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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
Jan
19
The Movement Made Us All: Historical Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement and the Current Moment
David Dennis Jr. and David Dennis Sr.
6:00 PM
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Museum of Art
Jan
29
EIHS Lecture: Fathers and Sons: Empire, Execution, and Partition in a Revolutionary Age, 1776-1816
Gregory Dowd (University of Michigan)
4:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Jan
30
EIHS Symposium: Orders and the Unruly: A Conversation with our Fellows
12:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Feb
12
EIHS Lecture: Labor, Spirit, and Sovereignty: Africa’s Great War
Michelle Moyd (Michigan State University)
4:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Feb
13
EIHS Workshop: Political Mobilization, Authority and Collaboration
12:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
