The History Department is pleased to announce that it is one of twenty-four departments from institutions across the U.S. to have been awarded an Association of American Colleges and Universities grant, with support from the Endeavor Foundation. This grant will help us to better advance civic learning and social responsibility …
Make sure you tip your hat the next time you see Ashley Law, Jack McKeown, or Isabel Owen on campus! Why? These three History majors have all been selected as SUNY Geneseo Presidential Scholars, 2018-19. Presidential Scholars are top-achieving members of the senior class who exemplify Geneseo’s institutional values, contribute …
Last semester I took “African American History to 1877” with Dr. Catherine Adams. During this course she mentioned the opportunity to apply to the “Writing Rights, Righting Wrongs: Transatlantic Narratives of Race” Conference which would take place in London, Ontario Canada at Huron University in April 2018. I really enjoyed …
During Fall 2017, I participated in a directed study project entitled “Voices from the War on Terror” with Professor Abbas and six other students. Together, we engaged with oral history as a form of analytical research and understanding in order to try and capture the feelings and opinions of the …
Over the course of the fall 2017 semester, I had the privilege of participating in Professor Megan Brankley Abbas’s directed study titled “Voices from the War on Terror.” In this course, my classmates and I engaged in multiple conversations regarding the origins as well as the consequences of the so-called …
The students and faculty of the History Department have been working hard to prepare for GREAT Day 2018, our annual college-wide symposium celebrating the creative and scholarly endeavors of the students here at Geneseo. Looking for a sneak-peek of what’s in store, historically speaking, on April 17? Check out this …
We’ve had a busy few months here in the History Department! Here’s a round-up of some of the individual and collective achievements of our faculty. In October, SUNY Geneseo Provost and Professor of History Stacey Robertson opened the annual Historians Against Slavery Conference at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England. …
Six History majors were offered membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest national honors society for liberal arts and sciences: Noah Chichester ’18, Nicole Delligatti ’18, Ashley Law ’19, Jenna Lawson ’18, Rachel Ollis ’18, and Deanna Palma ’18. Rachel Ollis ’18 is the current president of the Memories Campaign, …
Please join us for the “Voices from the War on Terror: A Sensory Exhibit” in the Kinetic Gallery in the MacVittie College Union. This exhibit is the product of a three-semester-long directed study involving nearly a dozen students under the supervision of Professor Megan Brankley Abbas. Opening night will include …
Andreas Meyris ’12 is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at George Washington University, specializing in American labor and political history. He contributed a piece to the Activist History Review which explores what the 1952 conviction of a police officer for civil rights violation tells us about police reform and …
