Lectures and Workshops
The department of History offers a challenging array of lectures, workshops, and other historical presentations for its students, faculty, the University and the wider community. The department works with other campus organizations and local entities to bring distinguished historians and other well-known speakers to the University of Houston while simultaneously creating opportunities for our students to share their exciting research and engage important new developments in the scholarship.
In the past, the department has hosted the Mexican American History Workshop in conjunction with the UH Center for Mexican American Studies. Gerald Horne, the Moores Professor of History and African American Studies, has sponsored a series of presentations by leading archivists. We also launched the annual Houston Phi Alpha Theta Consortium, which provides a forum for research for graduate and undergraduate students from local institutions. Finally, The Tenneco Distinguished Lecture Series, which is administered by the Center for Public History, regularly brings speakers to campus, while also funding symposia and conferences on a range of important issues tied the History Department's teaching, research, and community mission.