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The workshop will take place on Friday, April 9, from 1 to 3 pm EST on Zoom. All are welcome.There’s no such thing as the Ivory Tower. Colleges and universities are not isolated enclaves, and they probably never were. Public engagement is an essential part of the core mission of higher education.But how do we reach the public? This age of...
Wesley Kang is a history major.
Emma Van Metre is a history and archaeology major.
Kyle Castellanos is majoring in government, history of art and history.
"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."
The research of Kevin Bloomfield, a Ph.D. candidate in history, and colleagues, was recently honored with a publication in Climatic Change.The paper, Beyond One-Way Determinism: San Frediano's Miracle and Climate Change in Central and Southern Italy in Late Antiquity, examines the cultural impacts of climate change in Italy during the first...
In a New York Times op-ed, Stephen Vider considers the possible repercussions of the Supreme Court's decision, expected this month, on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that asks whether the city of Philadelphia can bar Catholic Social Services from screening future foster parents.
Seed grants, student travel grants and internships totaling $355,000 in the 2021–22 academic year supported international work done by many A&S faculty and students.
Four Commencement ceremonies were held May 29-30, spaced out to meet health guidelines. Though campus was less crowded, the campus mood was warm and celebratory.
Eight members of the Class of 2020 share candid reflections on their lives over this past year.
The Department of History thanks our Alumni and Friends for the many gifts on Cornell Giving Day! We hope that you will check out our many opportunities for engagement as outlined in the Chair's Letter and/or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook to see our latest news.TwitterInstagramFacebook Page
First-person essay from the spring 2021 undergraduate teaching assistant for course “The First American University” (AMST 2001) about how the class has allowed her to see Cornell as more than merely an institution.
When Corey Ryan Earle ’07 began teaching the Cornell history course The First American University, he had several goals, including giving students a deep understanding and shared appreciation for Cornell’s uniqueness and many pioneering “firsts.” But he didn’t anticipate that 10 years later, the course would create a multigenerational, international community, thousands strong, connected by their ties to the university.
Walter F. LaFeber, the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History, in the College of Arts and Sciences – who won ovations from students for classroom lectures and whose mastery of U.S. foreign relations guided historians, political scientists and politicians for decades – died March 9 in...
Oren Falk considers the medieval Icelandic sagas as case studies, arguing that violence serves as a technique for dealing with uncertainty.
Mostafa Minawi, Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Ottoman & Turkish Studies Initiative, collaborated with the TED_Ed team to create a short primer for students interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Minawi took inspiration from his many years teaching an interactive course at Cornell titled "Introduction to the...
The National Endowment for the Arts has approved a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to the Department of Music to support a musical response to Freedom on the Move (FOTM), a database housing digitized, searchable fugitive slave advertisements.
“During this challenging year, our faculty have demonstrated exemplary caring and commitment to our students."
The Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes support students who want to look at the intersection of religion, politics and society.
Dear Alumni and Friends,I hope this e-newsletter finds you well. It has been an adventure to be chair of the history department during the Covid pandemic and reminds me of how thankful I am for such supportive faculty, staff, students and alumni. I found out just how supportive a community we have in November 2020, when we learned that one of...
The May 4 episode of All Things Equal featured Derek Chang, Cornell Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies. Chang discussed the context and history of the rise in anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias during the past year.
Hassaan Bin Sabir is a government and history major.
Sad news arrived on Thanksgiving morning that my beloved professor and lifelong friend, Dick Polenberg, passed away last night after a long, valiant struggle with Alzheimer’s that robbed us in his final years of his beautiful, analytic mind.I first laid eyes on Professor Polenberg as a wide-eyed freshman at Cornell in the spring of 1981, just...
On Monday, the Biden administration announced a significant increase in the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States. The announcement comes as the administration also begins to reunite parents separated from their children under the Trump administration’s family separation policy. Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of history and Latino studies, and Chiara Galli, sociologist and Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow, comment.
Undergrads: You Are InvitedThe Department of History invites all undergraduates to check out History and stop in at our Zoom Open House. You will hear about courses, the major, the minors, and you will have the opportunity to hear about history from our professors. If you have ever thought of taking a history course as an elective, this is a...