Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the History Department present, The History of Disabilities , on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 1 p.m. in Beckman Hall, Room 107 with Allen Rucker. Allen Rucker was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He has an MA in Communication from Stanford
Wilkinson College and the History Department present special guest speaker, Annessa Stagner, Monday, March 31, 2014 at 1 p.m. in Beckman Hall, Rom 212. Stagner will discuss the history of medical understandings of wartime mental trauma from the Civil War through the First World War. This talk will focus on the ways in which military
Historians Jennifer Keene and Christopher Capozzola talked about the global ramifications of World War I. This interview was conducted at the 2014 American Historical Association conference in Washington, DC. Check out the interview here!
You are invited to a special lecture with Stefan Ionescu on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 7 p.m. in the Bush Conference Center, Beckman Hall, Room 404. Ionescu is a Research Associate in the Department of History and the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education. He will examine the diverse experiences of Romanian Jews during the
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, Dr. Jennifer Keene received an Australian Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grant . This grant is given to one faculty member nationally each year and provides $10,000 (Australian dollars) to support either an Australian or American Fulbright Alumna/us and their original home or host institutions to develop innovative projects that will foster
On Saturday, November 23, 2013, Wilkinson History students presented their best research at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) hosted, this year, at Whittier College. This conference encourages communication of innovative achievements across disciplines. Great job everyone! Check out the photos from the conference.
As part of the Visual Thinker Lecture Series, Art Historian Roberta Wue will be on campus Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in Moulton Hall 213 at 7 p.m. Wue specializes in the art and images of late Qing and twentieth-century China, with a particular interest in painting, photography and the printed image. Her recent focus has
Recently, Assistant Professor of History , Alex Bay, published his book Beriberi In Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease. A book about modern Japan, beriberi (or thiamin deficiency) becoming a public health problem that cuts across all social boundaries, afflicting the Meiji Emperor. David Arnold, author of Colonizing the Body had this
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, two history students were given awards from Leatherby Libraries at the Leatherby Libraries 2013 Student Awards Ceremony. Priya Shah (’13) won First Place for the John and Margaret Class Student Book Collection Contest and Second Place for the Undergraduate Research Prize and Lauren Abel (’13) won Second Place for the
A student researcher double majoring in history and Spanish who traveled to Peru to assist in faculty research and edited the award-winning history journal Voces Novae has been awarded the 2013 Cheverton Award. Priya Shah ’13 is a leader and a scholar, the embodiment of what the Cheverton Award honors, say her mentoring faculty members.