
The History department supports a vibrant lecture series that includes both external guest lecturers, through the Burnham-Macmillan Endowment, H. Nicholas Hamner Lectureship, and University funding, and department and affiliated faculty. These lectures are designed to encourage the exchange of ideas and theory development within the WMU academic community and attract distinguished research scholars to the University.
General themes for the Burnham-Macmillan and Hamner Lecture Series have included the following:
2012-13 "History in Art, Artifact, and Material Culture"
2011-12 "History across Borders, Boundaries, and Disciplines"
2010-11 "History, Memory, and the Uses of the Past"
2009-10 "Peace, Power, and Conflict in World History"
2008-09 "Religion and Uses of the Past"
Burnham-Macmillan Lecture Series
Ernst Breisach Faculty Research Colloquium Series
Updated:
May 23, 2013
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Unless otherwise noted, all events are free of charge and open to the public.
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