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Tag: Department of History
Digital Slavery Archive Receives $750,000 Grant
From the January 2021 Desktop News | Dr. Joshua Rothman, professor and chair of the department of history, is part of a team of researchers that was recently awarded a $750,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant for a project, “Freedom on the Move,” which works to collect and digitize advertisements for runaway slaves that […]
A&S in the News: January 10-16, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for President Trump’s second impeachment, political divides, and more. […]
Leaving a Legacy
From the 2020 Collegian | Those who knew long-time history professor Dr. Helen Delpar describe her as a character. Voted “Most Likely to Succeed” by her high school classmates, she never owned a car and instead walked to work nearly every day until she retired in her late 60s. Though she never married and enjoyed […]
A History of Us
From the 2020 Collegian | On a January morning, 18 Central High School students sat around a circle of tables in their first period class. It’s silent, but it’s not tense—there’s an air of thoughtfulness, of students searching to find their answer to the question posed moments before. One by one, the students begin to […]
A&S in the News: December 6-12, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for Fall commencement, the School of Music’s annual holiday concert, and more. […]
A&S in the News: November 29 – December 5, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Hodges Meteorite, the Tinsel Trail, and more. […]
A&S in the News: November 15-21, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the performing arts, a lost historic site, and more. […]
A&S in the News: November 8-14, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Performing Arts Academic Center, a building name change, and more. […]
A&S in the News: September 27-October 3, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for research on climate warming, the Native American Festival, and more. […]
