Dear History Students & Friends, There is a traffic jam on Beall Ave and parking is hard to find, which can only mean one thing: that time of year has come. On behalf of the History faculty, let me welcome you back to campus! Stay tuned for a message about the Mandatory Meeting of All… Read More
Category: Faculty Research & Travel
Jeff Roche “The Conservative Frontier”
The Spring Faculty at Large lecture series will kick-off on Feb. 7, when Jeff Roche, Associate Professor of History, presents, “The Conservative Frontier: The Far Right and the American West.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 11 a.m. in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.).… Read More
Cultural Exchange: Prof. Gedalecia Performs “American Country Music” in Nanjing
File this under: the interesting things our faculty members do. David Gedalecia traveled to Nanjing this past summer to help commemorate the life of a notable Wooster graduate: Guo Bingwen, Class of 1911. While at Wooster, Guo majored in the natural sciences, edited the Wooster Voice, and played with the first Wooster croquet club. (Ok,… Read More
Dr. Loomis “Owls and Loggers” noon Friday
This week’s Environmental Studies brown-bag lunch features Professor Loomis on “Owls and Loggers: The Politics of Work and Environment in the Pacific Northwest Forests.” Professor Loomis will discuss his research and approach to environmental history. All are welcome to join in at noon in Morgan 309.
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
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
While life since the fall of Communism in 1991 has gotten more complicated for many Russians, it has gotten easier for visitors to Moscow. Amenities (like supermarkets and washers and dryers and even sponges, mops and other cleaning supplies) that weren’t so readily available just a decade ago are now everywhere. On the down side,… Read More
Trip to Moscow
Yesterday I visited an old friend, Devochka s persikami (Girl With Peaches), one of my favorite paintings at Moscow’s Tretiakov Gallery. Given the serenity of the canvases that Valentin Serov (1865-1911) painted in the late 19th and early 20th century, it’s hard to imagine that Russia was only a few years away from the violent… Read More