Madonna Hettinger, professor of history at The College of Wooster, will present “A Long Walk with Demons and Ghosts: 500 Miles on Foot on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela” at the next Faculty at Large lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.). Admission… Read More
Author: Gregory Shaya
Tuesday Night: Film Showing and Discussion with Ibra Sene : Prince Among Slaves
Come join us this Tuesday night – Tuesday, November 19, at 6:30 pm (Lean Lecture Room) – for a film showing of “Prince Among Slaves,” a historical documentary directed, written and produced by Andrea Kalin and narrated by Mos Def. The film tells the true story of Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori, an African Muslim prince who… Read More
History Bowlarama (and Ping-Pong Challenge)
A message from the Chair of History: The end of the semester approaches like an eighteen-wheeler careening down an icy mountain pass. Finals to study for, final papers to write, I.S. chapters to, well, finish or. . . something; the laundry is piling up and, frankly, starting to smell, the thought of another Lowry meal… Read More
On behalf of the Department of History, I’m writing to invite you to the Fall History Picnic! Come join us next Wednesday, September 11, from 4 to 6pm, in the Bornhuetter Pavilion (the pavilion behind Bornhuetter). History majors & minors, majors with a home department in History, students interested in history, and colleagues from related disciplines (which… Read More
Dear History Students, Although a little later than normal, I and the other members of the Department would like to welcome you back to campus. Under the cover of another email, you will find information about our Mandatory Meeting of All History Majors, which will take place this coming Thursday, August 29th, in Lean Lecture… Read More
Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends! July 1 is a minor landmark in the summer, but it does mark a turnover in leadership of the History Department. Jeff Roche assumes the Chair of the Department, on a three-year term, as of this day. I passed along to him the Departmental gavel and regalia and secret… Read More
Dear Students, I write to invite you to the Spring History Picnic, coming up this Wednesday, May 1, from 4 to 6pm, in the Bornhuetter Pavilion (behind Bornhuetter). Come by and help us celebrate the Department, with a special nod to our Senior graduates and new History majors! History majors & minors, majors with a home… Read More
Ah, another I.S. Monday – March 25, 2013. A weather system out of the west blanketed the campus in snow, as History majors and friends (yes, yes, and I.R./History majors and East Asian Studies majors and all of you double majors) came together to celebrate the completion of Senior I.S. There had been rumblings all… Read More
Study Abroad for Dummies
As it happens, I’m in Rabat, Morocco this week checking out the new SIT study abroad program on Journalism and New Media (together with well-established SIT programs here on Migration and on Human Rights). These are amazing programs, led by brilliant and committed faculty. They offer an experience that will stretch your minds, a wonderful… Read More