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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
11
EIHS Lecture: Pop after Empire: Disco, Decolonization, and the Re-Making of a Music Industry
Kira Thurman (University of Michigan)
4:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Sep
12
EIHS Symposium: Orders and the Unruly: Engaging Primary Sources
Kathryn Babayan, John Carson, Yanay Israeli, Farina Mir, Dario Gaggio (moderator)
12:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
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
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