Registration for the spring is coming soon! To learn more about what’s on offer in History, point your browser to http://history.voices.wooster.edu/courses/, or click on the “Courses” tab of the History Blog. You will see the course schedule for History together with up-to-date descriptions of these courses. Please, please, take a good look before registering for… Read More
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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
Cafe Bob
The first Cafe Bob is this Thursday at 11 in Kauke 137. We are starting with a roundtable about the I.S., entitled “The Senior I.S.: From Topic to Thesis.” Jeanette Coledrige and Audrey Hudak will be leading it. They are going to talk about their research briefly, but then will focus on what is going… Read More
Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship – From History to Practice?
In his Theses on Feurbach (written in 1845), Karl Marx wrote that “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” He raised profound questions: What is the connection between studying the world and social action? What should it be? Of course, for Marx, the study of history,… 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
Junior I.S. Workshop: Student Research Presentations
The third and final Junior I.S. Workshop is the Thursday, September 30 at 11 am in Kauke 137. Students will break into groups of three or four, joined by faculty. You should be prepared to present your title, topic, research question, analysis, and argument. Practice your oral presentation! Booth’s The Craft of Research – especially… Read More
Ashraf Ghani TONIGHT
Ashraf Ghani’s presentation “AFGHANISTAN: Owning the Present, Building the Future” is TONIGHT (Monday, September 27 at 7:30 pm in McGaw Chapel). Dr Ghani will also be available this afternoon for an informal conversation from 3-4 p.m. in the Babcock Hall Lounge. Ghani is an advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and was recently asked to… Read More
History Department Picnic Rescheduled!!
Phi Alpha Theta & the Department of History will hold a picnic on Thursday, September 23th from 4 to 7 pm in the Bornhuetter Pavilion. Croquet for all! All History Majors and students interested in History are welcome.