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Odyssey Speaker Series Presents Dr. George Forgie
The American Civil War--How Else Might It Have Ended?

Dr. George Forgie
Associate Professor, Department of History, UT-Austin
October 6, 2008
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Garrison Hall, Room 0.102This lecture series draws upon the concept of borders--political, philosophical, cultural, social--to provide Odyssey participants with a fascinating look at some of history's most compelling stories.

Organized through the Institute for Historical Studies, this series features dynamic professors from the Department of History

Odyssey History Lecture Series Info and RegistrationOffsite Link
Odyssey Personal Enrichment Courses, Institute for Historical Studies, and the Department of History
Institute for Historical Studies Workshop Series Presents Dr. Gary Wilder
Decolonization without National Independence: Léopold Senghor's Utopian Vision of Postwar France

Dr. Gary Wilder
Associate Professor, Department of History, Pomona College
October 13, 2008
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Garrison Hall, 4th FloorResponder: Dr. Ben Brower, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Texas A and M University

All are welcomed. If attending, please rsvp to Courtney Meador for lunch and a copy of the pre-circulated paper by 9:00a.m., Friday, October 10, 2008.
Institute for Historical Studies, Department of History, Center for European Studies
Odyssey Speaker Series Presents Dr. Howard Miller
The Race Goes On: Ben-Hur, Popular Religion and American Culture Since 1880

Dr. Howard Miller
Associate Professor, Department of History, UT-Austin
October 13, 2008
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Garrison Hall, Room 0.102This lecture series draws upon the concept of borders--political, philosophical, cultural, social--to provide Odyssey participants with a fascinating look at some of history's most compelling stories.

Organized through the Institute for Historical Studies, this series features dynamic professors from the Department of History

Odyssey History Lecture Series Info and RegistrationOffsite Link
Odyssey Personal Enrichment Courses, Institute for Historical Studies, and the Department of History
Institute for Historical Studies Workshop Series Presents Dr. James Sweet and Dr. Marjoleine Kars
Soliders and Slaves: African-Americans in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic

Dr. James Sweet and Dr. Marjoleine Kars
Respectively: IHS Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Associate Professor, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
October 20, 2008
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Garrison Hall, 4th FloorDr. James Sweet will present, "Domingos Álvares and the Politics of Public Healing in the Atlantic World."

Dr. Marjoleine Kars will present, "Frontiers of Identity: Mutiny and Rebellion in Dutch Berbice, 1763-1764."

All are welcomed. If attending, please rsvp to Courtney Meador for lunch and a copy of the pre-circulated paper by 9:00a.m., Friday, October 17, 2008.
Institute for Historical Studies, Department of History
Odyssey Speaker Series Presents Dr. Laurie B. Green
''I Am a Man!'': Race, Memory, and the Black Freedom Movement in the Urban South

Dr. Laurie B. Green
Associate Professor, Department of History, UT-Austin
October 20, 2008
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Garrison Hall, Room 0.102This lecture series draws upon the concept of borders--political, philosophical, cultural, social--to provide Odyssey participants with a fascinating look at some of history's most compelling stories.

Organized through the Institute for Historical Studies, this series features dynamic professors from the Department of History

Odyssey History Lecture Series Info and RegistrationOffsite Link
Odyssey Personal Enrichment Courses, Institute for Historical Studies, and the Department of History
Institute for Historical Studies Workshop Series Presents Dr. Ebru Turan
The Sultan's Favorite: Ibrahim Pasha (1523-1536) and the Making of Ottoman Universal Sovereignty in the Renaissance

Dr. Ebru Turan
Research Fellow, Institute for Historical Studies, and Assistant Professor, Department of History, Fordham University
October 27, 2008
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Garrison Hall, 4th FloorResponder: Dr. Brian P Levack, Professor and John E. Green Regents Professorship in History Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of History, UT-Austin

All are welcomed. If attending, please rsvp to Courtney Meador for lunch and a copy of the pre-circulated paper by 9:00a.m., Friday, October 24, 2008.
Institute for Historical Studies, Department of History
Odyssey Speaker Series Presents Dr. David F. Crew
Visualizing Genocide: The Holocaust in Photographs Since 1945

Dr. David. F Crew
Professor, Department of History, UT-Austin
October 27, 2008
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Garrison Hall, Room 0.102This lecture series draws upon the concept of borders--political, philosophical, cultural, social--to provide Odyssey participants with a fascinating look at some of history's most compelling stories.

Organized through the Institute for Historical Studies, this series features dynamic professors from the Department of History

Odyssey History Lecture Series Info and RegistrationOffsite Link
Odyssey Personal Enrichment Courses, Institute for Historical Studies, and the Department of History