History Department Events

The Department of History hosts a number of speakers, receptions, and student presentations throughout the year. Please check this page frequently, as new events will be added periodically.

This page highlights our upcoming events in the Department of History. To see our past events, please visit this page.

Upcoming Events   

History on Tap

April 29, 2025
Thieme and Wagner Brewery
652 Main St, Lafayette, IN 47901

The History on Tap event for April will be held at Thieme and Wagner Brewery on Tuesday, April 29th, at 7:00 PM. This is the final History on Tap of the semester.

Secret Permenter, a first year PhD student, will deliver a presentation titled "Athleticism and Activism: The Life and Legacy of Albert Berg."  

History Honors Forum

April 22, 2025
LWSN 1142
5:00-7:00 PM

The culminating event in the History Honors Program is the annual Forum held every April.  At the Forum, Honors students present their original research to an audience of faculty, family and friends, and other guests.

Join us at the 2025 History Honors Forum. The event is free and open to the public. You can download the event flyer at this link. The following students will be giving presentations:

Elijah Ahrens
“Buccaneers and Slavery: Port Royal and Piracy Acting as a Space of Freedom”

Becka Bash
“The Church Committee: How the CIA responded to Congressional Investigation in the Post-Watergate Era”

Jael Brown
“Global Perception and Interpretation of the 1876-1878 Bulgarian Independence Movement”

Jiahui Chen
“Interpreting Hitler: Nazism Perceived by British Union of Fascists, 1932-1939”

Allyson Dinwiddie
“The Role of 12th Century Greek Voices in Legitimizing Norman Sicilian Kingship”

Grace Evanoski
“Natural Life vs. Legal Life: An Examination of Abortion & Perceptions of Life in the Womb in the Nineteenth Century”

Elizabeth Lazar
“Dancing Towards Demise: Working-Class Leisure and Middle-Class Reform in Early 20th Century American Dance Halls”

Michael Strunk
“Cum Terraemotus Essent: Holy Men and the Development of Imperial Earthquake Response”

Johari Tello
“Resistance and Influence: Black Eugenics and Public Health Education in the Early to Mid-20th”

Nah'Shon Williams
“Echoes of Resilience: The Evolution of Soul and R&B as Social Consciousness during the Civil Rights and Black Power Eras”