There will be a meeting on Wednesday (12 October) at 4:00 PM in Lowry 119 for students who think they might be interested in participating in a College of Wooster summer study program in India this summer. Wooster in Northeast India, to be led by Professor Pozefsky, will take place from 16 May – 16… Read More
Author: Peter Pozefsky
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
A Few More Images From India (Shillong, Meghalaya, Assam)
Here are a few more images from my trip. I flew from Delhi to Guwahati, where Professor Purkayastha met me at the airport with Clarence, the Principal of St. Anthony’s driver. Guwahati is located on the banks of the Brahmaputra River in Assam Province. We drove for about three and a half hours from the… Read More
India (New Delhi, Simla, Shillong)
I was hoping to blog my trip to India but, unfortunately, I had very limited internet access. The chief goals of my visit were to work on establishing a faculty exchange with the Centre for Historical Research at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi and to establish a Wooster in India Program (scheduled for… 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
Russian Dacha, Vodka and Zakuski
    In Russia, formal meals are constructed around two main courses. The second, rich, hot but very simple, consists of roasted meat and a starch such as barley or potatoes. However, the first, the zakuski (which literally means “tastes” but is probably best translated as “appetizers”), is the most important. The hosts will usually… 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
World War II Monument
I spent an evening in the city of Zhukovsky with Mikhail Abramovich Davydov, a Professor of History at the Russian State Humanities University in Moscow. Zhukovsky, which is just outside of Moscow, is one of the capitals of Soviet military aviation. Many planes are test flown for the first time at facilities in the city.… Read More