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February 13, 2017
From 1952 to 1981, South Africa’s apartheid government operated a training school for art teachers in the Bantu Education system — the school system for black South Africans...
February 8, 2017
“Frederick Douglass, author, orator, editor, and most important African American leader of the 19th century, was a dangerous illegal immigrant. Well, in 1838 he escaped a...
February 6, 2017
Carlos Eire’s new book, Reformations: Early Modern Europe, 1450-1660 (Yale University Press, 2016) won two important prizes from the American Publishers Association.  It won...
January 31, 2017
Steve Pincus, the Bradford Durfee Professor of History and author of The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government, joined the Ben Franklin...
January 24, 2017
Denise Y. Ho, Assistant Professor of History, was named one of twenty-one public intellectuals by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.  As part of 21 fellows...
January 18, 2017
Dear History Majors, I hope you have been enjoying shopping! If you’re looking for a course to try tomorrow, check out these wonderful options: HIST 188 01 (25386) /ER...
January 9, 2017
Starting on Wednesday, Hamil-fans will be able to enjoy a double dose of America’s newly favorite founding father: a public exhibition of a trove of documents held privately...