Announcements

                                                History Department Symposium

                                                            Tuesday, May 6^th

^{Morning session 614 Schermerhorn (all faculty and graduate students)}

^{9:30  Coffee}

^{10:00   Introducing the History Department’s Teaching WIKI}

            ^{Tamara Mann and Mike Neuss}

^{10:30   The Arts, Craft, and Trials of Learning How to Lecture}

            ^{Steven Mintz (Columbia University Teaching Center)}

            ^{Emma Winter (Columbia University)}

            ^{John Gillooly ( City College)}

            ^{Bonnie Anderson (Brooklyn College)}

^{12:30  301 Fayerweather  Lunch and Town Hall Meeting on the Graduate Program with current and future chairs and DGS’s, followed by GHA annual meeting and election}

^{1:30  311 Fayerweather   Careers for History and Humanities Ph.D.’s}

           ^{Sarah Henry, Museum of the City of New York}

           ^{Camille Perez, Social Science Research Council}

           ^{Sean Sawyer,  Administrator, Columbia History Department}

           ^{Gerald Cloud, Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscript Library, Columbia University}

            ^{Barry Bienstock, Horace Mann High School}

^{3:00   Room 311 How to Write and Finish your Dissertation}

          ^{Sarah Vogel}

           ^{Neil Young}

           ^{Debra Everett-Lane}

^{3:00-5:00 301 Fayereather  Learning to TA in the History Department: A Workshop for First Year Students}

               ^{(All first year students are required to attend)}

^{5:00 to 7:00  History Department Reception   301 Philosophy}   

• Semon Gift Support Graduate Travel Awards

The Department of History gratefully acknowledges a gift from Dominique Semon, a Friend of the Department, to support graduate student travel awards. These awards enable Ph.D. students to present their work at conferences and symposia across the country and around the world.