/ History Department

Colloquium Series

Faculty, guests and students support a lively process of research and exchange of ideas that makes history a vibrant discipline. This series features several such speakers each semester.

Fall 2024 Schedule 

The Story of Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Dr. Natalie Dykstra
Wednesday, September 11
5:30鈥7 p.m., Winants Auditorium

RSVP for the September 11 Event

Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Trials in Early Modern Spain

Dr. Rochelle Rojas
Thursday, October 24
4:30 p.m., Bultman Student Center Auditorium

The Contradictions of the Roaring Twenties

Dr. Jeanne Petit
Monday, October 28
7 p.m., location TBD

This colloquium is part of the Big Read kickoff for The Great Gatsby

Race, Religion and the USO during World War II

Carolyn Thornbury and Ingrid Oslund (Hope history majors)
Thursday, November 7
7鈥8:30 p.m., the Holland Museum (31 W. 10th St)

This colloquium is part of the museum鈥檚 鈥淭ales from the Archives鈥 series.