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Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture Series

Sherman Lecture Series

Since 2002, the UNCW History Department has hosted the Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture Series, an annual lecture series established to honor two lifelong learners and friends of the department, Virginia and Derrick Sherman.

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The 22nd annual lecture series & roundtable

This year marks the 22nd annual Lecture Series & Roundtable. Join us on Oct. 18 for an engaging lecture by the Sherman Emerging Scholar, Eladio Bobadilla. Followed by a roundtable discussion on Oct. 19 with distinguished scholars Dr. Eladio Bobadilla, Dr. Lori Flores, Dr. Brian Behnken, Dr. Benny Andres, and moderator Dr. Eva Mehl.

Portrait of Eladio Bobadilla

The 2023 Sherman Scholar is Eladio Bobadilla

Eladio Bobadilla is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Bobadilla earned his Ph.D from Duke University in 2019 and is a historian of social movements in the United States. His research focuses on Latinx history and the intersections between race, ethnicity and class. Dr. Bobadilla’s current book project, “Without Borders”: A History of the Immigrants’ Rights Movement is under contract with the University of Illinois Press.

2023 Lecture Series

Building Walls, Building Bridges: The Roots of Modern Nativism and the Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights 

Dr. Eladio Bobadilla 
University of Pittsburgh 

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 
7:30 p.m., Warwick Center  

Roundtable to follow Thursday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m., James Hall Auditorium 

Free and open to the public. 

El texto de la conferencia estará disponible en español. 

Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by contacting us at least seven days prior to the event. 

UNCW is an EEO/AA institution. Questions regarding UNCW’s Title IX compliance should be directed to Title IX.

2023 Roundtable

The Roots of Modern Nativism and the Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights 

Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 
3:30 p.m., James Hall Auditorium  

Free and open to the public. 

Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by contacting us at least seven days prior to the event. 

UNCW is an EEO/AA institution. Questions regarding UNCW’s Title IX compliance should be directed to Title IX.

Particpiants:

Dr. Eladio Bobadilla, Sherman Emerging Scholar
University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Lori Flores
Stony Brook University

Dr. Brian Behnken
Iowa State University

Dr. Benny Andres
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Moderator: Dr. Eva Mehl
University of North Carolina Wilmington

Information found on this information poster is to the right of the image in the "2023 Lecture Series" section
Audience sitting in front row of conference having a discussion

16th Annual Sherman Emerging Scholar, Noah Strote

On October 11, 2017 Noah Strote gave a lecture on "Uprooting Fascism: Germany and Western Democracy Since Hitler" in the Warwick Center Ballroom.

Discover the 2022 Sherman Scholar Lecture Series

Explore the highlights of last year's Leadership Lecture Series, featuring the Emerging Scholar Dr. Alvita Akiboh of Yale University. Learn more about Dr. Alvita Akiboh, the roundtable discussion, and relive the entire lecture experience by watching the recording.

Discover last year's Lecture Series

Department of History

Meaghan Wright, Admin Associate

Phone: (910) 962-3307

wrightm@uncw.edu

Morton Hall 235
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403

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