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February 16, 2023
RECAP: “The History of the World, 1950-2000,” February 10 Colloquium w/ MU Curators’ Distinguished Prof. Jonathan Sperber
Cuba. Computers, lasers, genetic engineering. The Internet. Women asserted themselves, a lot of demonstrations happened, colonial legacies were dismantled. The rise of East Asia, cell phones, McDonald’s. A list like this, MU Curators’ Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus Jonathan Sperber joked, is how pundits and journalists might sum up the topic of his February 10 […]
February 3, 2023
RECAP: “Unbecoming the British Empire,” January 20 Colloquium w/ Kinder-Oxford JRF Grace Mallon
Whither the states!?! As Kinder-Oxford Junior Research Fellow Grace Mallon noted in opening her January 20th Colloquium Series presentation, the mere mention of 1787 seems to send out a historiographical shockwave that leads scholars away from thinking about state-level governance in the nation’s first decades. Understandably so on some level, given the magnitude of how […]
January 24, 2023
Introducing Ruth Adesanya, Inaugural Kinder-BrANCH Fellow in the MA in Atlantic History & Politics
In the summer of 2023, we welcome our first Kinder-BrANCH Fellow to the MA in Atlantic History & Politics. Ruth Adesanya is currently reading History at the University of Warwick in the UK, and she recently shared her thoughts on joining the program and coming to Mizzou with Kinder Professor of British History and Director […]
January 17, 2023
Spring 2023 Kinder Institute Events Calendar Now Live
Sneaking in just under the beginning-of-semester deadline, we’re delighted to reveal the Spring 2023 Kinder Institute events calendar. Use the link below for details on everything from Friday colloquia, to MRSEAH meetings, to community lectures. Spring 2023 Kinder Institute Events Calendar See individual event posts (here) for links to attend lectures virtually, via YouTube or […]
December 6, 2022
RECAP: “Reflections on a Global History of the American Civil War,” 12/2 Colloquium w/ Prof. Jörg Nagler
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, Friedrich Schiller penned “What Is and to What End Do We Study Universal History?” A child of the enlightenment, Schiller wrote about history progressing toward higher moral ground and the improvement of mankind, and away from a Eurocentric vision of time. History, Prof. Jörg Nagler noted […]
November 8, 2022
November 1 Kinder Foundation Grant Announcement
November 1 was an historic day at the Kinder Institute, with the university announcing an additional $25 million grant from the Kinder Foundation of Houston, Texas, to support the Institute’s continued growth. Our thanks to Rich and Nancy Kinder, and everyone at the Foundation, for their inestimable generosity, and you can read more about the […]