History professor selected to Colorado Education Commission
History Assistant Professor selected to Colorado Education Commission.
In memory: Jean S. Griswold was a person who included all
Griswold, who was born on Oct. 6, 1929, built her life on a simple idea: People flourish when they are welcomed and invited into one another’s lives.
Remembering Jim Hansen: ‘The keeper of Colorado State University’s story’
James Emil “Jim” Hansen II, who chronicled the definitive history of Colorado State University in several books and founded the CSU archives, passed away on Aug. 27 at the age of 86 after a long struggle with Huntington’s disease.
Butterfly Pavilion, CSU launch exhibit on Colorado’s native bees
The exhibit, which opened Sept. 12, shines a spotlight on the more than 1,000 native bee species that call Colorado home, in many dazzling, quirky and surprising in ways most people have never seen before.
The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095–1204
The Women of Antioch is both a biography of four women—Constance, Alice, Constance II, and Maria, all connected through marriage or birth to the crusader principality of Antioch—and an analysis of the political cultures within which they maneuvered, including eleventh-century France, Norman Italy, Antioch and Byzantium. The book’s comparative perspective facilitates the discernment of differences and […]
Profitable Offices: Corruption, Anticorruption, and the Formation of Venezuela’s Neopatrimonial State, 1908-1948
During the crucial period of its formation, the opposing forces of corruption and anticorruption shaped Venezuela’s new national state and its relationship with society. National strongman Juan Vicente Gómez, who ruled from 1908 to 1935, fastened control over key areas of the economy, extracted wealth from the Venezuelan people, and distributed resources to favorites. Utilizing […]
CSU selected as new host for the Western Historical Quarterly
After a decade under the stewardship of the University of Oklahoma, the Western Historical Quarterly (WHQ), has been placed with a new Institutional Host at Colorado State University. Founded in 1969, the WHQ has been the official journal of the Western History Association (WHA), an organization centered on the study and teaching of the diverse […]
Giving Gaffers: Retired CSU history faculty raising money for the department
A group of retired Colorado State University faculty from the Department of History has launched a special fundraising campaign for the department as a public display of support during a difficult time for the liberal arts and all of higher education.
CSU undergraduate honored with two international scholarships
Colorado State University undergraduate Ryan Simmons has earned not one, but two prestigious scholarships dedicated to studying language internationally.
Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identity
As summer approaches, millions of Americans begin planning or taking trips to state and national parks, seeking to explore the wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities across the nation.