2020-21
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION VIEWING EVENT (on ZOOM)
January 20th, 2021 promises to be historic, and watching history happen is always better when you watch with friends!
Join us as we bid goodbye to the Trump era, welcome America's first female Vice President, and discuss it all through the magic of Zoom's Chat function.
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
11:00am - 1:00pm
RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca
and you will be sent the Zoom link.
Refreshments:
Yes! It's lunchtime; bring a sandwich.
Will there be prizes?:
Of course! So brush up on your Biden-Harris trivia!
And, as always, please remember to keep your Chat comments factual, constructive, comforting, snarky when appropriate, and non-offensive to other participants. Trolls, conspiracy theorists, etc. not welcome and will be asked to leave!
Thursday, October 22, 2020
9:00 pm – 10:30 pm ET
Please RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca and the Zoom Link will be sent to you.
We made it through the first Biden vs. Trump debate.....and the Harris vs. Pence vs. The Fly showdown..... Now, Western's Program in American Studies, in conjunction with the HGSA, invite you to join us on Zoom for the 2nd and final 2020 Presidential Candidates' Debate!
Where: Live from Nashville, TN, but you can watch on any of the major cable networks (CBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.)
How: RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca
Why: Because no one wants to have to face this alone! Share your comments via the magic of Zoom's Chat function, and your horrified facial expressions via the magic of video!
But, will there be Bingo?: Of course! A brand new Bingo card will be provided to everyone who RSVPs.
Pets: Are welcome, as always!
BYO refreshments!
And please remember to keep your Chat comments factual, constructive, comforting, snarky when appropriate, and non-offensive to other participants. Trolls, conspiracy theorists, etc. not welcome and will be asked to leave!
2020 Vice Presidential Debates: HARRIS vs PENCE
Afraid to face another debate alone?
Western's Program in American Studies, in conjunction with the HGSA, invites you to join us, via Zoom, for the
VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE:
HARRIS vs. PENCE
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
9:00 pm to 10:30 pm EST
Please RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca and the Zoom Link will be sent to you.
Moderator: Susan Page (USA Today)
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
No Bingo this time (as there are not enough "Kamala-isms" yet to fill a Bingo card; maybe next year!), but we can comment, discuss, and commiserate, as necessary, via the magic of Zoom's "Chat" function, and the (no doubt frequent) looks of confusion on each other's faces throughout the debate.
BYO refreshments!
And please remember to keep your Chat comments factual, constructive, comforting, snarky when appropriate, and non-offensive to other participants. Trolls, conspiracy theorists, etc. not welcome and will be asked to leave!
Western's Program in American Studies and the HGSA invite you to join us (via Zoom) to watch the first
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: BIDEN vs. TRUMP
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
9:00-10:30pm ET
Please RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca
Yes, it’s the long-awaited Biden vs. Trump debate! You don’t want to face this alone!
Enjoy the debate from the comfort of your own home, while sharing insightful observations, snarky comments, and exclamations of horror with friends and colleagues through the magic of Zoom’s “Chat” function!
Each registrant will receive details on how/where to watch the debate, a Zoom link for our “viewing party,” a Presidential Debate Bingo card to play while watching the debate, and the comfort of knowing that you are not alone throughout what will no doubt be an entertaining and horrifying evening!
Refreshments: Anything your heart desires! BYO!!
Dress Code: “I’m With Joe” t-shirt, MAGA hat, “I Miss Obama!” t-shirt, or simply a look of abject horror on your face – it’s your choice.
Hosted by: Professors Robert MacDougall and Laurel Shire (Western University, History)
Title: An Open Discussion on Histories of Racism, Policing, and Protest in the US (and Canada)
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020
Location: Virutally via Zoom
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
RSVP to: history-inquiries@uwo.ca
History professors Robert MacDougall and Laurel Shire will host an open discussion about the history of racism, criminal justice, and protest movements in the United States, and how that history might help us understand the remarkable events currently unfolding in the U.S. (and in parallel protests in Canada and elsewhere). This session will combine an open discussion with a Q&A moderated by Profs. MacDougall and Shire. Questions for the Q&A may be emailed in advance to history-inquiries@uwo.ca.
This session is a response to the many requests for ideas and resources that we have been getting from former students in History 2135 (African American History) and His/AmSt 2310 (American Nightmare - offered again in Sept 2020!). One of those students is responsible for organizing this event (props to Mariana Gogliano, class of 2020!). As white people, this is work that we want to support without making any claims to our own authority or expertise. It is important to discuss it now, and so we support efforts to understand the past better so that we can more effectively challenge racist policing and systemic racism in the present. As historians of the United States, we do have some information that others may find useful. And we also want to heed the call of many Black activists who tell us that they are tired of being the folks who do all the work of explaining racism. After all, it is white people who have the power to challenge institutions and systems that discriminate. But we both feel unworthy of and humbled by our students' requests.
Photo by Geoff Livingston, via Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War
Vincent Brown, Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard
January 14, 2020 @12:30 pm
Delivered on Zoom
RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca
Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Professor of African and African-American Studies, and Founding Director of the History Design Studio at Harvard University. His research, writing, teaching, and other creative endeavors are focused on the political dimensions of cultural practice in the African Diaspora, with a particular emphasis on the early modern Atlantic world. Brown is the author of numerous articles and reviews in scholarly journals, he is Principal Investigator and Curator for the animated thematic map Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761: A Cartographic Narrative (2013), and he was Producer and Director of Research for the award-wining television documentary Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009), broadcast nationally on season 11 of the PBS series Independent Lens. His first book, The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (2008), was co-winner of the 2009 Merle Curti Award and received the 2009 James A. Rawley Prize and the 2008-09 Louis Gottschalk Prize. His most recent book is Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, published by Belknap Press in January 2020, which was awarded the 2020 Sons & Daughters of United States Middle Passage Phillis Wheatley Book Award for Non-Fiction Research and was a finalist for the 2020 Cundill History Prize.
