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News and Events

Special Events

Congratulations to the winner of the "Best Paper in the Humanities" award!
Jennifer Cohen for her paper entitled Male Ex-Slave Memories and their Self-Image

Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia

Faculty Colloquium with Nassau Community College
Friday, April 25, 2008
1:00 p.m.


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Past Events

Awards Dinner

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Orchid Restaurant
Award recipients

Students were inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the National Honors Society in History. Scholarships and awards were presented to juniors and seniors.

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35th Annual History Department Conference
March 19, 2008
Ruth S. Harley University Center
Adelphi University, Garden City Campus
Conference Web Site

In celebration of women’s history month and the work of historian Gerda Lerner, the Adelphi University Department of History will have “Women’s engagements in peace and social justice projects” as its theme. In addition to the department’s usual presentation of faculty member papers and engaged discussion, it will also elicit the participation of high school students and their teachers.

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Gerda Lerner visits Adelphi University

Monday October 1, 2007

High school faculty, students and the public are invited to Gerda Lerner’s presentation at Adelphi University’s University Center Ballroom.

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Jeremy Black visits Adelphi University
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Jeremy Black is one of Britain’s most distinguished historians. Black is the author of more than fifty books including: War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000 (Yale UP, 1998), and War: Past, Present, and Future (St. Martin’s, 2000). He has lectured widely at major universities in the United States and is a frequent lecturer at the United States Military Academy.

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History Department Awards Dinner
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Orchard Restaurant in Garden City
6:00 p.m.

View award winners

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Writing Fact, Writing Fiction: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Science Building, Room 215 North
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Historian: "But that's not how it happened!"
Novelist: "Oh yes it is-- in MY story, anyway!"

With:
Jennifer Fleischner, English Department chair and author of Nobody's Boy
Shelia Kohler, author of Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness
Barnet Schecter, author of The Devil's Own Work
Prof. Martha Cooley, English Department, panel moderator

Co-Sponsored by the Departments of English and History, and the Library
with the support of the Honors College

Panelists' books are on display in Swirbul Library.

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Panel Discussion: The Impact of the 2006 Election on Immigration Policy
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Blodgett Hall, Room 209
Adelphi University, Garden City Campus
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Prof. Margaret Gray
Political Science Department

Prof. Dennis Hidalgo
History Department

Moderated by Professor Martin Haas

Sponsored by the History Society, The History Department and The Political Science Department.

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Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia

34th Annual Adelphi History Conference
"Jamestown at 400"
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Ruth S. Harley University Center
Adelphi University, Garden City Campus
Conference Web Site


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Contact Us
For additional information, please contact:

Department of History
Blodgett Hall, Room 200
Adelphi University
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701

p - 516.877.4790

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