Upcoming Events

Join the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy for a timely conversation with leading investigative reporters and editors exploring the challenges of truth-telling in an era of censorship, intimidation, and rising authoritarianism.

UMass History Department Colloquium with Justin Jackson, “The Empire of Military Necessity: General Order 100, Atrocity, and the Law of Occupation’s Strange Career between the Civil and Philippine-American Wars.”

In her talk, "How to Read the United States on the Eve of 250," acclaimed journalist and radio host Farai Chideya will examine the perilous state of American democracy as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary.

In this lecture, Chris Sweeney, author of "The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne," will explore the history of this unusual and utterly consequential field of science and tell the story of the enigmatic woman who pioneered it. 

UMass History Department Colloquium with Elizabeth Jacob “Imagining Ivorian Independence: The Photographic Archive of Paul Kodjo.”

UMass History Department Colloquium with Heidi Scott, “Mining Maps and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Peru."

UMass History Department Colloquium with Caleb Smith, “From Strikes, Marches, and Pickets to Title VII Precedents: Revisiting 'Bloody' Bogalusa's Black Freedom Struggle, 1960-1970.”