Director of Naval Historical Center Speaking at 11am Thursday Jan 19

On Thursday, January 19, at 11am, the history department will present Dr. Ed Furgol, Wooster alumnus and current director of the Naval Historical Center. Dr. Furgol will discuss opportunities in Public History and his experience as curator of the Naval Historical Center in Kauke 305.  All Majors are welcome.

Lateefah Simon “Justice for All” Monday 7:15

[vimeo 14872115] The Center for Diversity and Global Engagement (CDGE), working with OMSA and the WGSS program, is excited to bring to campus, Lateefah Simon, our first leader in residence. The goal of this week-long residency is to connect our students and community to a young leader who embodies the vision of the Center. Lateefah… Read More

History Picnic Next Week!

On behalf of the Department of History, I’m writing to invite you to the rescheduled History Fall Picnic, Wednesday, October 5, from 3:30 to 6pm, in the Bornhuetter Pavilion! Colleagues, friends, history majors & minors, majors with a home department in History, and students interested in History are all very welcome. We’ll start setting up… Read More

Copeland Funding In France

Aix-en-Provence is gorgeous.  Especially at the end of July, which was when I headed over there to do archival research for my IS.  I ended up spending a week in Southern France, researching the negritude movement at the French colonial National Archives. I spent my time there researching previously classified documents, such as police reports and diplomatic… Read More

Application site open for HIST 228 / Wooster In Israel and Palestine

The online application site is now open for Wooster In Israel & Palestine/History 228 at https://selectsurvey.wooster.edu//TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=821H372 For more information, see the program page at http://www.wooster.edu/Academics/Off-Campus-Study/Wooster_in_Programs/CurrentPastPrograms/WoosterInIsraelAndPalestine The application deadline is September 30.  Accepted students will be notified by October 10 and must commit either by October 21 (Class of 2012) or October 28 (Classes of 2013 and 2014).   Please… Read More

Senior I.S. Copeland Fund Trip to Vietnam

In August of 2011, I traveled to Vietnam on a generous grant from the Copeland Fund. My Senior I.S. is an oral history of the South Vietnamese civilian experience during the Vietnam War, roughly between 1968 and 1975. I conducted interviews with a FlipCam borrowed from the Office of Instructional Technology. Among the eight individuals… Read More