New Work in Progress Series
The Institute for Historical Studies is proud to announce the first year of its New Work in Progress Series. The series highlights new research by advanced graduate students at the University of Texas and visiting graduate scholars from other institutions. The meetings are hour-long lunch workshops, each of which focuses on one pre-circulated paper. So come join us for lunch, share your insights, and help our presenters perfect their research projects!
Workshops take place at Noon in GAR 4.100. Free and open to the public.
Schedule for Spring 2012
Monday, March 26
Christopher Dietrich, Ph.D. Candidate in History, UT Austin
New Research in Neo-colonial Thought: The United Nations and The Question of Economic Justice, 1952-1966
Responder: Brian McNeil, PhD Candidate in History, UT Austin
Chair: Matthew Gildner, PhD Candidate in History, UT Austin
Rsvp to Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Friday, March 23.
Monday, April 23
Juandrea Bates, Ph.D. Candidate in History, UT Austin
"I Would Rather Be in Prison:" Industrialization, Civil Courts, and Family Dynamics in Turn-of-the-Century Buenos Aires
Responder: Julie Hardwick, Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Historical Studies, UT Austin
Chair: Laurie Wood, PhD Candidate in History, UT Austin
Rsvp to Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Friday, April 20.
Schedule for Fall 2011
Monday, September 26
Chocolate-Covered Colony: The Material Culture of Illicitly-Traded Cacao in Eighteenth Century Venezuela
Jesse Cromwell, Ph.D. Candidate in History, UT Austin
Responder: Susan Deans-Smith, Associate Professor of History, UT Austin
Rsvp to Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Friday, Sept 23.
Monday, October 31
(Please note that this workshop is rescheduled from the original date -- Oct. 10 -- to the new date of Oct. 31)
Ladies and Conquistadores: Gender, History, and the League of United Latin American Citizens during the Mid-Twentieth Century
Serena Sprungl, Ph.D. Candidate in History, Yale University, and IHS Visiting Research Associate
Responder: Anne M. Martínez, Assistant Professor of History, UT Austin
Rsvp to Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Friday, October 28.
Monday, November 28
Self-Realization and the Nation: Students in the Pakistan Movement
Amber Abbas, Ph.D. Candidate in History, UT Austin
Responder: Kamran Ali, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UT Austin
Rsvp to Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Wednesday, November 23.
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For more information on the Works in Progress Series, contact Program Coordinator Cameron Strang, Ph.D. Candidate in History, UT Austin. Email
