ANNUAL EVENT SERIES: LABOR IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Fall 2024 Labor, Democracy, and Special Events

Titles link to registration for upcoming events

Wednesday, September 11, 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: The Death of Expertise and the 2024 U.S. Elections with Tom Nichols (Topper Theatre, Mullen Center for Performing Arts, Villanova University)

Featuring

• Tom Nichols, PhD., staff writer at The Atlantic; professor emeritus at the Naval War College
  
• Co-sponsored by the History Department, Political Science Department, Russian Area Studies, and Office of the Moulden Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  

Tuesday, September 24, 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: American Democracy on the Eve of November's Election

Featuring

• Kira Sanbonmatsu, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University
• Michael Kazin, PhD, Professor of History at Georgetown University
• Kevin Mattson, PhD, Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University
  
• Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University

Tuesday, October 1, 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: Labor and the Carceral State in Historical Perspective

Featuring

• Elizabeth Swanson, PhD, Mandell Endowed Professor in Literature and Human Rights at Babson College
  
• Jermaine Thibodeaux, PhD, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma
  
• Robert Chase, PhD, Associate Professor of History at Stony Brook University
  
• Moderated by Anna Duensing, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at Villanova University
  

Tuesday, October 22, 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: Music and Protest in Historical Perspective

Featuring

• Claudrena Harold, PhD, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia
  
• Steve Garabedian, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Intern Coordinator for History/Public History/American Studies, and Director for the Social Justice Minor at Marist University
  
• Michael Kramer, PhD, Associate Profess of History and Director of Museum Studies and the Public History Minor  at SUNY Brockport
  
• Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University
  

Wednesday, November 13, 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: Labor and Immigration History

Featuring

• Cindy Hahamovitch, PhD, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia Athens; President of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and Co-organizer of the Athens Film Project
  
• Paul Ortiz, PhD, Professor of Labor History at Cornell University
  
• Mireya Loza, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of History and the American Studies Program at Georgetown University
• Moderated by Daniel Cortes, JD, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Clinic for Aslyum, Refugee, and Emigrant Services (CARES) at Charles Widger School of Law, Villanova University
  

Wednesday, November 20, 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: The 100th Anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act in Historical Perspective

Featuring

• Holly Guise, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico
  
• Tsianina Lomawaima, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
  
• Kiara Vigil, PhD, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Dean of New Students, and Chair of Education, Amherst College
  
• Moderated by Paul C. Rosier, PhD, Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University