Professional investors, a critically-acclaimed historian and new editors for InFlame are some of what the history department lined up for November.

John Rogers and Charlie Bobrinskoy talked to students on Nov. 8 in the economics classes about value investing, the practice of buying undervalued stocks.

Mr. Rogers, 1976 U-High alumnus, is the CEO of investment firm Ariel Capital Management, and Mr. Bobrinskoy is its head of domestic investment.

“That’s an important part of the economics class,” Chris Janus, AT economics teacher, said, “where you have prominent people come in and talk about whatever they’re an expert in.”

John “Rob” McNeill, a MacArthur Genius Award winner and 1971 U-High alumnus, also came in to speak to U-High. His Nov. 6 talk was dedicated to his late father, William H. McNeill, a noted historian and 1934 U-High alumnus.

According to U-High history teacher Paul Horton, McNeill’s father was a key figure in creating an academic space for world history at the collegiate level.

Mr. McNeill spoke about the environmental impact of the industrial revolution. He was recently elected the president of the American Historical Association, the professional organization for historians.

“I was really interested in the speaker because I have never learned in-depth about the industrial revolution,” freshman Willow Young said.

In addition to history talks, InFlame, the student-run history journal recently accepted applications for new editors.

Essays are submitted anonymously, and the editors read and select them based on an established rubric.