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Kalamazoo MI 49008-5334 USA
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2023

  • Dr. James Palmitessa was  by FOX affiliate WXMI on the history of Halloween and his upcoming talk at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
  • The Department of History recognized Dr. Hanmo Zhang with this year's Alumni Achievement Award. Dr. Zhang graduated with an M.A. from Western Michigan in 2005. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Chinese Classics at Renmin University of China, in Beijing. He also holds a Ph.D from UCLA, where he went on to teach, as well as at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Since 2006 he has been a professor at the Institute of Chinese Classics at Renmin University of China, in Beijing, an institution that is a leader in the study of languages, social sciences, and the humanities. 
  • Dr. 脕ngela P茅rez-Villa and students from her History 3160 course finished a digital humanities project titled .
  • Dr. Sally Hadden was recently awarded a fellowship from the National Humanities Center. Read the story on 澳门六合彩官网直播 News.

 

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2022

  • Check out our fall 2022 newsletter!
  • Dr. Linda J. Borish recently published the 3rd edition of her coauthored book, .
  • Thomas Stetzl (University of Passau, Germany), delivered his talk, 鈥淐onspiracy Theories in Germany and the United States鈥 for the Passau Lecture on November 3, 2022
  • Dr. Q Edward Wang presented his talk, 鈥淲as 1492 a Turning Point in World History? An Analysis in Historiography鈥 for the H. Nicholas Hamner Lecture Series on October 13, 2022
  • Dr. Sally Hadden presented her talk, "Transatlantic Justice in Early America" at the Constitution Day Celebration on September 19, 2022.

SPRING 2022

  • Dr. George Beech, Professor Emeritus, recently passed away. Please click  to read his obituary.
  • Dr. Sally Hadden was recently  in Cleveland about her book, Slave Patrols, in connection with reading more deeply into the recently published work, The 1619 Project.
  • Check out the results of the 2022 National History Day Contest. Our district had more top finishers than any other district in Michigan!

  • Dr. 脕ngela P茅rez-Villa was profiled as one of three professors who inspire Latinx students in the Kalamazoo area , a Spanish-language newspaper in Southwest Michigan (pgs. 4-5).

  • Dr. Lewis Carlson, Professor Emeritus, recently passed away. He retired from 澳门六合彩官网直播 in 1999. Please click  to read his obituary.
  • Dr. Linda J. Borish was recently interviewed by  about United States Women's National Team (in soccer) reaching a $24 million settlement.
  • Dr. David Benac was interviewed by 澳门六合彩官网直播 News regarding climate change disinformation.

Fall 2021

  • Check out our fall 2021 newsletter!
  • Dr. Sally Hadden participated in a roundtable on "" hosted by the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, and the Thomas Paine Cottage-Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association.

Spring 2021

  • Five Top 10 Awards to District 6 Students at the National History Day Contest
  • Congratulations to History students Joanne Jeya, Hannah Garrod, and Ian Daly for presenting the research they conducted in Dr. 脕ngela P茅rez-Villa's HIST 4845 class at the Latin American and Latinx Studies Undergraduate Symposium organized virtually by Rollins College, Florida in April 2021.
  • Dr. James Palmitessa had an article published in .
  • Ph.D. Student, Kyle Vanderwall, co-authors the Teacher's Edition of the 10th edition of Henretta's America's History for the AP Course (Bedford, Freeman and Worth, 2021).
  • Congratulations to our Spring 2021 History Department award winners!
  • History Department alum, Dr. Tony Frazier, was selected as a .
  • Dr. Skylar Bre'z successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "The Coalitions of National Women's History Month: Practicalities and Consequences" on March 8, 2021. Her Committee consisted of Dr. Edwin Martini (Chair), Dr. Mitch Kachun, and Dr. Susan Freeman.

Fall 2020

  • History Department Newsletter, Fall 2020
  • Dr. Wilson Warren's recent article published in Current History
  • Professor Emeritus, Dr. Michael Nassaney, gave a largely-attended talk on the
  • Dr. Joshua Koenig's latest project released by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and
  • Dr. Linda Borish was a key historian on
  • 澳门六合彩官网直播 and Aquinas College reach accord on accelerated B.A./M.A. program

Spring 2020

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Fall 2016

  • History Department Newsletter, Fall 2016
  • Dr. Linda Borish Co-Edits History of American Sport
  • Dr. Ernst Breisach Memorial
  • to the Ernst Breisach Endowment for European History.
  • Alumni Advice from William Parsons '67
  • Dr. Lynne Heasley co-edits new book on the Canadian-American Water Relationship
  • Dr. Sally Hadden Wins Prestigious Legal Foundation Grant
  • Dr. James Cousins publishes first book
  • Dr. Anise Strong publishes first book
  • Fred Dobney Memorial
  • Dr. Andrea Berto publishes new book

Spring 2016

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Spring 2015