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Speaker: Peter Zinoman, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

Peter Zinoman is Chairman of the History Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the Colonial Bastille: A History of Imprisonment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 (2001) and Vietnamese Colonial Republican: The Political Vision of Vu Trong Phung (2014). He is also the co-translator of Dumb Luck: A Novel by Vu Trong Phung (2002) and the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies. His current book project explores politics and intellectual life in Hanoi during the 1950s

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, this talk discusses important changes in the historiography of the Vietnam War over the past five decades. It pays special attention to the evolution of political concerns shaping the scholarship as well as shifts over time in the professional identities, research capacities, and personal backgrounds of historians of the conflict.

This event is co-organized and co-sponsored by the MSU History Department and the MSU Asian Studies Center, made possible by the US Department of Education Title VI Grant.

Masterclass for students 3:00-4:30pm

Concert: 5:00pm

Co-sponsored by the Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, James Madison College, College of Arts and Letters, and the Center for Language Teaching Advancement

Zoom registration for this event 

Eye on Africa is a weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

*This event is part of the 65th Anniversary of the MSU African Studies Center Celebration!

Speaker: Samantha Smith, MSU Department of History

For many years, dancers and showgirls had union contracts with the American Guild of Variety of Artists (AGVA). Then in 1980, a full cast of dancers and performers with the "Casino de Paris" fought for unionized representation at the Dunes Hotel and Casino. What happened to the AGVA in Vegas, and what does the organization of dancers and showgirls tell us about labor issues in the postwar period?
 

All presentations take place in the Green Room, 4th floor, MSU Library from 12:00pm - 1:15pm ET, and are available as an online webinar at https://msu.zoom.us/j/97496813137. The password is odwodl.

Our Daily Work, Our Daily Lives

"Our Daily Work / Our Daily Lives" is a joint project that focuses on the artistic traditions of workers and on workplaces as contexts for the expression of workers culture. The richness and diversity of workers' experiences and workers culture is explored and presented through an ongoing series of exhibits, lectures, and presentations; writing and research projects; reunions; and demonstrations and discussions.

The program was established in 1992 and is coordinated by the Michigan Traditional Arts Program at the MSU Museum and the Labor Education Program in the College of Social Science's School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.

Book Premiere Event: Stephen Esquith "Everyday Peacebuilding through Democratic Political Education"

*This event is part of the 65th Anniversary of the MSU African Studies Center Celebration!