Today's the day! Join us tonight at 6 p.m. EST for our webinar with @cgershenson.bsky.social, @cityisthelimit.bsky.social, and Nancy Kwak, PhD.

Online! Will be chatting about the @fernpub.bsky.social book project that was released earlier this year, Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis!

This is next week! Register below!

Nov. 11 | Webinar: “The Crisis of Housing” We’ve all seen the headlines: Housing costs continue to rise. How can history guide us toward solutions? Register here: bit.ly/4q1VhOy

Starting shortly! Join us!

We're one day out and registration is still open!

We are getting excited for our event next week with @llassabe.bsky.social, @michael-berube.bsky.social, and @isaackamola.bsky.social! Register at the link below to join us!

Oct. 22 | Webinar: "Is There a Higher Education Crisis?”: Amid government intervention, shifting finances and competing perspectives, America’s colleges campuses face a new era. How did we get here? Learn with us: bit.ly/4gXHJzB

Sept 12 | “Augustine the African": A Revisionist History St. Augustine remains one of history’s most influential theologians. Yet a key aspect of his life – his African identity – has gone unexamined for centuries. Join us for a discussion with Catherine Conybeare, PhD, and James O’Donnell, PhD!

Sept 17 | Film Screening: “The Camden 28” How far would you go to stop a war? Join us to explore an iconic Vietnam War story of faith, resistance and betrayal. Featuring historian @micnick.bsky.social and filmmaker @truecrimesny.bsky.social! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/camden28

We are live! Tune in!

Seats for our panel tomorrow on U.S. foreign policy, diplomacy and democracy are sold out, but you can still join us virtually! Grab your lunch and explore some history with us. 🔗 Livestream: bit.ly/3IdovbJ

🇺🇸 July 8 | “Beyond Borders: U.S. Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Democracy” How can three historians connect postwar east Asia, America’s first ladies and the Iran-Contra affair? The Lepage Center explores the ties that bind American diplomacy and democracy. 🔗 Join us: bit.ly/447J2FW

We have begun accepting applications for this year's grant on the theme of Crisis Moments across history. www1.villanova.edu/university/l...

Happy May Day!

Happy Earth Day!

Happening this evening at the Smith Lab at the Mullen Center (Ithan and Lancaster)

See you all at the Smith Lab at 7!

Undergraduate fellow on last week's Populism Around the World virtual panel event medium.com/hindsights/c...

Join the conversation tomorrow evening at Villanova's John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts from 7 to 8:15pm featuring scholars of transgender identity across history. Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.

Starting now "The History of Populism Around the World" bit.ly/lepagepop25

Starting in forty minutes! bit.ly/lepagepop25

Join us at the Lepage Center (SAC 410) from 11:30am-12:45pm on 4/9 to hear from Laura Madokoro about her new book, Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Hundred Years of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance. This event is free, open to the public, and ACS Approved.

Join us at 6pm, 4/8, for a virtual panel featuring Gabriela Greilinger, MSc, MES, (UGA), Thomas Zimmer, PhD (Georgetown), and Carlos de la Torre, PhD (Florida). This event will be moderated by Dr. Marcus Kreuzer (Villanova PoliSci). Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.

Join us from 12-1 on Wednesday, 4/2/25, for a Lunch @ Lepage featuring Lepage undergraduate fellow Lucy Simons, focused on the history of mental health movements in the United States and around the globe, focused on historical figures like Clifford Beers and Adolf Meyer.

Starting in forty-five minutes! bit.ly/ailabor326

Happening tomorrow! bit.ly/ailabor326

3/26, Zoom - join a discussion about A.I., featuring expert historians of science and tech, Dr. Devin Kennedy, Dr. Stephanie Dick, Dr. Finn Brunton, and Dr. Aaron Mendon-Plasek. Moderated by Villanova's Dr. Whitney Martinko. Register at bit.ly/ailabor326 This event is free and open to the public.

Happy International Women’s Day!

Happening tonight!

2/26 6-7:15pm, Join our virtual panel discussion discussion about culture, identity, and labor in American sports, featuring Dr. Louis Moore, Dr. Victoria Jackson, and Dr. Thomas Oates. Moderated by VU Sociology's Dr. Rick Eckstein. Free, Open to the Public, ACS Approved. bit.ly/sportslabor25

Join us tomorrow at noon for Pioneers in Pinstripes!

An event in Philadelphia next weekend featuring VU History alum and former Lepage Center panelist Dr. Menika Dirkson!

The internship open house scheduled for this Thursday is being moved to next week. More details to come!

Join us 2/12 @ 12pm in SAC 410 for a Lunch @ Lepage about the lesser-known figures in the story of the integration of the Phillies. Featuring Kenny Ayres, who worked on Pioneers in Pinstripes at Citizen's Bank Park. Contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns. See you next Wednesday!

An event in Philadelphia next weekend featuring VU History alum and former Lepage Center panelist Dr. Menika Dirkson!

Thank you to everyone that attended graduate fellow Isaac Smith's presentation, "More Than The Peanut" about George Washington Carver today! Join us next Wednesday for Pioneers in Pinstripes, featuring VU UCM's Kenny Ayres on the history of the integration of the Philadelphia Phillies!

12-1 PM. SAC 410. Join Lepage Fellow Isaac Smith's presentation on the hidden story of scientist, an innovator, educator, agricultural pioneer, and environmentalist. Isaac's narrative intervention situates Carver in the context of a heated battle for the souls of black folk.

Now in Q&A bit.ly/techlabor25

Join us Wednesday, 1/29 @ 6 pm for a discussion about how technological advancement has shaped and been shaped by labor, including through the Cold War, hidden roles of women and queer people in tech, and intersections with environmental justice. bit.ly/techlabor25

Starting in just over half an hour bit.ly/techlabor25

You can learn more about our events, as well as read faculty spotlights by our student fellows, at medium.com/hindsights

Thank you to everyone that came to Healthcare in Historical Perspective last week. Recording is forthcoming. Please join us tomorrow for Labor, Gender, and Environmental Justice in Historical perspective! bit.ly/techlabor25

Join us Wednesday, 1/29 @ 6 pm for a discussion about how technological advancement has shaped and been shaped by labor, including through the Cold War, hidden roles of women and queer people in technological advancement, and intersections with environmental justice. bit.ly/lepagelabor25

Join us tomorrow at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church for a fireside chat with Reverend Carolyn Cavaness, archivist Margaret Jerrido, and VU History's Dr. Judith Giesberg about Last Seen, the book and project about formerly enslaved people seeking their lost family after slavery.

Starting in ten minutes!

Happening at 6 p.m. today - Healthcare in Historical Perspective with Dr. Paul Starr, Dr. Nancy Tomes, and Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal bit.ly/lepagehealth25

Happening at 6 p.m. today - Healthcare in Historical Perspective with Dr. Paul Starr, Dr. Nancy Tomes, and Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal bit.ly/lepagehealth25

Reminder that the deadline for institutional partner applications for the Summer 2025 internship program is in two weeks on February 7th www1.villanova.edu/university/l...