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Slavery and the Constitution: Historians Debate
(Right Photo: Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston) As we stress to students in our Gustavus History courses, History is a dynamic (not static) discipline or field of study. As historians, we disagree with one another all the time over our interpretations of the past. In this sense, the past is contested terrain in the […]
Welcome Back History Majors and Minors!
Here’s the story of a Department named History. Welcome back History majors, minors, and buffs to another academic year (2015-16) at Gustavus! We are delighted that Prof. Maddalena Marinari has joined us as a historian of the U.S. specializing in immigration history. Stop by to meet and greet her and to say hello to the […]
History Alum Named Associate Provost
Sarah Fatherly, ’91, has begun her new position as Associate Provost and Dean of University Programs at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sarah previously worked at Otterbein University in Ohio where she was a professor of history and chair of the Integrative Studies program. Dr. Fatherly earned her PhD in history at the University […]
Gustavus Adolphus Day Commemoration in Chapel
Chapel Talk: Gustavus Adolphus Day November 7, 2011 Today we remember Gustav II Adolf – king of Sweden from 1611-1632 and namesake of our college. Yesterday, November 6, marked the 379th anniversary of his death on a battlefield in Lützen, Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. Since his death, numerous individuals have created mythical images […]
History Honors Presentations!
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 […]
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 […]