Doug Yarrington, an associate professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts recently published a sweeping history of Venezuela that explores the ways corruption and efforts to combat it shaped the national state during the years of its formation.
Andrea Duffy wrote The Nature of Empire: Modern Imperialism and the Roots of the Anthropocene, which traces the complex and conflicting ways that the environment transformed and was transformed by imperial ventures in five modern states: Britain, France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan. It is a resource for anyone seeking to better understand the roots of today’s global environmental challenges.
Robert Gudmestad, a professor of history and current chair of the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts, recently published the first comprehensive story of the Mississippi River Squadron a Union naval fleet that patrolled the Mississippi river and its tributaries during the United States Civil War and played a significant role in securing both freedom for many enslaved people and a victory for the Union.
Colorado State University’s History Matters project is transforming how local history is taught in Colorado classrooms by using a hyperlocal, place-based focus, the project builds equity-driven curricula that center the under told histories of Fort Collins, Northern Colorado and the state of Colorado.
History Assistant Professor selected to Colorado Education Commission.
Colorado State University graduate students presented their creative work, research and entrepreneurship during the 2024 GradShow on Nov. 20. Out of 241 participants across all eight colleges, five CLA students won top honors.
The Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities at Colorado State University has named five College of Liberal Arts faculty members as Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025: Kari Anderson, Carrie Chenault, Jessica Jackson, Tobi Jacobi and Emily Moore. The Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support and promote humanities-oriented scholarship and to foster fellowship among humanities faculty who either already conduct engaged research or are interested in doing so.
From voters rejecting a bid to host the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front’s attack on Vail Ski Resort, CSU Associate Professor Michael Childers says it hasn’t been all powder for Colorado’s snow business.
Little’s expertise as a historian of early North America, emphasizing women, gender, and sexuality has made her the go-to expert for the showrunners in delving into the lives of early colonial women.
The Public Lands History Center’s Parks as Portals to Learning field workshop celebrates its ninth year.
