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CPH Research Colloquium May 16th

February 28, 2024

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 Dr. Jesse Esparza will present at the CPH Research Colloquium: "Chale con la Guerra: The Chicano Anti-War Movement in Houston, 1965-1975." 

Dr. Esparza received his PhD from the UH History program in 2008, and is a Professor at Texas Southern University. His research is on the history of Chicano/Latino education and civil rights activism. Esparza has a forthcoming monograph, Race Schools: Latino, Asian, and Black Educational Autonomy and Activism, 1920-1980.

The CPH Research Colloquium meeting will take place from 1:00-2:30 pm in McElhinney 323. Please send RSVPs to Dr. Julie Cohn: jacohn@uh.edu 

The CPH Research Colloquium (formerly the UH Energy, Urban, and Enviromental Group) meets monthly, generally on the last Friday of each month, to discuss works in progress. Students, faculty, and outside scholars share current research in fields broadly related to the topics of history of energy, cities, environment, technology, science, and medicine. Examples from recent meetings include our current social and environmental issues, policy and environmental legacy of the Santa Barbara oil spill, civil rights and medical citizenship in America, and Apollo moon landings and American culture in the 1970s. Each meeting includes time for announcements, a presentation of a current project - for example a paper to be published or a book chapter, and discussion. Meetings are friendly and informal and open to anyone interested in the topics addressed. 

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