TAS 2008-09 Seminars and Resources

2008-09 Online Registration Form

(*Denotes TAS seminars held at the University of Illinois at Chicago)

The History of Latinos in the United States
Ramón Gutiérrez, University of Chicago
October 9 and 10, 2008
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Seminar co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago

*Brain, Mind, and Artistic Imagination
Christopher Comer, University of Illinois at Chicago
October 16 and 17, 2008
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Predicting and Explaining Presidential Elections
Michael Mezey, DePaul University
Wayne Steger, DePaul University
October 20 and 21, 2008
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The Material and Cultural World of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Justine Murison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
October 30 and 31, 2008
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Gwendoyln Brooks' Chicago Rescheduled
This seminar has been rescheduled for March 16 and 17, 2009.

*Climate Change and Water Crisis
Krishna Reddy, Unviersity of Illinois at Chicago
Hormoz BassiriRad, University of Illinois at Chicago
November 17 and 18, 2008
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Seminar sponsored by Peoples Energy

Freedom and Slavery in Brazil
Dain Borges, University of Chicago
November 20 and 21, 2008
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Seminar co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago

Eurpe, Islam, and the Medieval Mediterranean, 1000-1500 CE Full
Warren Schultz, DePaul University
December 4 and 5, 2008
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Slavery, Anti-Slavery, and Emancipation
Amy Stanley, University of Chicago
January 26 and 27, 2009
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The Red Summer: American's Race War, 1919
David Krugler, University of Wisconsin--Platteville
January 29 and 30, 2009
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Must We Burn Luther?
Raymond Clemens, Illinois State University
February 5 and 6, 2009
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The Gilded and Gritty: America, 1870-1912
Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carl Smith, DePaul University
February 19 and 20, 2009
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The Melting Pot in American History
Daniel Greene, Newberry Library
March 5 and 6, 2009
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Rebellious Readers in the Middle Ages
Susie Phillips, Northwestern University
March 12 and 13, 2009
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Gwendolyn Brooks' Chicago Full Wait List Open
Jacqueline Goldsby, University of Chicago
March 16 and 17, 2009
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Graphic Novels in the Langauge Arts Classroom New
Spencer Schaffner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
April 30 and May 1, 2009
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Time, History, and Fate Macbeth
Amelia Zurcher, Marquette University
May 14 and 15, 2009
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Sugar and the Transatlantic World
Valentina Tikoff, DePaul University
June 18 and 19, 2009
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