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More than 400 years of
history will be examined by students from throughout the nation at the
11th Annual History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) Symposium,
“Perceptions of the Past,” on Saturday, April 25, at California State
University, Fresno.
The conference, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:30
a.m. at the University Business Center in the Peters Business Building
with sessions held throughout the day. Five panels will feature more
than a dozen history graduate students from across the country
presenting their research.
The research symposium provides students of history, both graduate and
undergraduate, an opportunity to showcase their scholarship and have it
critiqued by both their peers and professors.
Dr. Kathryn Olmsted of University of California, Davis will deliver the
keynote address based on her recently released book titled “Real
Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I To
9/11.”
Olmsted specializes in 20th century U.S. political and cultural history.
She has written two previous books on secrecy in the U.S. government:
“Challenging the Secret Government: The Post-Watergate Investigations of
the CIA and FBI” and “Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley.”
The third edition of Hindsight Graduate History Journal also will be
released at the symposium. Hindsight is a scholarly publication that
provides an outlet for graduate students in the social sciences, arts
and humanities to gain experience in professional writing and promotes
their work within the academic community. Copies of the journal will be
on sale at the symposium.
All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. symposium is
sponsored by the Department of History, the College of Social Sciences
and Associated Students, Inc. For more information, contact HGSA
President Jessica Szalay at
jszalay@csufresno.edu.
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