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History Department Calendar of Events for the 2007-2008 Academic Year For a full listing of academic deadlines see the Registrar's Calendars.
Spring Semester: 2008
January 14	Spring 2008 classes begin.
January 21	Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No classes. Campus closed.
February 20	Distinguished Research Lecture, "War and Peace in Eighteenth Century North America," to be given by Professor Fred Anderson, 4 pm, Feb. 20, Old Main Chapel. A reception will follow in the Heritage Room. The Distinguished Research Lectureship is the highest award the faculty bestow on one of its members. Contact: Merlyn.Holmes@colorado.edu
March 7	The History Department co-sponsors this entry in the Center for Asian Studies Speaker Series: "Racism Under Fire: Japanese as Americans, Koreans as Japanese in WWII" Presented by Takashi Fujitani, Associate Professor of History at University of California, San Diego. In this talk professor Fujitani will provide a perspective on the US and Japan that challenges common understandings of these two nation-state based empires during the Second World War. He argues that the demands of waging total war resulted in very similar policies toward minorities and colonial subjects. In contrast to the Nazi solution, which was to expand territorial empire while excising despised minorities, the Japanese and American wartime regimes both disavowed racism and welcomed targeted colonial subjects and minorities into their nations. At the same time, racism did not end. 'Racism Under Fire' refers to both the experience of racism by populations mobilized for war and a new attack upon racism, which was an effect of the need to mobilize these populations, whereby racism itself comes under fire. The talk will be held at 5:00 p.m., Hellems room 141.
March 12	Center for Asian Studies Speaker Series: Dr. Todd Henry, "The Culture of Japanese Racial Formations in Colonial Korea " Dr. Henry is Assistant Professor of History at Colorado State University. 4:30 p.m., Hellems room 199.
March 24-28	Spring break. No classes all week. Campus closed on Friday March 28th only.
May 2	Last day of classes for spring 2008.
May 3-8	Final exams for spring 2008. (There are no exams on Sunday, May 4.)
May 8	Spring 2008 History Departmental commencement (for majors and minors only ) Mary Rippon Outdoor Amphitheatre, 5:00 pm
May 9	Spring 2008 University of Colorado Combined Commencement (University-wide) Folsom Stadium, 8:30 a.m.
Summer Semester: 2008
May 12	Maymester Classes Begin
May 26	Memorial Day Holiday . No classes, Campus closed.
May 30	Maymester Classes End
June 2	A-Term Classes Begin
July 3	A-Term Classes End
July 4	Independence Day Holiday . No classes, Campus closed.
July 6	B-Term Classes Begin
August 8	B-Term Classes End

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