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Andrew Needham: Interpreting American History
Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 04:30pm - 06:00pm
The fifth annual INTERPRETING AMERICAN HISTORY LECTURE SERIES
Historical Legacies & Dialogues for the Present
presents...
Dr. Andrew Needham, New York University
“Power Lines: Electrical Modernity and Spatial Inequality in Coal-Fired America”
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Public Lecture: 4:30-6 pm
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All are welcome.
Graduate Workshop & Luncheon: 12:30-1:30 pm
Students in the workshop will have the opportunity to discuss a pre-circulated paper by Professor Needham as well as their own work in a small group setting. Interested grad should RSVP to
All events will take place at Rutgers University, College Ave Campus
Van Dyck Hall, Room 301
Andrew Needham is an Associate Professor of History at NYU and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2006. His work focuses on recent United States history, with teaching and research emphases in environmental, American Indian, and urban and suburban history as well as the history of the American West. Dr. Needham has published a number of articles and recently released his first book, Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest (Princeton University Press, 2014), which explores the interconnected transformation of Phoenix and the Navajo Nation in the years after World War II. His new projects explore the historical relationship between understandings of urban sustainability, the development of infrastructures intended to supply cities’ material demands and environmental transformations including climate change.
THANK YOU TO OUR CO-SPONSORS: Graduate Student Association; History Department; Institute for Research on Women; Center for Race & Ethnicity; Office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences; and the Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs: Global Health! Biennial Theme.
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