My Experience with the Notable Women of Wayne County This past fall, I had the opportunity to work as an intern for Wayne County Public Library’s Genealogy Department. I was asked to explore the department’s wiki page and do some research to contribute to its development. Eventually, I came across the page about the Notable Women… Read More
Looking for help writing an abstract or focusing your research question, whether it’s for I.S. or a class paper? Come to the next Café Bob on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 11:00 am in Kauke 305, where professors and peers will guide you in constructing a “snapshot” of your research. See the flyer below for more… Read More
Research Postcard: Jeff Roche
The Research Postcards series highlights the scholarly adventures undertaken by department faculty when they’re away from the classroom. Our first postcard comes from Jeff Roche, a specialist in American history. Roche’s latest research trip took him to Midland, Texas, where he mined the papers of conservative activist and historian J. Evetts Haley at the Haley… Read More
The Departments of English, History, and Africana Studies Present: “American Monuments and the Residue of History” by Prof. John Levi Barnard Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 from 7:30 to 9:00PM Lean Lecture Room, Wishart Hall Please join us for a talk by John Levi Barnard, Assistant Professor of English, drawn from his new book, Empire of… Read More
On Friday, October 2, 2017, ten students from the class “A History of Native America” took a field trip to Newark Earthworks “the largest set of geometric earthen enclosures in the world” and a site considered sacred by American Indians. Newark Earthworks is composed of three earthwork constructions that feature precise geometric shapes that once connected to… Read More
This semester, I have the opportunity of working in the Genealogy department in the Wayne County Public Library. As one of their interns in the department, my task is to look at the Genealogy department’s Wiki page and pick a section/ topic that I am interested in. The topic that I chose was education, with… Read More
The first Café Bob of the 2016-2018 school year will take place on Thursday, October 5 at 11 a.m.: Engaging History: Summer Experiences (KAU Tower). During the summer of 2017, several history majors continued their history education by studying abroad in Indonesia, working as research assistants for the Wooster Digital History Project, and participating in living history… Read More
Please join us on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 5 to 7pm for our annual fall History Picnic. All majors, minors, and friends of the History department are welcome! This is your chance to take on Dr. Shaya at croquet. Hotdogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers provided. Hope to see you there! Fall History Picnic Poster
2017 Copeland Research Grants
In 1995, the Board of Trustees established the Henry J. Copeland Fund for Independent Study. This generous fund is a competitive grant to enhance Senior I.S. research projects. In the past, History majors have won grants to perform archival research, attend public history workshops, conduct oral history interviews in Chile, and photograph war memorials to… Read More