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 in Japan under US Occupation

Connor Mills

December 9, 2024, 7:00 pm

"Science and the Seafloor: A History of Cabled Observatories on the Juan de Fuca Plate"

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