In: Colloquium

Colloquium Speaker: Brad Bolman
January 28, 2026

Dr. Brad Bolman of Tulane University will present “Dank Cultivation: Cave Mushrooms, International Commerce, and Underground Knowledge,” as part of our…

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Colloquium Speaker: Patrick McCray
January 28, 2026

Dr. Patrick McCray of University of California Santa Barbara will present “README: Some Pages from a Bookish History of Computing,” as…

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Colloquium Speaker: Graham Mooney
January 28, 2026

Dr. Graham Mooney of Johns Hopkins University will present “Rats in a ‘Renaissance’ City: Rodent Control in Post-war Baltimore,” as part…

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Nathaniel Comfort, PhD
Colloquium Speaker: Nathaniel Comfort
January 28, 2026

Dr. Nathaniel Comfort of Johns Hopkins University will present “Not Boring People: James Watson Finds the Limits of His Own Reputation,”…

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Colloquium Speaker: Ian Miller
January 28, 2026

Dr. Ian Miller of Saint Johns University will present “The Fengshui Curriculum: Standardizing Landscape Expertise in Late Imperial China,” as part…

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Colloquium Speaker: Daniel HoSang
January 22, 2026

Dr. Daniel HoSang of Yale University will present “Integrating the History & Afterlives of Eugenics into Medical Education: Promises and Possibilities at…

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Colloquium Speaker: Genie Yoo
December 1, 2025

Dr. Genie Yoo of the University at Buffalo will present “Translating for this Life and the Next: Vernacularization, Aphrodisiacs, and Regimes…

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Colloquium Speaker: Shireen Hamza
October 30, 2025

On Thursday, October 30th at 3pm, Dr. Shireen Hamza will present “Waterside Spaces and Public Health in Medieval Ahmedabad.” Shireen Hamza…

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Colloquium Speaker: Ahmed Ragab
October 15, 2025

Dr. Ahmed Ragab of Johns Hopkins University will present a chapter from his forthcoming book Rhythms of Care: Temporal Cultures in…

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Colloquia Special Event – Dr. Dominique Tobbell
September 22, 2025

On Thursday, September 25th at 3pm, Dominique Tobbell will present “Dr. Nurse: Science, Politics, and the Transformation of American Nursing and…

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