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Explore Spring 2027 Upper-Division History Course Offerings
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The Spring 2027 History course catalog is here! Discover upper-division courses that challenge you to examine cultures, ideas, conflicts, and movements while developing the liberal arts skills needed to understand…
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Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
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Read More: Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, tooDuring the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River.
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Why are there seven days in a week?
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Read More: Why are there seven days in a week?The Babylonians were astute observers and interpreters of the heavens, and it is largely thanks to them that our weeks are seven days long.
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Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse history
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Read More: Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse historyWhile the waters of Quitobaquito have attracted a wide array of peoples for more than 10,000 years, each wave of newcomers tends to erase the evidence of those who came before them.
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Dr. James Hansen, Author of Democracy’s College in the Centennial State, Reflects on CSU’s 150th Anniversary
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Read More: Dr. James Hansen, Author of Democracy’s College in the Centennial State, Reflects on CSU’s 150th AnniversaryMost of my professional life has encompassed researching, preserving, and writing about CSU’s past. I came Fort Collins in 1966 with a background in the history of higher education, and six years later, initiated a project that resulted in an institutional archive and a comprehensive study, Democracy’s College in the…
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Dr. Michael Mansfield and CSU student, Landon Schmidt, invite a WWII nurse and a German survivor to share their experiences
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Read More: Dr. Michael Mansfield and CSU student, Landon Schmidt, invite a WWII nurse and a German survivor to share their experiencesMorrison and Schendel experienced the war in very different ways. Morrison was an American nurse who tended to soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge while Schendel was forced into the Hitler Youth and endured Allied bombings. But they both endured the suffering of World War II.
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Sharing the Lessons Learned during the 2013 Colorado Flood
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Read More: Sharing the Lessons Learned during the 2013 Colorado FloodWhat can a historian do in response to life-threatening flooding? Quite a lot it turns out. By documenting the communication, cooperation, and activity of natural disaster responders, historians capture the knowledge and information-sharing process that is so crucial to future response and recovery.
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Why I Study Public History by Jordan Kearschner
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Read More: Why I Study Public History by Jordan KearschnerIn the age of “fake news,” museum professionals and others in the public historical field, can, and must, set an example to be held accountable for the truth.
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Beer-In 50th Anniversary
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Read More: Beer-In 50th AnniversaryThe 1968 Beer-In at CSU was about students rights on campus, more than about getting 3.2 beer at the Ramskeller.
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Dr. Thomas Cauvin Directs “Theo’s Choice/Le Choix de Theo”, A Documentary on French Education in Louisiana
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Read More: Dr. Thomas Cauvin Directs “Theo’s Choice/Le Choix de Theo”, A Documentary on French Education in LouisianaA new documentary film by Dr. Thomas Cauvin, Theo’s Choice/Le Choix de Theo, takes viewers into French immersion classrooms of southwest Louisiana. The film explores the complex Cajun identity through the idea of choice – the choice to speak, learn, and sometimes even teach, the French language in modern Louisiana.
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Summer 2018 Highlights for Students and Faculty
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Read More: Summer 2018 Highlights for Students and FacultyFrom Normany to Baja, our students and faculty traveled to interesting places and did some great things this summer.