Saul Cornell, Ph.D., as the inaugural holder of The Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History. Dr. Cornell will present “The Perils of Popular Constitutionalism: Riding the D Train with James Madison” Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 5:30 p.m., Rose Hill Campus, Tognino Hall, Duane Library. Audio Link
September 22
The St. Robert Southwell, S.J., Lecture Series presents "Singing the Reformation" by Dr. Jane Dawson, John Laing Professor of Reformation History, University of Edinburgh. Lincoln Center Campus, Lowenstein Center, 12th Floor Lounge, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact wabuda@fordham.edu.
September 16
Fordham Supreme Court Preview. In honor of Constitution Day, join Dr. Saul Cornell (Fordham, History), Robert VerBruggen (National Review), Jason Mazzone (Brooklyn Law School), and Dr. Robert J. Hume (Fordham, Political Science), as they discuss the big cases of the last Supreme Court term and offer a preview of the coming term. 4 :00 p.m., Rose Hill Campus, Tognino Hall, Duane Library.
May 19
The New York 18th-Century Seminar invites you to a roundtable discussion: Current and Future Directions of 18th-Century Studies. Special guests: Jenny Davidson (Columbia), Madeline Dobie (Columbia), Jeffrey Freedman (Yeshiva), Chris Iannini (Rutgers), Lucien Nouis (NYU), Joanna Stalnaker (Columbia). Lincoln Center Campus, Presidential Dining Room (12 Floor), Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6pm - 8:30pm.
March 4
The St Robert Southwell, S.J., Lecture Series presents "The Redecking of the Altars: Ceremonalist Style and Parish Conflict in the Court of Charles I," by Dr David Cressy, Humanities Distinguished Professor of History, The Ohio State University. Flom Auditorium, Walsh Libray, Rose Hill Campus, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact wabuda@fordham.edu.
2009
December 1
Rev. R. Bentley Anderson, S.J. will present his Loyola Chair lecture in the Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library, Rose hill campus, "Race and Religion in the Trans-Atlantic World (I): Catholics and Apartheid in post-World War II South Africa." The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. and is followed by a reception. Rev. R. Bentley Anderson, S.J., an associate professor of History, Saint Louis University,St. Louis, Missouri, is the Loyola Chair at Fordham University for the 2009-2010 academic year.
November 16
Rev. Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. will present his Loyola Chair lecture in the Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library, Rose hill campus, ‘Rendering to Caesar, Redefining the Political Sphere in Elizabethan England." The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. and is followed by a reception. Rev. Thomas M. McCoog, S.J., divides his time between the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome and London where he is archivist of the British Province of the Society of Jesus; he is the Loyola Chair at Fordham University for fall 2009.
November 11
Fordham University, The Campion Institute, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and The Department of History present a special lecture to mark the 500th Anniversary of the accession of Henry VIII. "Prince to Tyrant: what Changed Henry VIII." 6:00 p.m., Rose Hill Campus, Tognino Hall, Duane Library.
November 5
"The 2009 Election and New York's Future, Present, and Past:" A Panel Discussion with Bruce Berg (Fordham University), Andrea Bernstein (WNYC), Peter Kwong (Hunter College) and Clarence Taylor (Baruch College). 2:30 p.m., Rose Hill Campus, Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library. Sponsored by the Fordham University History Department, Service Learning Program, Urban Studies, the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy, Mid-Atlantic chapter of the American Association of Political Consultants.
November 4
Rev. R. Bentley Anderson, S.J. will present his Loyola Chair lecture in the South Lounge, Lincoln Center campus, "Race and Religion in the Trans-Atlantic World (I): Catholics and Apartheid in post-World War II South Africa." The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. and is followed by a reception. Rev. R. Bentley Anderson, S.J., an associate professor of History, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, is the Loyola Chair at Fordham University for the 2009-2010 academic year.
October 20
Dr. Joyce Goodfriend, Professor of History, University of Denver. "Practicing Toleration in New Netherland". 2:30 p.m., McGinley Music Room.
October 15
Rev. Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. will present his Loyola Chair lecture in the 12th Floor Lounge, Lincoln Center campus, "Shakespeare and the Jesuits, Revisiting the Historical Sources." The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. and is followed by a reception. Rev. Thomas M. McCoog, S.J., divides his time between the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome and London where he is archivist of the British Province of the Society of Jesus; he is the Loyola Chair at Fordham University for fall 2009.
September 17
The Department of History together with Phi Alpha Theta and the Fordham College Rose Hill dean’s office present a symposium in honor of Constitution Day: “Why is there a Constitutional right to a gun but not health care? What about abortion? Gay Marriage?" Drs. Elaine Crane and Saul Cornell of the History Department will participate along with Nicholas Johnson of the Law School. Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library. Thursday, September 17, 2009, 4:30-6:30.
April 23rd
The Urban Studies program and Department of History present a lecture," The Black Death, the Little Ice Age, and Climate Change Today " by Prof. Stephen Stoll (Dept. of History), at the Lincoln Center Campus, Room 816, 1:00-2:00 p.m. Prof. Stoll is the author of The Great Delusion: a Mad Inventor, Death in the Tropics, and the Utopian Origins of Economic Growth (2008), U.S. Environmentalism Since 1945 (2007), and Larding the Lean Earth: Soil and Society in Nineteenth CenturyAmerica (2003)
March 12th
The Robert Southwell, S.J., Lecture Series presents "The Dilemmas of Religious Liberty in the English Revolution," by Prof. John Morrill of Cambridge University. Location: 12th Floor Lounge, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact wabuda@fordham.edu.
February 23rd
Loyola chair Lecture, "From Confidence to Confusion: The Catholic Church in America since 1960" by Rev. Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J., Loyola Chair and William R. Kenan Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, 4 p.m., Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library.
Spring 2009
The, Medieval Studies Lecture Series
2008
October 1st
St Robert Southwell, S.J., Lecture Series presents "Michelangelo and the English Martyrs," by Dr Anne Dillon, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter. 12th Floor Lounge, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact wabuda@fordham.edu.
September 25-27
4th Annual Conference TGK Berlin-New York, Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus. “ In Search of the Postfordist City: Concepts and the Meaning of Urban Space and Society ". Conference program and directions to the campus at: www.fordham.edu/urbanstudies
September 23
Loyola chair Lecture, "APresident and Three Cardinals: U.S.-Vatican Rapport 1932-1940" by Rev. Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J.,Loyola Chair an William R. Kenan Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, 4 p.m. Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center.
Fall 2008
The Medieval Studies Lecture Series, For more information, contact medievals@fordham.eduSt. Robert Southwell, S.J. Lecture Series, Monday, April 14, 2008, 4 p.m. Susan C. Karant-nunn, Ph D. Director, Late Medival and Reformation Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson Flom Auditorium, Walsh Libray
April 2008
The St. Robert Southwell, S.J. Lecture Series, Monday, April 14, 2008, 4 p.m. Susan C. Karant-nunn, Ph D. Director, Late Medival and Reformation Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson Flom Auditorium, Walsh Libray2007
The Medieval Studies Lecture Series
October
The St. Robert Southwell, S.J. Lecture Series, Monday, October 22, 2007, 4 p.m. "Mary Queenof Scots: Sinner and Saint," a lecture by Patrick Collison, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Canbridge
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Libray
June 14th-16th
Orthodox Readings of Augustine -First Annual Conference of the orthodox in America Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Center for medieval Studies.
April 26th
Susan Martin speaks on "U.S. Immigration: Challenges for the 21st Century Immigration", her work The Infinite Noise of Longing, and the experience of writing a Latino diasporic memoir. The Cassamarca Lecture Series.
March 31st - April 1st
The French of England: Multilingualism in Practice, c. 1100-c. 1500 -26th Annual conference of the Center fro Medieval Studies.
March 29th
Mae Ngai discusses the “Origins of the Illegal Immigration Crisis†The Cassamarca Lecture Series.
March 1st
Douglas Gurak & Mary Kritz will speak on “ Endless Journeys: The Dispersion of Foreign-Born Migrants to New Destinations†The Cassamarca Lecture Series.
2006
December 5th
Luisita López Torregosa will discuss her work The Infinite Noise of Longing and the experience of writing a Latino diasporic memoir.
November 16th
Reginald Cardinal Pole Lectures: Thomas F. Mayer will speak on: "Cardinal Pole's Itinerary: England, Venice, Viterbo, Rome, Points in Between and Back Again"
November 14th
Famed Cuban author Edmundo Desnoes will speak on: "My Twenty Years with the Cuban Revolution: Literature, Film and Politics."
November 1st
Reginald Cardinal Pole Lectures: Thomas S. Freeman will speak on:" Mary Tudor, Cardinal Pole and the Prosecution of Hersey"
October 2006
Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series
September 15th
Antonio Saborit spoke on "Marius de Zayas and Modern Art in New York City."
September 14th
"Mexico's 2006 Presidential Race: The Election, the Aftermath and the Political Implications"
July 27th-31st
The 15th International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, - the 26th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies.
Medieval Studies Spring Lecture Series
2005
Medieval Studies Fall Lecture Series
Medieval Studies Spring Lecture Series
March 12th-13th
Medieval Domesticity: Home, Housing and Household, - 25th Annual Conference of the center for medieval Studies.
2004
March 27th
24th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studiesat the Lincoln Center Campus - The Discourse of Law and Justice in Medieval Europe
2003
July 2003
Congratulations to History major Jeremiah Schwarz (class of 2003) who took to the "Hot Seat" with MSNBC's Chris Matthews on the latest Hardball College Tour. He answered 13 out of 19 questions correctly, placing him among the ranks of the top ten finalists now eligible to participate in the Final Challenge. The Grand Prize winner will receive a $10,000 grant, and the winner's school will receive a $5,000 grant.
Wednesday, September 17th, 3:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
Spiritual Direction in the Early Church
George Demacopoulos, Theology, Fordham University
Walsh Library, Flom Auditorium ... Reception to follow.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
The Essentialist Nominalism of John Buridan
Gyula Klima, Philosophy, Fordham University
Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center ... Reception to follow.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy
Wednesday, October 8th, 6:30pm
University Faculty Seminar on Psychoanalysis with Professor Peter Gay
Lincoln Center Campus, Lowenstein Building, Room 821
All members of the history department are invited to attend this seminar. Please RSVP to Eva Badowska at badowska@fordham.edu so that space may be reserved for you. All participants are expected to read Peter Gay's draft from his forthcoming interpretive book on modernism. The readings are posted on electronic reserve, as well as Peter Gay's draft of the introduction plus the first two chapters of his book. To access Peter Gay's material you need to go to E-Res, select Badowska as the instructor, and then click on the psychoanalytic seminar.
Friday, October 10th, 3:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
Spices and Medieval Ideas of Scarcity
Paul Freedman, History and Medieval Studies, Yale University
Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center ... Reception to follow.
Friday, October 17th, 2:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
God and Nature in the Philosophy of Johannes Scottus Eriugena
Dermot Moran, Philosophy, University College, Dublin
Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center ... Reception to follow.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy
Tuesday, October 28th, 3:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
Fixing France: A Humanist's Advice on Restoring Order During the French Civil War
Christopher Bellito, Medieval Fellow, Fordham University
Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center ... Reception to follow.
Wednesday, October 29th, 6:00pm
"Shame Now": Lecture and Seminar with Professor Ruth Lays
Lincoln Center Campus, Lowenstein Building, the President's Dining Room, 12th floor
All members of the history department are invited to attend this lecture and seminar by Professor Ruth Leys of the Humanities Center at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Leys is the author of Trauma: A Genealogy (University of Chicago Press, 2000) and many articles on the history of trauma studies. Participants are asked to have a look at selections from Trauma (Introduction, Chapters 1, 3, 7, 8, and Conclusion) prior to the seminar, if possible. Please RSVP to Eva Badowska at badowska@fordham.edu by October 24th. This event is sponsored by the Faculty Seminar in Psychoanalytic Studies and the Literary Studies Program.
Tuesday, November 11th, 3:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
Understanding the Population History of England, 1450-1750
John Hatcher, History, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center ... Reception to follow.
Co-sponsored with the Department of History
Friday, December 5th, 2:30pm
Medieval Studies Lecture Series
Saturn in Medieval Granada: Jews, Muslims and Melancholia in King Abd Allah's Memoirs
Javier Jimenez-Belmonte, Modern Languages and Literature, Fordham University
Reception to follow.
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