This Latinx Heritage Month, Bicentennial Speaker and Latinx Studies Program Keynote Presents U-C San Diego Vice Chancellor and Professor of History Natalia Molina. Molina, a fellow wolverine alum, will examine relational racism in the U.S. vis-a-vis racial scripts, and its effects on immigration, gender, sexuality, security, and empire. Moreover, she will speak about the field of … Read more
Martha S. Jones, Presidential Bicentennial Professor, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Law Terrence McDonald, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of History; Director, Bentley Historical Library; former Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Ruby Tapia, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature and Women’s … Read more
A collection of photographs and memorabilia showcasing women’s physical activity at U-M. From early and restrictive physical education to D1 athletics, the exhibit explores early participatory nature of women’s movement. Despite inequities faced by women regarding physical activity, women have danced, flexed, fought, and championed for future women athletes at the university and beyond! Panel … Read more
David K. Johnson (Ph.D. Northwestern) is an Associate Professor in the history department at the University of South Florida. His first book, The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government, (University of Chicago, 2004) won three awards, including the Herbert Hoover Book Award and the Randy Shilts Award … Read more
Tim Retzloff received his BA with highest honors in history from the University of Michigan in 2006 and earned his PhD in history from Yale in 2014. Prior to graduate school, he worked for seventeen years in various U-M libraries, first on the Flint campus, then in Ann Arbor. His engagement with U-M’s LGBTQ past … Read more