The promise of time travel, be it forwards or backwards, has long been a compelling fantasy. What could we learn, predict, better understand, prevent, or resolve if we had the ability to move forwards or backwards in time? Historians are perhaps the closest we’ll ever get to the possibility of time travel – their painstaking work in archives, attempts to place themselves in the mindset of their subjects, and probing of the past for understanding (and how that understanding can prevent repeating our same mistakes) enacts the work of a time traveler. But can historians use their work to time travel forward—or can they only trace the path of expired time? And finally, why has time travel so captured the popular imagination as a promise of the future? What practical use might there really be in time travel, both in how we envision it in popular culture and how historians strive towards it?
Feb
25
2015
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Harman Academy
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