History Pub returns to in-person events! Join us at our new event venue, Whirled Pies. Located at 199 W. 8th Avenue in Eugene.
The Eugene History Pub Talks is a monthly event series cosponsored by the department and Lane County History Museum. History scholars and experts are invited to present talks on historical events, concepts, and research in a setting with local beer, wine, and food. All talks take place in the evenings on the second Monday of each month, September through May, unless noted otherwise. Events are open to everyone and free to attend.
View recordings of previous events on YouTube.
2024-25 Schedule
October 14, 2024, 7:00 pm
Malaria Eradication in Africa, 1920-2020: A History of Failures, but What About the Present?
Melissa Graboyes
November 11, 2024, 7:00 pm
“Halt! Tomare! Halt!”: The Nature of Officially Sanctioned Violence
Connor Mills
December 9, 2024, 7:00 pm
Talk title forthcoming
Hayley Brazier
January 13, 2025, 7:00 pm
Outliers and Outlaws: The Eugene Lesbian History Project
Judith Raiskin and Linda Long
February 10, 2025, 7:00 pm
The History of Pre-History: How Archaeology Began
Vera Keller
March 10, 2025, 7:00 pm
Talk title forthcoming
Lissa Wadewitz
April 14, 2025, 7:00 pm
Talk title forthcoming
Hannah Cutting
May 12, 2025, 7:00 pm
Talk Title forthcoming
Yvette Saavedra
2023-24 Schedule
November 13, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Mobilizing Nature: Putting Northwest Resources to Work During World War II
Katie Macica, PhD
December 11, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Living Together? Catholics and Protestants in Europe After the Reformation
David Luebke
January 08, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
The French Empire Before Napoleon
Brett Rushforth
February 12, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Unruly Icebergs: Doing Business and Fighting Ice in the North Atlantic Ocean
Mark Carey
March 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Strong Winds and Widow Makers: Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber Country
Steve Beda
April 08, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
Catherine McNeur
May 13, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
International Native American Sovereignty Activism, 1975-1980
Jennifer O'Neal