UIC Student History Conference

The theme for the conference is Narratives of the Urban Past. SHow do we define the urban and the rural? How does doing research on urban spaces influence our writing and the stories we tell? How is urbanity experienced differently throughout the globe? How is public memory and history shaped by the urban environment? How are experiences and relationships to gender and sexuality by urbanity and/or rurality? What challenges are faced by those doing museum work in or about urban spaces?

This conference is an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to present their original research, gain experience in public speaking and attend professional development panels on academic and nonacademic topics.