Department of History - Western University

10/09/2026

Join us on Thursday, October 29th at 12:30pm to hear PhD student, Öykü Demir speak on, "The Student Roots of Resistance: San Francisco State University and the Occupation of Alcatraz Island (1966-1971). All are welcome!

10/08/2026

Day Two of the Joanne Goodman Lectures was well received by a diverse audience of undergraduate, graduates, faculty and the Western community. Prof. Gould spoke on the various unions with which Americans hoped to secure the Revolution’s internal and external goals.
Thank you to the Dellelce Family Bookstore for providing a selection of Prof. Eliga Gould's publications for purchase.

10/07/2026

Day One - October 6th - Joanne Goodman Lectures - Prof. Eliga Gould. “Making War, Finding Peace: The United States and the World, circa 1776 and Beyond”

10/07/2026

Joanne Goodman Lectures - Today, Prof. Gould will examine the various unions with which Americans hoped to secure the Revolution’s internal and external goals. In the Articles of Confederation, adopted as the union’s first constitution in 1777, the states remained free to chart their own path on a range of crucial questions, including the abolition (or not) of slavery, who had the right to vote, and whether to end public support for religion. But Congress also envisioned the United States as a continental union or empire that would someday include Canada, Britain’s other remaining North American colonies, and Indian country as far as the Mississippi River.

10/07/2026

Joanne Goodman Lectures - Yesterday, Prof. Eliga Could spoke on, the American Revolution as a war with three parts: a civil war that pitted Americans against Americans, a war for independence from Britain, and — following the entrance of France and Spain — a global war in Europe, the West Indies, and Asia. Although Congress’s patriot supporters proved adept at the irregular tactics required by the first, the other two struggles required a regular army and navy, which had to be supported by taxes and public debts that American patriots objected to paying.

10/05/2026

Should we be worried? Prof. Alan MacEachern writes about past predictions and more in his recent article in the Conversation.

10/02/2026

Join us on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 12:30pm to hear Prof. Maya Shatzmiller speak on, Don’t let the evidence interfere with your theory’: How did the economic history of the Middle East become the paradigm of global underdevelopment. All are welcome! RSVP to [email protected]

09/30/2026