Archive for 2010
History Majors and Alums Excel!
Gustavus History Department majors and alums continue to secure hard-to-come-by internships and admission to highly competitive graduate programs. To cite just three recent telling examples: Alums Aaron Hiltner and Maura Coonan are pusuing graduate work in, respectively, the PhD program in History at Boston University, and the Coordinated MA program in History and Library/Information at the University […]
Distinguished Historian to Speak at Gustavus
The Gustavus History Department is pleased to host distinguished historian Kevin Mumford who will deliver a public lecture titled “Untangling Pathology: Black Gay History before Stonewall” on Monday October 11th at 7:00 pm in SSC 101. Professor Mumford teaches at the University of Iowa, where he serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of History, and is […]
History Majors Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
The Department of History is pleased to announce that the following History majors have been honored as new members of Phi Beta Kappa as of Spring semester, 2010: Alyssa Fitzgerald, Phillip Helt, Aaron Hiltner, Amy Jahnke, Claire Sagstuen, and Allie Skjerven. Congratulations to all of you!
History Alum Awarded Fulbright
Dr. Joel A. Johnson, ’96, who double-majored in History (with Honors) and Political Science at Gustavus, recently learned that he has been awarded a prestigious senior-level Fulbright Scholar lecture/research position in the Department of British and American Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany, for 2010-11. About the university Joel writes: “I’ve had a little time to […]
History Majors Make History
People make history through their words and behaviors. Historians “make” it by developing written interpretations of the past based on their research in primary sources. Several Gustavus history majors are making histories of their own this academic year through independent studies and honors theses on a variety of fascinating topics: Independent Studies: Evan Curtin has completed […]
Digital History Projects
As the final component of the January Interim Experience course “History Bytes: History in the Digital Age,” students were asked to work in groups to research a topic and produce a digital project. The three groups all selected aspects of Gustavus history and spent the month researching in the college archives, interviewing people, and deciding […]