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April 24, 2025

6:00PM

Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center, Rooms 201-209

"Where do pandemics come from? Using Black Death Narratives to Rethink the Origin of Pandemics"

The Department of History welcomes Dr. Monica Green as this year's Richard Dean Winchell Lecturer.

Discover how pandemics truly begin—and why they thrive—by tracing their path from medieval plagues to modern outbreaks. In this talk, Dr. Green will reveal how infectious diseases jump species barriers, travel global networks, and persist for centuries. Drawing on cutting-edge genetics and fresh insights into the Black Death, she’ll show how history can guide us in confronting pandemics today—and preventing them tomorrow.

Monica Green

Past Events

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November 19, 2024

Il Moro: Movie Screening & Dirctor Q&A

This event will entail the showing of "II Moro - The Moor," a short film longlisted for the Academy Awards, on the true story of Alessandro de’ Medici, the illegitimate son of an enslaved African woman and Pope Clement VII, who rises to become the head of the powerful Medici dynasty. After the screening of this acclaimed short film, join an exclusive Q&A with director Daphne Di Cinto, who brought this untold story to life. Hear how she uncovered the real Alessandro de' Medici, discover why his story still matters today, and discuss how this erased history resonates with the struggles we face now.

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September 4-7, 2024

Repercussions of Violence under Alexander & the Successors: 9th International Alexander the Great Symposium

This event is sponsored by the South Dakota State University School of American and Global Studies, The Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, Goldstein Center for Human Rights, Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy, Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program, Department of History, Department of Art History, Department of English, Department of Religious Studies, and the Department of Philosophy.

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March 26, 2024 6:00 PM

Richard Dean Winchell Lecture: "Producing a ‘Usable’ Past: Holocaust Distortion and New Threats to the Memory of the Holocaust."

Speaker: Dr. Jan Grabowski, University of Ottawa.

Please see our Richard Dean Winchell Lecture page for more information.

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November 16, 2023

The Departments of History and English with the Bluebird Cultural Initiative, the Women's Center for Advancement, and the Goldstein Center held the event, "Violence Will Not Define Us: A Community Celebration." This event, as part of the Tell All the Truth Project, raised awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in North America and across the globe.

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October 19, 2023

Dr. Danielle Battisti took part in the SBMLC Exhibition "Flight and Hope" Lecture Series, with a talk on Jewish immigration to the United States from Displaced Persons Camps after World War II.

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September 24, 2023

The Omaha Public Library’s (OPL) “Omaha Reads” book for 2023 was “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.” As part of this program, OPL hosted a panel discussion Sunday, September 24th. Dr. Susana Grajales Geliga was part of that interdisciplinary panel of professors who shared their personal stories and explored the many themes of "Braiding Sweetgrass."

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September 4, 2023

Dr. Jeanne Reames appeared in the History Channel's "Ancient Empires," a three-part documentary series. Dr. Reames featured in the first episode on Alexander the Great, which aired Monday, September 4th at 7pm Central.

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May 3, 2023

"The Revolution Will Be a Remix" presented by Dr. Shervin Malekzadeh of Colgate University.

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April 12, 2023

The 2023 Winchell Lecture, "Understanding White Supremacy: Decoding the Actions of the White Power Movement," presented by Dr. Kathleen Belew, Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University.

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Cosponsored Events

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April 13, 2023

The 2023 John Trudell Lecture presented by Anthony Warrior (Ma-te-yi-ma-pe-to, Sicangu-Bad Nations and Absentee Shawnee/Mvskoke Creek), celebrated chef and owner of Warriors' Palate Catering and Consultation. Anthony's mission is to educate and promote Native American food revitalization and traditional food ways within Native American communities.

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