History Department Events Calendar

Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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GHCC Book talk Taj Ali, Come What May, We鈥檙e Here to Stay: The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain (2026)IAS Seminar Room, Zeeman Building |
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CHMST WiP Session: 鈥楽it down, Jack, I鈥檓 going off my head鈥�: Locating the patient鈥檚 voice in asylum casebooks, c.1900FAB 2.33 (HYBRID)Hilary Marland, University of 糖心TV
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CGJS Brutal Forms: The Legacies of Forced Labor in German Design after 1945, Patrick GreaneyFAB6.04In 1950s West Germany, the embrace of modernist design was seen as a turn away from National Socialism. But many prominent postwar German designers were shaped by their experience in Nazi Germany working for manufacturers that relied on forced labor. This talk examines the contributions of German-Jewish forced laborers to West German design innovations that continue to influence contemporary consumer culture and in particular Apple鈥檚 trademark aesthetic. |