EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
Integral to the Lepage Center's mission, the Lepage Center hosts a variety of events and workshops that explore timely topics through a historical lens.
ANNUAL EVENT SERIES
The Lepage Center presents an annual series of events tied to a timely theme of public interest. These virtual and in-person events bring together diverse voices in the humanities and social sciences to put contemporary issues in historical perspective.
2024 – 2025 Series: Labor in Historical Perspective, and Democracy and Its Discontents
This year, the Lepage Center will have two main focuses: "Labor in Historical Perspective" will animate many of our discussions as well as our grant, but we will have an alternating series on "Democracy and Its Discontents" focusing on how representative government in the U.S. and across the world has changed over time.
The Labor in Historical Perspective series of panels and talks will examine several historical topics, including the migrant labor, labor and the carceral state, and labor organizing. The series on Democracy and Its Discontents has special relevance with elections, populist movements, and protests in the U.S. and across the world.
ONGOING EVENTS
The Lepage Center hosts a variety of other lectures, workshops discussions and more for the Villanova community and beyond. Some of those ongoing events include:
Lunch@Lepage: At least once per month, the Lepage Center invites a guest speaker to share a presentation and engage in discussion over the lunch hour (may be in-person or virtual).
Public Interest Lectures: In addition to the themed lecture series, the Lepage Center hosts an assortment of lectures that address topics in the news—sometimes organized in the days immediately following a influential event.
Digital History Series: The Lepage Center partners with the Falvey Library to host a workshop series that explores how history and digital scholarship tools and resources intersect.
The Lepage Center records these events and offers a repository of resources discussed during the event.
2024-2025 CO-SPONSORED EVENTS
Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (Philadelphia, October 8-10, 2024)
Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association (Johnstown, October 10-12, 2024)
Fireside Chat and Book Signing
Judy Giesberg, PhD, Robert M. Birmingham Endowed Chair in Humanities and professor of History at Villanova University, will give a book talk on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m. at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 419 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147. Dr. Giesberg’s new book, “Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families,” will publish in February. Contact: motherbethelnews@gmail.com