History Events

A&S Graduate students are encouraged to apply for support [maximum of $300] from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research (OGSR) that will allow them to collect data at museums or archives, conduct research, and travel to field work sites.

Described as a "delicate balance of comedy and lecture," the annual Raft Debate features four W&M faculty members from diverse disciplines, stranded on a desolate island with only a one-person life raft for escape to civilization.

Please join us for Beth Wood's Brown Bag practice conference talk, "'No visible marks or scars': Antebellum Virginia Free African American Bodies and the State"

This workshop will familiarize graduate students in American Studies, Anthropology, and History with the process of applying for fellowships and grants.

The Reves Global Lecture Series continues with a presentation by Cindy Hahamovitch, Professor History at William & Mary

Please join us to discuss Professor Trent Vinson's paper, "Toward the Beloved Community: Martin Luther King, Jr., Albert Luthuli and the Making of the Global Anti-Apartheid Movement."

The 2015 John Boswell Memorial Lecture, delivered by Prof. Susan S. Lanser, Comparative Literature, English, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University.

The 2015 Tyler Symposium sponsored by the Department of History at William & Mary will take this sesquicentennial as an opportunity to revisit the study of post emancipation societies in the Americas and across the globe.

Thinking about doing an Honors Thesis? Get all the info you need at PAT's History Honors Workshop With Prof. Homza & Prof. Corlett and current honors students Mary Andino & Brenna Ferris