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Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies (EIHS)
Recent News
Eisenberg Institute Names 2025-26 Fellows
Institute awards faculty, graduate student, and postdoctoral fellowships
Dario Gaggio Named EIHS Director
Gaggio began service as the institute's ninth director on August 1, 2025
The Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, established in 2007 by a generous gift by Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg, provides a world-class forum for historical research and teaching.

Events
Sep
25
EIHS Lecture: The Nature of Spanish Empire
Mackenzie Cooley
4:45 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Sep
26
EIHS Workshop: Constructing the Natural
12:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Oct
17
EIHS Symposium: Written in the Stars: A Visit to the Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
Gregory Parker (Director, Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory)
12:00 PM
Detroit Observatory
Oct
30
EIHS Lecture: Pictures of Home Away from Home: Esther Bubley’s Wartime Family Album
Deborah Dash Moore (University of Michigan)
4:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Nov
12
Multi
Histories of Slavery, Freedom & the Law
4:00 PM
Law Library