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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

View our latest calendar and read event details at: bit.ly/ihs-calendar. Feel free to register/RSVP now for programs that catch your interest! And sign-up for our mailing list to receive event invitations right to your inbox: bit.ly/ihs-elist.

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How does naming become an act of domination? Find out Monday at Noon as Dr. Ben Brower unpacks “The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France’s Occupation of Algeria.”

Mon. Oct. 13 | Noon–1:30pm | GAR 4.100
Info/RSVP: bit.ly/BrowerIHS

#ReadUP #HistoryMatters #PostcolonialStudies

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Join IHS this Monday for Benjamin Claude Brower’s “The Colonization of Names,” exploring symbolic violence and France’s occupation of Algeria.

Mon. Oct. 13 | Noon–1:30pm | GAR 4.100
Info/RSVP: bit.ly/BrowerIHS

#UTexas #IHS #ColonialHistory #MiddleEastStudies #BookTalk #Algeria #ReadUP

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This Monday at Noon! Join IHS for “The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France’s Occupation of Algeria,” a book talk with Benjamin Claude Brower (UT History & CMES).

Mon. Oct. 13 | Noon–1:30pm | GAR 4.100
Info/RSVP: bit.ly/BrowerIHS

#UTexas #History #Algeria #BookTalk #ReadUP

Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 1h

Tomorrow! @ut-hi.bsky.social presents
"Everything Is Awful: An Evening with Mimi Khúc"

• 5:30pm, RLP 1.302b & Zoom
• RSVP: bit.ly/4nm6YgZ

Learn about Mimi Khúc, “a writer, scholar, and teacher of things unwell,” at: www.mimikhuc.com.

We'll see you there!

Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

Jacob Daniels’ new book, The Jews of Edirne (Stanford UP, 2025), examines how a Sephardi community navigated borders and nation-state pressures. Join us Monday for his book talk and discussion w/ Tatjana Lichtenstein UT History/CREEES: Oct. 6 @Noon Hybrid. Info/Register: bit.ly/DanielsIHS

Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

This Monday at Noon, hear Jacob Daniels, UT Austin Assistant Professor & Schusterman Center Assistant Director, discuss Edirne’s Jewish community and modern borders. GAR 4.100 & Zoom. Info/Register: bit.ly/DanielsIHS

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 6d

Monday! Explore how Edirne's Sephardi Jews navigated empire, borders, and nation-states in Jacob Daniels’ The Jews of Edirne. Oct. 6, Noon, GAR 4.100 & Zoom. Info/Register: bit.ly/DanielsIHS

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks so much, Prof. McCall @gamingthepast.bsky.social! Means a lot coming from someone doing thoughtful design + architecture work like yours-- really admire what you’re doing in that space. Grateful for the shoutout to @uthistory.bsky.social + UT-CEAS's JapanLab! www.utjapanlab.com 🎮🇯🇵

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 16d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 16d

4 groundbreaking books, 1 dynamic roundtable: Frens-String’s Hungry for Revolution, Stoll’s Profit, Alvarez’s Border Land, Border Water, and Bsumek’s The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam. Join all four for "A Roundtable on Environmental History" Thu. Sep. 25, 2-3:30pm, Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS.

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 16d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 16d

Thursday! "A Roundtable on Environmental History" f. Joshua Frens-String, @markstoll.bsky.social, C. J. Alvarez, & @embsumek.bsky.social —scholars reshaping how we think about infrastructure, borders, the environment, and so much more.

Sep. 25. 2-3:30pm, Hybrid. Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS.

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 16d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 16d

Join us this Thursday Sep. 25 at 2-3:30pm, online and in-person - Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS. Free + open to the public.

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 26d

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 29d

Join IHS this Monday, Sep. 15, at Noon!

"Cold War Chronicles: A Digital Resource for Research and Teaching on the Eastern Bloc in the LBJ Era"

A talk by Mary Neuburger
Mon. Sep. 15 | Noon-1:30pm
GAR 4.100 & Zoom Livestream
Info/Register: bit.ly/NeuburgerIHS
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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today @ Noon! Join us for "The Age of Choice" by Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld-- online and in-person!

• Mon, Sept 8, 12–1:30pm CDT
• GAR 4.100 + Zoom
• Info/Reg: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS
• More: sophiarosenfeld.com

Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · Sep 8

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