HGSA Conference | Department of History

Interdisciplinary Graduate research Conference

SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Fall 2022)

"From the Archive Looking Out: Pushing History Beyond Its Comfort Zone"

Dates: September 29-30

This year’s conference will challenge the disciplinary boundaries of academic history and demonstrate research possibilities beyond the archive. Historians can no longer make a living through the study of written archival sources alone. From Kelly Lytle Hernández’s “Rebel Archive '' to interdisciplinary subfields like animal-human history, scholars now interrogate the power invested in traditional archives and look beyond to reveal richer historical narratives. This year’s conference provides a platform to scholars who challenge disciplinary norms by using unexplored sources and methodologies, focusing on new perspectives and topics, and exploring uses of historical research beyond academia.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Yesenia Barragan, Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University

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