Category: News
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Professor Ann Little’s New Book on Early American History
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Read More: Professor Ann Little’s New Book on Early American History“By following Esther Wheelwright’s life, we get to see it all – warfare, politics, diplomacy, and even accusations of espionage.” Professor Ann Little describes her new book on early American history, called The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright
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Graduate Student, Poppie Gullett, Explores Public History in Antarctica
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Read More: Graduate Student, Poppie Gullett, Explores Public History in Antarctica“The sun didn’t set for almost three weeks, and by the end I’d forgotten what night time felt like.” CSU History Graduate Student, Poppie Gullett
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Dr. Deborah Yalen wins NEH Fellowship
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Read More: Dr. Deborah Yalen wins NEH FellowshipAssociate Professor Deborah Yalen has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers for the 2017 academic year. Funding will support Dr. Yalen’s own scholarly contribution to an international research project entitled “Ideologies on Display: Jewish Ethnography in the Age of Lenin and Stalin.” This project explores the…
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CSU History Major Attends National History Conference
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Read More: CSU History Major Attends National History ConferenceJefferson Abbey, a senior in the CSU History Department, attended the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Interested in graduate school, he wanted to see if he was making the right choice.
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A New Era for Jeopardy!
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Read More: A New Era for Jeopardy!There have been notable upsets in recent world history — the Cleveland Cavaliers winning the NBA Title, the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series, and Donald Trump winning the presidential election — but none of them compares to what happened in Clark Hall on November 11, 2016. The “Make America…
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CSU Graduate Will Wright appears on “Colorado Experience: Big Thompson Flood”
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Read More: CSU Graduate Will Wright appears on “Colorado Experience: Big Thompson Flood”Will Wright, M.A. 2016, appeared on PBS’s “Colorado Experience: Big Thompson Flood.” The episode aired on October 2, 2016 and discusses the conditions that led to this traumatic disaster, the ramifications to the road, property, and residents of the canyon, and the equally cataclysmic flood that occurred in 2013. Wright…
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Kim Daggett, Academic Success Coordinator
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Read More: Kim Daggett, Academic Success CoordinatorThe Department of History’s new Academic Success Coordinator, Kim Daggett, is getting geared up for fall advising. She began her duties at CSU on August 29 and now, less than two months later, she is ready to see a steady stream of History majors in her office in Clark C207.…
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CSU grad to study History at Yale
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Read More: CSU grad to study History at YaleChristopher Molina West earned his B.A. in History from CSU in 2013. He subsequently attended the University of Colorado at Boulder for a second undergraduate degree, earning a B.A. in Greek and Latin there in 2015. After graduating from CU, Christopher then took a year off from academic work and…
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The Color of our Parks Symposium
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Read More: The Color of our Parks SymposiumIn 2016, the National Park Service’s centennial year, the American West Program seeks both to celebrate the NPS and to examine significant issues in the past, present, and future of our parks. The National Park Service has recently signaled its deepening commitment to making the parks relevant and accessible to…
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Public Lands History Center wins prestigious designation
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Read More: Public Lands History Center wins prestigious designationThe Public Lands History Center (PLHC) has been chosen as one of CSU’s new Programs of Research and Scholarly Excellence for the next four years, beginning in 2016. This designation, conferred by the Vice President for Research, gives the PLHC a four-year graduate fellowship and the opportunity to apply for substantial…