Author: tomo

The History Department invites the Gustavus community to this year’s Senior Honors Presentations.  May 10, 4:30 p.m. in SSC 101.    Fascinating research by the following: Val McCluskey:  “The Oneida and Bishop Hill Communities: Defining Utopianism” Claire Sagstuen:  “Russian Persecution of the Baltic Lutherans in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries and the Use of Religious…

The History Department is pleased to announce that Allie Skjerven, senior History Major, has been awarded the 2010 Patricia Lindell Scholarship in the GAC library. This year’s project, to be carried out during Spring Semester 2010, will focus on how undergraduates utilize space in academic libraries.  Several academic libraries, most notably the University of Rochester…

The History Department is pleased to welcome Tyler Johnson to Gustavus who will be teaching courses for us in January and Spring Semester, 2010.   Tyler recently received his PhD in History from Purdue University.  This January he will be teaching the following course: TO THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA: THE WAR WITH MEXICO. Between 1846 and…