Boyd Memorial Lecture

The Willis Boyd History Lectureship was established by the friends and family in honor of Professor Willis Boyd.

2004-2006

Chicago's West Side in the Era
of Richard J. Daley

Examine the racial transformation of Chicago's West Side under the Daley Administration,
as African American families moved into this area and whites moved out of it.

By Amanda Seligman

April 11th, 2006 ~ 7pm ~ CCLIR 205

Previous Boyd Lectures:

2004-2005

"Making History Come Alive" given by Gary Foreman

2002-2003:

"Survivor Memories and Holocaust History: The Case of the Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camps" given by Christopher Browning of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2001-2002

"Forget the Ghouls.... Remember the Grandmothers: An American Tragedy:

Coming to Terms with the Salem Witch Trials"

given by John M. Murrin of Princeton University

1998-1999

"Conflicting Legal Traditions in Twentieth Century Mexico: An Obstacle to Stability" given by Charles Hale of the University of Iowa.