Building on the long legacy of the Hagley Research seminar, the Hagley Seminar on Business, Culture, and Politics features original and creative work-in-progress essays that make use of business history sources.
All seminars are held on Zoom between noon and 1:30 p.m. Eastern USA time. Seminars are based on a paper that is circulated in advance. Preregistration is required and space is limited. To find registration links as well as additional information on the seminars, please go to https://www.hagley.org/research/research-seminars. Questions may be sent to Carol Lockman, clockman@Hagley.org.
2023 Spring Seminar Series
February 22, noon-1:30
Moeko Yamazaki, University of Oregon
“Making the World on Time: The Vietnam War, Deregulation and the Birth of FedEx”
Comment: Marc Levinson, Independent Scholar
Angus McLeod, University of Pennsylvania
“Schools and Economic Development in Antebellum Texas”
Comment: John Majewski, University of California, Santa Barbara
May 3, noon-1:30
Brent Cebul, University of Pennsylvania
“Creating the Intern: Philanthropy, Universities, and the New Deal”
Comment: Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Loyola University of Chicago
Organizational History Network 