Junior IS Workshop Schedule

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Junior I.S. Workshops: Fall 2011   Session 1: Tuesday, September 6 Getting Started, Getting Organized and Getting a Topic That Works Session led by Madonna Hettinger, Shannon King, and Jeff Roche Session 2: Tuesday, September 20 From Topic to Argument, From Reading to Writing Session led by Kabria Baumgartner, Katie Holt, and… Read More

Wooster In India

On March 9th, I’m off to India for two weeks. The first part of my trip will be spent in New Delhi, where I’ll be giving papers at JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and at the Nehru Museum. Most important, I’ll be working to promote a faculty exchange between JNU and COW that will allow faculty… Read More

Study Abroad, Networking Globally and Your Future

David Brooks wrote a column in the New York Times Op-Ed page on 8 November that all COW students should read. In the first place, it’s optimistic about your futures. In the second place, it offers college students some strategies for success that seem hard to argue with. The formula: (a) Be creative, (b) Learn… Read More

The Russian Country House

I’m back in Wooster, having spent ten days in Moscow and another three in St. Petersburg, but I still have some images to post, including these: At the invitation of historian and journalist Nikita Pavlovich Sokolov, I was able to spend a day outside of Moscow, visiting 19th century country estates (“usad’by”) of Russian noblemen… Read More