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Check out our upcoming workshops, History Hounds® lectures, conferences, member-submitted history events, and more all in one place.

In addition to all of our Historical Society of Michigan-hosted events, our online calendar is open for rolling submissions to all of our member local historical organizations and entities throughout Michigan. You must be logged in to our website in order to submit an event. For details or assistance in submitting an event for consideration to our online calendar, please email us at hsm@hsmichigan.org. 

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2023 Michigan in Perspective: Local History Conference

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Novi, MI

Held annually in the spring in the Metro Detroit area, this conference is open to anyone interested in state or regional history.

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Resisting Home-Front Hostility: German Americans in Frankenmuth

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Virtual

During both World Wars, German Americans experienced discrimination nationwide. In Michigan, German-language books burned, German names on street signs changed, and some German Americans were violently assaulted. The German Americans residing in Frankenmuth, however, were able to escape much of that discrimination—retaining their German identity and celebrating it in the postwar period.

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Michigan History Alliance® Meeting – Directing Helping Hands: Volunteer Management

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Virtual

Volunteers often form an integral part of a historical society or museum staff. Recruiting and managing volunteers poses increasing challenges in an age of working families with limited time and expertise to donate. Come learn how to attract, train, manage, and reward the people who offer to help your organization.

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Climbing Further Up the Family Tree: Genealogy 201

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Virtual

You’ve mastered the basics—now it’s time to climb higher into the family tree’s branches. This workshop will go beyond the research ABCs, giving attendees the tools to find obscure sources of information, locate and identify categories of resources, organize information, and create a systematic approach to researching family histories.

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