The Lepage Center
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The Lepage Center
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The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova is founded on the belief that historical scholarship and historical perspective are indispensable tools for analyzing and understanding our world.

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Today's the day! Join us tonight at 6 p.m. EST for our webinar with @cgershenson.bsky.social, @cityisthelimit.bsky.social, and Nancy Kwak, PhD.
Nov. 11 | Webinar: “The Crisis of Housing”

We’ve all seen the headlines: Housing costs continue to rise. How can history guide us toward solutions?

Register here: bit.ly/4q1VhOy
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Reposted by The Lepage Center
Online! Will be chatting about the @fernpub.bsky.social book project that was released earlier this year, Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis!
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is next week! Register below!
Nov. 11 | Webinar: “The Crisis of Housing”

We’ve all seen the headlines: Housing costs continue to rise. How can history guide us toward solutions?

Register here: bit.ly/4q1VhOy
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nov. 11 | Webinar: “The Crisis of Housing”

We’ve all seen the headlines: Housing costs continue to rise. How can history guide us toward solutions?

Register here: bit.ly/4q1VhOy
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Starting shortly! Join us!
Oct. 22 | Webinar: "Is There a Higher Education Crisis?”:

Amid government intervention, shifting finances and competing perspectives, America’s colleges campuses face a new era. How did we get here?

Learn with us: bit.ly/4gXHJzB
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We're one day out and registration is still open!
We are getting excited for our event next week with @llassabe.bsky.social, @michael-berube.bsky.social, and @isaackamola.bsky.social!

Register at the link below to join us!
Oct. 22 | Webinar: "Is There a Higher Education Crisis?”:

Amid government intervention, shifting finances and competing perspectives, America’s colleges campuses face a new era. How did we get here?

Learn with us: bit.ly/4gXHJzB
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are getting excited for our event next week with @llassabe.bsky.social, @michael-berube.bsky.social, and @isaackamola.bsky.social!

Register at the link below to join us!
Oct. 22 | Webinar: "Is There a Higher Education Crisis?”:

Amid government intervention, shifting finances and competing perspectives, America’s colleges campuses face a new era. How did we get here?

Learn with us: bit.ly/4gXHJzB
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Oct. 22 | Webinar: "Is There a Higher Education Crisis?”:

Amid government intervention, shifting finances and competing perspectives, America’s colleges campuses face a new era. How did we get here?

Learn with us: bit.ly/4gXHJzB
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sept 12 | “Augustine the African": A Revisionist History

St. Augustine remains one of history’s most influential theologians. Yet a key aspect of his life – his African identity – has gone unexamined for centuries.

Join us for a discussion with Catherine Conybeare, PhD, and James O’Donnell, PhD!
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Sept 17 | Film Screening: “The Camden 28”

How far would you go to stop a war?

Join us to explore an iconic Vietnam War story of faith, resistance and betrayal. Featuring historian @micnick.bsky.social and filmmaker @truecrimesny.bsky.social!

🔗 Register: bit.ly/camden28
The Camden 28: A Story of War, Faith, Resistance and Betrayal
Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 5:00 p.m. in Villanova University’s John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts, Topper Theater, for a screening of “The Camden 28,” a documentary by Oscar-wi...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We are live! Tune in!
July 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Seats for our panel tomorrow on U.S. foreign policy, diplomacy and democracy are sold out, but you can still join us virtually!

Grab your lunch and explore some history with us.

🔗 Livestream: bit.ly/3IdovbJ
🇺🇸 July 8 | “Beyond Borders: U.S. Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Democracy”

How can three historians connect postwar east Asia, America’s first ladies and the Iran-Contra affair?

The Lepage Center explores the ties that bind American diplomacy and democracy.

🔗 Join us: bit.ly/447J2FW
Beyond Borders: U.S. Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Democracy
Villanova University's Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, in collaboration with the University of Delaware, hosts a panel discussion on the ties that bind modern American democra...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
🇺🇸 July 8 | “Beyond Borders: U.S. Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Democracy”

How can three historians connect postwar east Asia, America’s first ladies and the Iran-Contra affair?

The Lepage Center explores the ties that bind American diplomacy and democracy.

🔗 Join us: bit.ly/447J2FW
Beyond Borders: U.S. Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Democracy
Villanova University's Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, in collaboration with the University of Delaware, hosts a panel discussion on the ties that bind modern American democra...
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We have begun accepting applications for this year's grant on the theme of Crisis Moments across history.

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Call for Proposals | Villanova University
The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest's 2022 – 2023 grant program will fund projects around the theme of “Climate Change in Historical Perspective."
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May 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy May Day!
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy Earth Day!
April 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happening this evening at the Smith Lab at the Mullen Center (Ithan and Lancaster)
Join the conversation tomorrow evening at Villanova's John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts from 7 to 8:15pm featuring scholars of transgender identity across history. Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.
April 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
See you all at the Smith Lab at 7!
Join the conversation tomorrow evening at Villanova's John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts from 7 to 8:15pm featuring scholars of transgender identity across history. Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.
April 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Undergraduate fellow on last week's Populism Around the World virtual panel event

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Comparative Populism and History
On Tuesday, April 8th at 6 PM, moderator Dr. Marcus Kreuzer, Professor of political science at Villanova, was joined by University of…
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April 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Join the conversation tomorrow evening at Villanova's John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts from 7 to 8:15pm featuring scholars of transgender identity across history. Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.
April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Starting in forty minutes!

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April 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Join us at the Lepage Center (SAC 410) from 11:30am-12:45pm on 4/9 to hear from Laura Madokoro about her new book, Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Hundred Years of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance. This event is free, open to the public, and ACS Approved.
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Join us at 6pm, 4/8, for a virtual panel featuring Gabriela Greilinger, MSc, MES, (UGA), Thomas Zimmer, PhD (Georgetown), and Carlos de la Torre, PhD (Florida). This event will be moderated by Dr. Marcus Kreuzer (Villanova PoliSci). Free, open to the public, ACS Approved.
April 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Join us from 12-1 on Wednesday, 4/2/25, for a Lunch @ Lepage featuring Lepage undergraduate fellow Lucy Simons, focused on the history of mental health movements in the United States and around the globe, focused on historical figures like Clifford Beers and Adolf Meyer.
March 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM