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History Department Fall Gathering

5:00pm Annual gathering of History faculty, major and minors.

47th Annual Throckmorton Lecture- Dr. Carlos M.N. Eire

3:30pm
Dr. Carlos M. N. Eire will give a lecture titled “Flying Friars, Hovering Witches: On the History of the Impossible in Early Modern Europe” for Lewis & Clark College’s annual Throckmorton lecture in history. This event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Monday, February 22, at 3:30 PM in the Council Chamber of Templeton Student Center.

History Department Senior Reception

12:00pm - 2:00pm Senior reception for History majors, family and friends

48th Annual Thorckmorton Lecture

3:30pm Professor Stephen Dow Beckham will be the 48th Annual Throckmorton lecturer.

History Seminar Poster Session

3:00pm The Department of History invites you to attend the presentations by students enrolled in the HIST 450 Seminar. Students have created posters that highlight their seminar topic and will be sharing their research with attendees.

Going to the Mountaintop: King & the Civil Rights Movement

10:00am Interactive, multi-media, and self-guided Walking Exhibit in Templeton Campus Center. Part of our annual observance and celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture featuring William T. Coleman, Jr.

12:00pm 2011 MLK Lecture Series featuring William T. Coleman, Jr.
January 18, 2011
Legal Research Center, Lewis & Clark Law School

Michele Norris: The Grace of Silence

4:00pm As part the week’s observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the commencement of our Black History Month celebration, the Office of Multicultural Affairs invites you to hear Michele Norris, Host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” and author of the new memoir The Grace of Silence on January 21 at 4 p.m. in Council Chamber.

Civil Liberties and Policies in the War On Terror from Portland To Guantanamo and Beyond

7:00pm Steve Wax is a federal public defender in Portland, Oregon. He is also the author of the book “Kafka Comes to America” in which he shares his first-hand account of fighting for defendants’ rights in the war on terror. He has an incredible story to tell and we are pleased to have him on campus this February. Given the recent Portland Christmas bombing plot, this talk is very relevant to our area and issues faced by our country.

This event is brought to you by the Lewis & Clark Undergraduate ACLU Student Group and is co-sponsored by STAND, The Progressive Coalition, Amnesty International of Lewis & Clark, and SEED.

Heidi Durrow Reading: “The Girl Who Fell From The Sky”

6:00pm Author of “The Girl Who Fell From the Sky” comes to Lewis & Clark

Mexico’s Revolution Then and Now

3:30pm - 5:00pm Talk by Mexican historian J. Cockroft
US-Mexico Relations: Failed States, New Wars, Resistance

History Seminar poster session

3:30pm Students in HIST 450 with Professor Susan Glosser will be presenting their research. Come by and talk with the students and have have some refreshments.

History Alumni Reunion and Stephen Beckham Celebration

3:00pm Alumni who majored or minored in history are invited to come home to Palatine Hill for this special weekend. Reconnect with old friends, make new ones, meet and mentor current history students, and honor Stephen Dow Beckham’s years of service to Lewis & Clark at a special dinner.

Fuji at War: Turning Parasitic Militaries into Symbiotic Partners

4:00pm Come hear Professor Andrew Bernstein discuss his research. In this talk, He will explain how the militarization of Fuji took shape in the years leading up to World War II and in the Cold War that immediately followed
Sustaining Cultural Lifeways: Sovereignty, Identity, and development in the Native Community

4:30pm - 5:30pm Join the Office of Multicultural Affairs at this panel discussion as part of Native American Heritage Month. Panelists will discuss issues surrounding cultural sovereignty and tribal identity, economic and community development, and the role of social media and the digital age.

Film Screening: The Doe Boy

7:00pm In conjunction with Native American and Alaskan Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs is screening the award-winning film THE DOE BOY, a coming-of-age story of a young Cherokee boy with mixed heritage who suffers from hemophilia. The film examines issues of mixed-race politics, cultural preservation, and self-identity. THE DOE BOY was the first feature film from writer and director Randy Redroad, and was based on his own experiences growing up in a Native American family; the film was shown in competition at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival where Redroad won the Filmmaker’s Award.

Co-Sponsored by Dr. Maureen Reed’s Exploration and Discovery class.

History Poster Session

5:00pm - 6:00pm Lewis & Clark History seniors will present posters that highlight their history thesis topics, Wednesday, December 7, from 5 to 6 pm in the Watzek Atrium. Swing by sometime Wednesday afternoon to see the products of their research, nibble on snacks, and sip a cup of coffee.

The 49th Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecture

3:30pm The Department of History is pleased to welcome Mary Elizabeth Berry, chair of the Department of History and a Dean’s Professor of East Asian History at the University of California, Berkeley as the 2012 Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial guest lecturer. The title of Dr. Berry’s talk is “Catechisms of Consumption for the Material Girl in Early Modern Japan.”