Dr. Rob Schneider: Which Witch? Explaining the Great Witchcraft Prosecutions in Early Modern Europe Friday, October 17, 2014 12pm, Lean Lecture Room The campaign against so-called witches and the practices associated with witchcraft in Europe was not a Medieval phenomenon. It occurred during the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution, suggesting a set of… Read More
Category: Events
Ayesha Hardison & Andrea Williams Joint Talk
On Thursday, November 13th at 7pm the College of Wooster’s English Department and Committee for Diversity and Global Engagement will host a joint talk between Ayesha Hardison (author of WRITING THROUGH JANE CROW: RACE AND GENDER POLITICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE), and Andrea Williams (author of DIVING LINES: CLASS ANXIETY AND POSTBELLUM BLACK FICTION) in… Read More
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle Film & Discussion Series
The Department of History is participating in a wide-ranging film and discussion series on America’s Civil Rights struggles. Across the spring semester, four films will be shown with discussions led by faculty in History, Africana Studies, and Political Science. The first event is this Wednesday night, with a showing of the film Slavery By Another… Read More
Tuesday I-Seminar: Black Student Activism & Experience at the College of Wooster
You’ve seen the general announcement of events this week in commemoration and reflection on the life of Rev. King. Take the time to participate! If you want a full run-down on events, see the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2014 Celebration page. We want to be sure you know about one of these events that… Read More
Tuesday at 11 – Madonna Hettinger – Faculty-at-Large Lecture – A Long Walk With Demons and Ghosts: 500 Miles on Foot on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
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
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
Cafe Bob presents “From Gap to Career,” a workshop on career planning, internships, professional development, and more! The session will feature a presentation by Lisa Kastor from Career Planning plus a panel of current and former history students to share their experiences with exciting internship opportunities. Please join us on October 17 in the Kauke… 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 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