The aim of the History Colloquium is to encourage greater intellectual exchange within the UW community by discussing works-in-progress from faculty members and graduate students. History colloquiua are normally held three times a quarter at 3:30 PM on Mondays. Papers will be sent out one week in advance. To receive the paper and Zoom meeting link, please email alexc09@uw.edu.
Conveners: Adam Warren & Madison Heslop
2019-20 Schedule
Monday, May 4, 3:30 PM
"Love in the Time of Welfare"
Jordanna Bailkin, Professor of History, Jere L. Bacharach Endowed Professor in International Studies
Discussant: Alika Bourgette
Monday, May 18, 3:30 PM
"Butcher Blocks, Vegetable Stands, and Home-Cooked Food: Resisting Gender and Class Constructions in the Roman World"
Mira Green, Senior Lecturer of History
Discussant: Jeff Haines
Monday, June 1, 3:30 PM
"Green Devolution: Taiwanese Vegetable Science, Nutrition, and the Developing World, 1969-1989"
James Lin, Assistant Professor, Jackson School of International Studies; Adjunct Assistant Professor, History
Discussant: TBD
Past Colloquiua
Monday, Oct. 28, 3:30 PM
"Ass-loads of Rice: Taxes, Wages, Labor, and the Dilemmas of Ecological Sufficiency in Mughal Kashmir, 1586-c. 1700"
Purnima Dhavan, Associate Professor of History
Discussant: Madison Heslop
Monday, Nov. 18, 3:30 PM
"Cradle to Grave: Birth Registration and Trans Autobiography in Britain, 1945-1962"
Adrian Kane-Galbraith, Doctoral Candidate, History
Discussant: Ileana Rodriguez-Silva
Monday, Dec. 2, 3:30 PM
"Property Rights in Late Medieval Civil Law: From Roman Law Actions to Human Rights via the Garden of Eden"
Tyler Lange, Affiliate Assistant Professor, History
Discussant: Charity Urbanski
Monday, Feb. 10, 3:30 PM
"The Culture of Migration in Song China"
Patricia Ebrey, Professor of History
Discussant: Anand Yang
Monday, Feb. 24, 3:30 PM
"The Gift of Good Health: Chinese Ethnic Health Project on the Tibetan Frontiers, 1951-1953"
Xiaoshun Zeng, PhD Candidate, History
Discussant: Lynn Thomas