Berkeley's History Honor Society
Back by popular demand, it’s time for another Trivia Night! All are welcome to attend and show off their history prowess, as well as get to know other students interested in History. We hope to see you there!
Back by popular demand, it’s time for another Trivia Night! All are welcome to attend and show off their history prowess, as well as get to know other students interested in History. We hope to see you there!
Join Phi Alpha Theta and Professor Shwayri for a conversation about Syria’s political and military history, and how the country’s past has shaped recent events. Our meeting will entail a brief presentation on the country’s history, followed by an open discussion with a visiting scholar in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Professor Sofia Shwayri, who is currently working on a manuscript entitled “The Spaces of the Syrian War (2011-present).” All are welcome to attend!
Feel free to bring questions and topics of interest.
Phi Alpha Theta will be hosting a movie night where we will be watching
Christopher Nolan’s film “Dunkirk”.
All are welcome to attend!
Join Phi Alpha Theta for a Research and Publishing Night where we will be discussing several different topics, including how to get your papers published, where you can put in for publication, as well as tips on research (specifically for the History 101 thesis). All students are welcome to attend, especially those considering or currently involved in doing their History 101 thesis!
Join Phi Alpha Theta for our first Lecture Night of the semester. Professor Maggie Elmore will be giving a lecture titled, “The Walls Between US: 20th Century Mexican Migration and US Immigration Policy” which will discuss the history of U.S. response to Mexican immigration and its relevance to current political tensions. All are welcome to join!
Today, 689,900 teens and young adults are waiting for Congress to decide their fate, as the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program remains uncertain. First created by President Barack Obama in 2012, DACA provided nearly 800,000 unauthorized immigrants with temporary documented status. More than 75% of DACA recipients are of Mexican descent. Closely tied to the debate is the creation of a proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico. But discussion of a border wall is not a new one: walls and fences have long dotted the US-Mexico border. The debate over Mexican migration and the US’ southern border is nearly a century old. How have policymakers attempted to address these issues in the past and why do they continue to be perennial topics of debate? “The Walls Between US” explores this history and considers the implications for current immigration policy.
Join Phi Alpha Theta for our Lecture Night! Come learn from Professor Connelly about the reverberations of the Russian Revolution and socialism in countries like Germany, Hungary, and Austria!
We associate revolution after WWI with the Bolshevik upheaval and victory, but Marxism’s founders thought Russia was unsuited to revolution. What happened in the places that Marx thought were ripe for transformation to socialism, namely the developed countries further west? In Germany, Hungary and Austria workers and soldiers formed councils, and many demanded socialism, but unlike Russia, the result was liberal democracy and continued rule of capitalism. Was this failed revolution, or was this a different kind of revolution? And if it was revolution, how did it ultimately result in fascism?
If you are a member of Phi Alpha Theta and have yet to pay your semester dues, please do so!
Join Phi Alpha Theta for a History Trivia night Friday, October 27th at 5:30 pm in Barrows 151. This is an opportunity to get to know your fellow History Majors while showing off your trivia knowledge. All are welcome!
If you haven’t done so already, please bring in your application to join Phi Alpha Theta as this will be the last opportunity to do so this term.
